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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

This collection of presentations, briefings, journal and conference papers, essays, and book content has been used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other business and... Read more →

Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle Columbia

C-Span event part of a conference hosted by George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs on the 10th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Panelists talked about the lessons learned from the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy ten years... Read more →

Lessons Learned from the Columbia Disaster (Update)

This week I taught a 4-day course on Progressive Concepts in Program Management at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. One of the workshops used the NASA Columbia accident as an example (NASA report calls these things mishaps). This... Read more →

How Think Like a Rocket Scientist - Irreducible Complexity

Orion launched today and recovery after two orbits. The test of the launch system, Pad Abort system, and Heat Shield were the main purposes of the flight. I worked the proposal - after coming off the winning proposal for Hubble... Read more →

Alert - 10th Anniversary of the Columbia Loss

10 years ago last month, the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost when reentering the atmosphere over California. NASA held a one day conference at George Washington University. CSPAN has a set of videos of the conference. These session provide insight... Read more →