PMFORUM Breaking News

NASA has issued a "call for speakers" reminder, that there are only six weeks remaining for submission of speaker proposals for PM Challenge 2010. All proposals are due to NASA by August 7, 2009. Find out more at http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/Speaker2010.htm

There are also opportunities to be a PM Challenge Discussion Panel Member. If you want to be a panelist on a PM Challenge discussion panel, or know someone who should be, then please fill out the nomination form page at: http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/PanelNomination.htm.


The Seventh Annual NASA Project Management Challenge, with the theme "Above and Beyond", will be held during 9-10 February 2010 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center on Galveston Island, Texas, which is near the Johnson Space Center. The track themes this year, for which presentation proposals are sought, include:

• Business/Cost Estimating
  
• Case Studies
  
• Complex Projects
  
• Earned Value Management
  
• Facilities
  
• Innovation and Collaboration
  
• International Project Management
  
• Independent Review in Action
  
• Information and Technology
  
• Lessons Learned Panel Discussions
  
• People and Teams
  
• Policy and Guidance
  
• Risk, Safety and Mission Assurance
  
• Scheduling
  
• Spotlight on Constellation
  
• Systems Engineering
  
• Words of Wisdom
  

The NASA PM Challenge events are organized by NASA's Academy of Program, Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). The Director of APPEL is Dr. Ed Hoffman. Co-chairs of the NASA PM Challenge 2010 conference are Dorothy Tiffany and Walt Majerowicz. For more information, visit http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

Also 2009 podcasts are now available on I-Tunes: visit http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/podcasts2008.htm

Created in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is America's focal point for research, development and exploration of outer space. In 2005, the US President and Congress committed the United States to exploring the solar system and beyond: completing assembly of the International Space Station, flying the new Crew Exploration Vehicle no later than 2014, returning astronauts to the moon by the end of the next decade, and sending human missions to Mars and beyond. For over 50 years, NASA has been leading the world in the use of advanced program and project management. Additional information about NASA can be found at www.nasa.gov. For information about APPEL, visit http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/home/index.html