AGENDA
December 9–10, 2003
Columbia Sheraton Hotel
Columbia, Maryland

List of Attendees

Tuesday, December 9th

Welcome: Lewis Peach, USRA Chief Engineer and Interim Director, CPMR

Introduction to APPL and CPMR—Ed Hoffman & Tony Maturo, Director and Deputy, NASA/APPL

Workshop Overview—Noel Hinners, University of Colorado (Workshop Chair)

Program/Project Management Challenges
     Human Space Flight—Mike Hawes, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight
     Industry Challenges—Dennis McCarthy, Swales Aerospace
     P/P Challenges at NASA—Sherry Buschmann, Director, Integrated Project Management, NASA HQ
     NASA Science Missions—Al Diaz, Center Director, Goddard Space Flight Center
     University Challenges—Wally Fowler, Meek Centennial Professor In Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Speaker: Aaron Shenhar, Stevens Institute of Technology—"The Space Shuttle Program - A PM Research Perspective."

“Aerospace Workforce Development Challenges”—John Douglass, President, Aerospace Industries Assn.

Working Group Panel Session: (Chairs of Five Working Groups)
     Best Practices and Lessons Learned—John Niehoff, (Science Applications International Group)
     Future Opportunities & Innovative Approaches—Aaron Shenhar (Stevens Institute of Technology)
     Decision Making Tools, Methods and Metrics—Mark George, (Lockheed Martin, Inc.)
     Cultural and Sociological Issues for Project Teams—Nancy Leveson, (MIT)
     Knowledge, Expertise, and Learning—Allan Wells (U. of Leicester)

Working Group Session I (in Break-out Rooms)
Challenge & Topic Identification plus Preliminary Prioritization

(Group leaders/rapporteurs meet to prepare reports)

Dinner: (Location: Lakeview Ballroom, Sheraton)
Jim Garvin, NASA Lead Scientist for Mars Exploration: —"A Night at Mars"

Wednesday, December 10th

Plenary Session:
Preliminary Reports – Working Group Chairs

Working Group Session II (in Break-out Rooms)
Challenge & Topic Refinement and Prioritization

Plenary Session:
Final Reports – Working Group Chairs

Wrap up – Noel Hinners

Student Report – Melissa Sampson

Executive Session:
Compile/record/codify key workshop recommendations and specific workshop objectives—Working Group Chairs & Rapporteurs

Review of Action Items

Adjourn