{"product_id":"the-smart-mission-edward-j-hoffman-9780262046886","title":"The Smart Mission: Nasa's Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects succeed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Smart Mission, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors emphasize three themes: projects are fundamentally about how teams work and learn together to get things done; the local level--not an organization's upper levels--is where the action happens; and projects don't operate in a vacuum but exist within organizations that are responsible to stakeholders. Drawing on examples and case studies from NASA and other organizations, the authors identify three project models--micro, macro, and global--and their different knowledge needs. Successful organizations have a knowledge-based culture. Successful project management guides the interplay of knowledge, projects, and people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward J. Hoffman, Matthew Kohut, Laurence Prusak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262046881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262046886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Edward J. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057565266175,"sku":"9780262046886","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f40badb0-66c6-422c-8140-56191af64926.jpg?v=1685047712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-smart-mission-edward-j-hoffman-9780262046886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}