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Creative Collaboration - Project teams are finding new and exciting ways to collaborate. Some use open-source development, others find new ways of teaming. This track will explore the myriad of ways to effectively collaborate with our team members and other stakeholders.
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Taking Care of Business - These unique sessions offer a way to stay up-to-date with the latest program and project business management tools, trends, and ideas in areas such as earned value management, procurement, scheduling, cost estimating, and budgeting.
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Digital Rules – The project management field has experienced an explosion of new technologies and innovative communication processes. Come to these sessions to learn how to harness technology and information to improve your project’s productivity. |
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Outside the Box – Panel discussions are a perennial favorite for the PM Challenge, and this year will be no exception. Join us for some lively discussion taking project management topics to new levels. |
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Flying High - Organizations increasingly rely on project teams to succeed in rapidly changing environments. An organization’s success is often driven by the ability of teams to perform at high levels and adapt to competing demands. This track will focus on the characteristics of high performing teams, assessing team development, exchanging feedback, developing a collaborative team culture and reducing conflict. |
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Global Perspectives - International project management is a key factor in NASA’s mission-driven project environment. Successful projects understand the dynamic nature of collaborative working relationships with international partners and suppliers. Join these thought-provoking presentations to get the global perspective on this important topic. |
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Take A Chance - Projects are confronted by some type of risk every day. How they identify and deal with risk is often the key to success or the reason for failure. Customers, stakeholders, and project managers are asking for better ways to manage risk. Risk is too important to leave to chance, so explore these cutting edge sessions and put the odds of success in your project’s favor. |
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Connect and Discover - While we cannot change the past, we can learn from it and do better in the future. Join these sessions to “get connected” to the lessons that we need to learn from past missions. |
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Windows of Opportunity - There is power in project management, especially in the processes, methods and techniques project teams use to get the job done. Find out about successful project management processes and how to apply them to your project. |
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All Systems Go! -
The technical dimension of NASA missions is a major challenge to the engineering teams supporting them. Sound systems engineering and engineering management are vital for formulating and implementing complex NASA programs and projects in a manner that enhances the prospects for Mission Success. This session explores lessons learned, new ideas, and innovative approaches to assuring continued technical excellence within the agency now and in the years to come. |
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Words of Wisdom – Let’s talk about it. What are the topics and challenges of interest to today’s NASA project teams, and what do the agency’s senior leaders have to say about them? Bring your questions these informal and insightful dialogues with NASA management. |
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Blazing Trails – PM Challenge 2009 features actual experiences and challenges encountered by NASA project teams in a hands-on case study format where the audience plays the roles of key project stakeholders. What would you do in these situations? Find out in these Blazing Trails track sessions. |
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