This NASA report is about four remarkable projects: the Advanced Composition Explorer (NASA), the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (U.S. Air Force), the Pathfinder Solar-Powered Airplane (NASA), and the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (U.S. Air Force). Each project is presented as a case study comprised of stories collected from key members of the project teams. The stories found in the book are included with the purpose of providing an effective learning source for project management, encouraging the unlearning of outdated project management concepts, and enhancing awareness of the contexts surrounding different projects. Significantly different from project concepts found in most project management literature, Shared Voyage highlights concepts like a will to win, a results-oriented focus, and collaboration through trust. All four project teams researched in this study applied similar concepts; however, they applied them differently, tailoring them to fit the context of their own particular projects. It is clear that the "one best way" approach-which is still the prevailing paradigm in project management literature-should be replaced by a new paradigm: Even though general project management principles exist, their successful application depends on the specifics of the situation. Chapter 1 - Introduction: Case Studies through Stories * Chapter 2 - Leading Quietly With Common Sense: ACE * Chapter 3 - Fast Learning, Faster Unlearning: JASSM * Chapter 4 - Flying High on Spirit: The Pathfinder Solar-Powered Airplane * Chapter 5 - Shaking Hands and Shaking Things Up: AMRAAM * Chapter 6 - Summary: Sensitivity to Project Context The quality and abundance of leadership markedly impacts the project world. Yet in our research literature we still tend to treat projects primarily as technical efforts that require management, i.e., the authoritative organizing of systems with an emphasis on planning and control. In our prevailing paradigm, the essence of project ma