Interesting presentation from Mishkin and Laubach at JPL that I found on the web. Describes briefly the evolution of the management processes at JPL from prime to extended mission.

The tactical operations timelines were particularly well done.

http://cfmxdev.aiaa.org/Mike/spaceops2006/...tions/58994.pdf(584k)

edit: linked page went missing. cached copy in html available in google.
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:guGCA...t=clnk&cd=1