I’m not an astronaut, but I have astronaut problems. You do too. They are common issues that arise in any project you lead or participate in. I don’t care if you’re renovating your kitchen (like my friends these days) or building a website (um, also like my friends these days). Who can argue with advice like this:

A puzzle is hard to discern from just one piece, so don’t be surprised if team members deprived of information reach the wrong conclusion.- Jerry Madden, Goddard Space Flight Center (retired)

That would be fortune cookie lesson number 36 from: 100 Lessons Learned for Project Managers. Maybe Madden’s ideas were not new, but at least the lessons are in one place. If you work with a team of any kind, I suggest you have a read through them before your next major project.

I am totally addicted to this site. That is how nerdy I am. The NASA ASK (Academy Sharing Knowledge) Magazine website has some great outter-worldly examples that can help you avoid classic project management errors so that you too can develop a space shuttle website within scope, on budget and on time.