The document discusses NASA's use of standards and best practices to promote engineering excellence. It provides an overview of the types of standards that exist, why NASA has its own standards, and how project managers can utilize standards repositories and communities of practice. Recent developments in NASA's standards are also covered, such as moving away from mandatory standards to a list of endorsed standards.

1. NASA PM Challenge 2011 Using Standards & Practices to Promote Engineering Excellence David Oberhettinger Office of the Chief Engineer NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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