Nasa project management modern strategies for maximizing. One hundred rules for nasa project managers project smart. As the time chart indicates, surveyor origins trace back to 1959. Apr 01, 2006 the varied responsibilities of nasa project managers include technical, cost, schedule, and team management aspects of their projects. Nasa program managers located in the major headquarters program offices exercise a staff coordinating and control function over programs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. Mar 21, 20 nasa 14 lessons learned and rules for project managers. Emmons, to characterize the properties of cost growth and schedule delays as they related to the phase of the project as well as to technical resource growth. A project manager should visit everyone who is building anything for his project at least once, should know all the managers on his project both government and contractor, and know the integration team members. A project manager should visit everyone who is building anything for his project at least once, should know all the managers on his project both government and.
One hundred rules for nasa project managers 1995 pdf 188 points by tablet on sept 4, 2014. The sixphase comprehensive project life cycle model. Issues in nasa program and project management a collection of papers on aerospace management issues national aeronautics and space administration spring 1991 page title author 1 to the next generation of program and prdect managers j. Considered by many of his peers to be one of nasas premiere project managers, maddens reputation for frank, ontarget observations of project management continues to be celebrated. Rule rule rule a project manager should visit everyone who is building anything for his project at least once, should know all the managers on his project both government and contractor, and know the integration team members. This means 5 to 6 years after the initial thoughts, the real work starts. The 1%10% rule is used to determine the proper level of detail while breaking down the work of a project. Korolev, founder of the soviet space program, shown here in july 1954 with a dog that had just returned to earth after a lob to an altitude of 100 kilometers on an r1d rocket. Unless you are joining an established group that performs project monitoring, you will probably. An exploration of complex projects in the national aeronautics and space administration gerald m.
Nasas seitt report stated that the agencys development of a space exploration architecture raises several major concerns, among them the availability of sufficient expertise in the management of large space development programs. Apr 10, 2006 100 rules for nasa project managers i was reading michael spechts links of mar 24, 2006 and found this gem. Spent 5 years at one of nasas prime subcontractors, positions ranging from mechanical cad jockey to assistant program director. One hundred rules for nasa project managers 1995 pdf hacker. Pdf toward a nasa specific project management framework. In this interview, terry shares his knowledge and experience in project management with a focus on project management.
Nasa goddard space flight center september 7, 2011. One hundred rules for nasa project managers 1995 pdf. Spent 5 years at one of nasas prime subcontractors, positions ranging. Project managers should copy the checklist located in the back of this report, putting it to constant use and adding to it in order to benchmark the performance of their project team.
Ask magazine is designed for program project managers and engineers to share expertise and lessons learned with fellow practitioners. It is hard to believe anything ground breaking or efficient was ever created by following a. A project manager should visit everyone who is building anything for his. An online survey in a global context helped us to collect data from 159 project managers and 171 operations managers. Introduction just as with leadership, much has been written about project management. But this was not always the case, as formal project management education didnt begin until 1988, when nasa established the program and project management initiative ppmi. Pdf toward a nasaspecific project management framework. Nasa and the aerospace corporation conducted a study, summarized in a nasa pm challenge 2010 presentation by c.
Spent 5 years at one of nasa s prime subcontractors, positions ranging from mechanical cad jockey to assistant program director. Nasas centennial challenges program officials wednesday released draft rules for six new prize competitions, including spacesuit and vehicle challenges. Rules 76 and 78 kind of made me laugh, since projects and centers stab. Apply to project manager, operations manager, senior project manager and more. Bank and usaid programmes, before joining the academic world in the early. National aeronautics and space administration nasa oig. Report on project planning and management training at nasa. Pdf one hundred rules for nasa project managers table of. The following important topics were discussed during the training programme. Asca astrod cassinihuygens archive plan for science data deep impact. Project management lessons learnt by nasa executive i came across this article 128 lessons learned for project managers written by jerry madden goddard space flight center retired at nasa.
Toward a nasa specific project management framework article pdf available in engineering management journal. Thompson nasas deputy administrator, a nationally recognized propulsion expert who has managed major space. One hundred rules for nasa project managers beyond pmo. Moreover, this checklist should be distributed to all members of the project team as a. Jerry collected these gems of wisdom over a number of years from various unidentifiable sources. Ask magazine is designed for programproject managers and engineers to share expertise and lessons learned with fellow practitioners. In addition to his impressive client list, terry holds a bs in engineering from the university of washington and a. In 1999, the performance management association merged with the project. Create marketing content that resonates with prezi video. By using the toolset, nasa project teams are beginning to standardize their terminology on projects, improving the way that project managers communicate with one another. Managers, for some strange reason, do not understand why a scientist wants to build something different than proposed. Earned value management evm, earned value project management, or earned value. The varied responsibilities of nasa project managers include technical, cost, schedule, and team management aspects of their projects.
Ifms handbooks, revisions to the financial management manual, and the. There is also, however, as little agreement among theorists, academicians, and. I might share this one tomorrow at work with a few coworkers. Nasa project management handbook pdf public document. Dan johnston is the new project manager for nasa s mars reconnaissance orbiter, and david lehman is now project manager for nasa s mars odyssey. Facility project requirements fpr responsible office. Apr 05, 2006 requirements in this experience base, but the current requirement for a strong base of highly skilled programproject management and systems engineering personnel, and limited opportunities for junior specialists to gain handson space project experience, remain impediments to nasas ability to successfully carry out vse programs and projects. This estimate is based upon 8 nasa program manager salary reports provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods.
This initiative was launched as part of nasas response to. Mar 23, 2017 the 1%10% rule is used to determine the proper level of detail while breaking down the work of a project. Pdf learning and acting in project situations through a meta. Project management advice from a rocket scientist jerry madden, a revered project manager at nasa for 37 years, left behind a list of 128 management lessons that continues to circulate through the. The field project manager of a new process plant, for example, had to solve the. Nasa knows that project management education is essential to its success. Guidelines for pdmps march 1993 nasa heliophysics science data management policy april 2009 white paper on nasa science data retention. People like to know that the project manager is interested in their work and the best proof is for the. Using the 0100 rule, no credit is earned for an element of work until it is finished. The program manager is your advocate at nasa hq and must be tied in to the decision making and should aid your efforts to be tied in too. A collection of rules for nasa project managers, collected and put together by jerry madden, nasa associate dir.
The respondents were from different countries and various disciplines. Project management strategy from nasa and beyond project. One hundred rules for nasa project managers table of contents. Through our strong connection to project management principles, it comes as no surprise that we have developed a comprehensive approach for establishing and maintaining professional competency in project management. Administration nasa 100 rules of the good project manager. Evm is a tool developed to help project managers monitor risks.
The pm must deal with people and problems continuously and must evaluate the risk involved with each decision. A project manager should visit everyone who is building anything for his project at least once. Gao was asked to examine 1 the extent to which nasa is using evm to manage. Two nasa spacecraft orbiting mars, both working long past their original prime missions, have new project managers at nasas jet propulsion laboratory, pasadena, calif. Apr 23, 20 project management advice from a rocket scientist jerry madden, a revered project manager at nasa for 37 years, left behind a list of 128 management lessons that continues to circulate through the. In the field, project offices are located in nasa field centers under the direction of field managers. Because of the ability to share documents and files online in a single place, teams can also collaborate and work more efficiently on projects from earth. Jerry madden, associate director of the flight projects directorate at nasa s goddard space flight center, has 100 tips that he have learned over his years of experience of project management. Nasa historically has experienced cost growth and schedule slippage in its portfolio of major projects and has earned v taken actions to improve in this area, including adopting the use of evm. Gao was asked to examine 1 the extent to which nasa is using evm to manage its major space flight acquisitions, 2 the challenges that nasa has faced in implementing an effective evm system, and 3 nasas efforts to improve its use of evm.
Nasas project management capability has a long history that runs parallel with our missions and accomplishments. Dec 08, 2016 nasa mission project data management plans pdmps ace. The project management institute defines project management as the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements pmbok guide, 3rd edition, project management institute inc. One hundred rules for nasa project managers an overview of the article by simu mihai. Project management for nontechnical managers appelpmntm. Jerry madden, associate director of the flight projects directorate at nasas goddard space flight center, has 100 tips that he have learned over his years of experience of project management. Rocket cut off 2 the rocketplane flight profile 2 the astronaut line 328k100 km altitude rocket motor cut off meco oklahoma spaceport planned rocket engine test site rocketplane hangar. The rule states that the lowest level of activities in the wbs of a project should have a duration no less than 1% of the project duration and not more than 10% of the project duration.
Jun 02, 2006 considered by many of his peers to be one of nasa s premiere project managers, maddens reputation for frank, ontarget observations of project management continues to be celebrated today, as his list of lessons is handed down to a new generation of project managers. It is a discipline of initiating, planning, executing, and managing. Nasa 14 lessons learned and rules for project managers. Thompson nasa s deputy administrator, a nationally recognized propulsion expert who has managed major space. As a project engineer in a job shop, ive read through about the first 25, while not all are directly applicable the message is still hitting home. Also cited as a challenge to the effective use of evm was nasas insufficient number of staff with the skills to analyze evm data. Project management for nontechnical managers appel. Get the latest updates on nasa missions, watch nasa tv live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.
Toward a nasaspecific project management framework. It takes nasa hq about 9 months to a year to select the winning proposals. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Without a sufficient number of staff with such skills, nasas ability to conduct a sound analysis of the evm data is limited. National aeronautics and space administration office of inspector general washington, dc 205460001 november 8, 2012. Forum solint, 2003 monitoring and evaluation manual. This guide was written by a gentleman in the last years of his 37 year career. To sum up, project management is all about making the project happen. While the study of 20 of nasa s recently completed. Another list of tips i have found today is about rules on project manager. This sentiment was also echoed in a nasa study of evm implementation.
To me, a lot of these lessons apply well to software qa. Evm implementations for large or complex projects include many more. Dan johnston is the new project manager for nasas mars reconnaissance orbiter, and david lehman is now project manager for nasas mars odyssey. Apr 17, 20 two nasa spacecraft orbiting mars, both working long past their original prime missions, have new project managers at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory, pasadena, calif. Moreover, the management of these projects was undertaken by a central administration office and many different. Nasa lessons learned and rules for project managers. One hundred rules for nasa project managers lessons learned as compiled by jerry madden, associate director of the flight projects directorate at nasa s goddard space flight center. F rom nasa engineering intern to consulting with disney, apple and ebay, terry schmidt has wide ranging project management experience. Some project managers consistently meet these challenges more effectively than others. Project management lessons learnt by nasa executive.