We now have to overcome the natural competitive parts of our culture. Also, what we're trying to do is highly aggressive. The cultural, technology and management issues are big. Communication is the key to solving these cultural and geographic problems, McCoy says. Two years into its development, ASCI is on time and within budget, and already the labs are reaping the benefits of the project, managers say.
People really feel they're on the forefront of high-end computing.
George Washington University is one of a handful of schools in the world offering a master's of science degree in program management. The master's program, launched by GW last year, gives those who actually intended to be project managers a less accidental way of learning what GW calls the theory, science and application of project management skills. The center is dedicated to the development of innovative project management solutions and has earned a reputation for excellence and leadership in the field. The authors look at project management catastrophes and show what went wrong. This book includes a statistical analysis of software projects that were total failures as well as projects that set records for quality and productivity.