6 • Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments
approached so that inventions, large and small, can be capitalized
upon for new work, or even to create paid work where there was none
before?
• Intellectual property monitor—e PM must understand the
contractual issues involved in the ownership of the aforementioned
inventions. Remarkably, even if a customer pays for every hour
that the engineer spends in the development of an idea, the own-
ership may reside with your company. Or maybe not—that is the
key. Understand the terms and conditions of your purchase order or
contract.
• Change manager—is is a big obligation. In complex, long dura-
tion contracts, a good relationship oen exists between the cus-
tomer, his or her engineers, ...