The Smart Mission
NASA’s Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects
$44.79
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2023
Summary
Why human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects succeed.
The project is the basic unit of work in many industries. Software applications, antiviral vaccines, launch-ready spacecraft: all were produced by a team and managed as a project. Project management emphasizes control, processes, and tools—but, according to The Smart Mission, that is not the right way to run a project. Human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262547277 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262547279 |
| Author: | Edward J. Hoffman, Matthew Kohut, Laurence Prusak |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 143mm x 221mm |
Edward J. Hoffman
Edward J. Hoffman is the CEO of Knowledge Strategies, LLC, and a Senior Lecturer at Columbia University. He was NASA’s first Chief Knowledge Officer and founded the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). Following the Columbia shuttle failure, he led the team that designed the Strategic Management and Governance Handbook. He is the coauthor of Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning from Remarkable Projects.
Matthew Kohut is a former major communication advisor to NASA. He is the coauthor of Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential, which was named one of Amazon’s Best Business Books of 2013.
Laurence Prusak is a former strategy consultant to Hoffman at NASA. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Information and Knowledge Strategy graduate program at Columbia University and the coauthor of Working Knowledge, a widely cited text about how knowledge works in organizations, among other books.
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