Center for Program/Project Management Research (CPMR)

News Announcement


First Annual Fellows Conference

– Agenda –

January 19-20, 2005
Columbia Sheraton Hotel
Columbia, Maryland

Please contact Ms. Lee Mewshaw at lmewshaw@seabrook.usra.edu for registration information.
Limited spaces are available.

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Wednesday, January 19


7:30 – 8:00
Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15
Welcome and Introductions
Lewis Peach, Director, CPMR

8:15 – 8:30
CPMR Update
Mr. Peach

8:30 – 8:45
Academy for P/PM Leadership Update
Ed Hoffman, Director, APPL

Phase-One Research Reports
(45 minutes each – 15 minutes Q&A)

8:45 – 9:45
Aaron Shenhar, Stevens Institute of Technology
Building a Strategic System Approach to NASA’s Project and Program Management: Identifying NASA-Specific Strategic Project Types

9:45 – 10:45
Karlene Roberts, University of California, Berkeley
Risk and Safety/Security Assessment at NASA

10:45 – 11:00
Break

11:00 -- 12:00
Robin Dillon-Merrill, Georgetown University
Correctly Interpreting Precursor Events:  A Prescriptive Risk-Based Approach to Preventing Future Mission Catastrophes

12:00 – 1:00
Nancy Leveson, MIT
Modeling:  Analyzing and Engineering NASA’s Safety Culture

1:00 – 2:00
Lunch – Catered at Sheraton Hotel
(With dessert update on CPMR Student Council Program: Tina Chindgren, Virginia Tech)

2:00 – 3:00
Isaac Maya, University of Southern California
Cultural Influence on the Implementation of Lessons Learned in Safety and Risk Management Decisions

3:00 – 4:00
Timothy Kotnour, University of Central Florida
Learning-Based Project Reviews

4:00
Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 20


7:30 – 8:00
Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00
Jeffrey Hoffman, MIT

Innovative Management of Student-Run Space Research Projects

9:00 – 10:00
Noel Hinners, University of Colorado, Boulder

Project Management Research: Lessons Learned Life Cycle Processes and Aerospace Workforce Development

10:00 – 10:15
Break

10:15 – 11:15
Kevin Grant, University of Texas, San Antonio

Projects in Space

11:15 – 12:15
Thomas Lechler, Stevens Institute of Technology

NASA Strategic Multi-Project Resource Management “CC-Lite”

12:15 – 12:45
Wrap-up, Comments, and Discussion

12:45
Adjourn

 

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