Project leaders may not be able to control external factors impacting their projects. But they can align team members on how they’ll deal with disruption, says Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP, Earth science systems integration manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Washington, D.C. For her, that means leaning into agile—but it’s about more than just following a template. “If you really want to see change and success in your organization, start with the mindset,” says Ashraf. “That’s what motivates people intrinsically. What drives change is the agile mindset.” While the aerospace industry is understandably “very risk-averse,” Ashraf has seen how integrating agile in traditional systems engineering frameworks can help teams nurture ideas faster to push innovation forward. And though agile can still be a tough sell, opinions are shifting as teams see it delivering value. “Folks are starting to realize that agile is not just this fun, incubating, experimental process for making a whol...