7 Habits of Highly Effective (NASA) Program Managers

NASA programs are not merely bigger and more complex projects. A NASA program provides added value to the Agency, while supporting its long-term strategic goals. Certainly, the skills a project manager has developed delivering technical solutions within budget and time constraints will be valuable as a program manager. But there are additional skills and habits that a new program manager must develop to be effective and succeed. In this session of the VPMC, we present seven habits of effective program managers as practiced at NASA. For each habit, a presenter will illustrate how they successfully applied the habit in their work. In addition to describing the habit in action, each presenter will address what people tend to get wrong about the habit, and how individuals might develop their proficiency at the habit. Please note that this session is pre-recorded, so there will not be a question and answer session.