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Overcoming Molehills and Mountains Implementing a New Program

Author
McDougal, John
Published
February 09, 2011.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Stephens, Karen and Salute, Joan
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Summary
This slide presentation reviews some of the challenges and accomplishments of implementing a new program. The purpose of the presentation is to: (1) Share the challenges that were encountered formulating a new program concurrent with formulating & implementing new spacecraft development projects: (a) Immature mission concepts put on the fast track (b) Need to reconcile ambitious objectives with cost and budget reality (c) Changes of major stakeholders (d) Timing, timing, timing (e) Changing ground rules, assumptions, and risk tolerance (f) The role of centers, (2) Share the successes to date despite the challenges (3) Demonstrate how interdependencies between the program, projects, NASA HQ environment, and external political forces affect the process, and how expectations must be managed while dealing with external factors and great change.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20110009913.
NASA Project Management Challenge 2011; 9-10 Feb. 2011; Long Beach, CA; United States.
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