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 ASK Magazine
Mining the Forum
By Todd Post
The APPL tree of knowledge bears fruit once again.
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 Stories
 
 Thank you, Judy
Thank You, Judy
By Roy Malone
After about a month of trying to figure out ways to get around it, I finally had to accept the fact that these cuts were real.
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 My Schooling in Leadership
My Schooling in Leadership
By Judy Stokley
I used to work seven days a week. I don't do that now, and the people who work for me seem to get more done.
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 ACE Launch
Give it to Chuck
By Frank Snow
When I was the Ground System Project Manager for the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), Chuck Athas, who had extensive experience with large NASA and DoD systems, was officially my scheduler and planner, but he was also my can-do person.
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 Eclipse
Start-Up
By Ken Schwer
Certain activities are crucial to a mission's success. I needed to understand the mission and become a salesperson for it while building my team.
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 Back to Basics
Back to Basics
By Dr.Owen Gadeken
One of the teams caught my eye. I confidently predicted that this team would achieve the highest score on the exercise.
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 Hurricane Fran
Scheduling in the Real World
By Marty Davis
How long could we have a spacecraft out of thermal vac and still have confidence that it would work when launched? We didn't know.
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 Special Feature
 
 JPL Stories
The Story of JPL Stories
By Teresa Bailey
What did I hope to capture that wasn't already being expressed? It was personal experience, I realized
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 Features
 
 Space Shuttle
Speed Merchants: A Conversation with W. Scott Cameron and Terry Little
The big three when it comes to a project are cost, quality and speed. They're all negotiable.
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 Practices
 
 Helios Prototype
PERT Charts Take Precedence
By Ray Morgan
Enthusiasm for accomplishing the next goal was reborn each time we looked at the graphics on our wall
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 Interview
 
 Cathy Peddie
ASK Talks with Cathy Peddie
Cathy Peddie is Assistant Manager of the Ultra Efficient Engine Technology (UEET) Program Office at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio
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