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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 successful. Projects run on knowledge. This paradigm-shifting book—by three project management experts, all of whom have decades of experience at NASA and elsewhere—challenges the conventional wisdom on project management, focusing on the human dimension: learning, collaboration, teaming, communication, and culture.
 
The authors emphasize three themes: projects are fundamentally about how teams work and learn together to get things done; the local level—not an

The Smart Mission NASAs Lessons for Managing

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      Publisher: MIT Press
      Publication Date: 8/16/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780262046886, 978-0262046886
      ISBN10: 0262046881
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 successful. Projects run on knowledge. This paradigm-shifting book—by three project management experts, all of whom have decades of experience at NASA and elsewhere—challenges the conventional wisdom on project management, focusing on the human dimension: learning, collaboration, teaming, communication, and culture.
       
      The authors emphasize three themes: projects are fundamentally about how teams work and learn together to get things done; the local level—not an

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