Space program management : methods and tools /
Space programme management : Methods and tools
edited by Marcello Spagnulo [and others].
- xxi, 352 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
- Space technology library ; 28 .
- Space technology library ; 28. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Space Activities: A Peculiar Economical, Political, and Industrial Sector -- 2. Space Program Management -- 3. Marketing of Space Programs -- 4. Methods and Tools of Space Programs Management -- 5. Risk Management of Space Programs -- 6. Cost Management in Space Programs -- 7. Financial Management of Space Programs -- 8. Management of Small, Low-Cost Space Programs: A New Paradigm -- 9. Examples of Management Applied to Different Space Programs -- -- Space Activities: A Peculiar Economical, Political, and Industrial Sector -- Brief History of the First Space Age -- Brief History of the Space Activities in Europe -- Brief History of the Space Activities in the Rest of the World -- The "Governance" of the Activities in Space -- Definition and Segmentation of the "Space Market" in the World -- Space Program Management -- Characteristics of Space Programs -- Methods of Defining and Managing Space Programs -- Implementing Space Programs -- Start-Up of a Space Program -- Development Phases of a Space Program -- Marketing of Space Programs -- Notion of Marketing -- Function of Marketing in a Space Program -- Marketing of Programs and Services -- Offer in the Marketing of a Space Program -- The Space Program Contract -- Methods and Tools of Space Programs Management -- Organization of the Program Team -- Management of Performance and Margins -- Configuration Management -- Assembly, Integration, and Test Management -- Planning and Schedule Management -- Risk Management of Space Programs -- The Concept of Risk -- Technical "Reliability and Security" of Space Systems -- Financial "Reliability and Security" of Space Systems -- Cost Management in Space Programs -- Basic Elements for Economic Evaluations of Space Programs -- Definitions and Criteria -- The Business Plan -- Example of Cost Analysis for a Space Launcher -- Example of Cost Analysis for a Satellite -- 6. Criteria for Reducing Costs / Financial Management of Space Programs -- Forms of Financing for Space Programs -- Private Financing -- "Project Financing" for Space Programs -- Management of Small, Low-Cost Space Programs: A New Paradigm -- Small Space in Perspective -- Theory and Practice -- Scaling Management -- When Complexity Exceeds the Small Team Capability -- Staffing the Small Space Project -- How Small Teams Function to Reduce Cost -- The Integrated Team -- Parts Selection -- Testing -- Integration -- Elements of the Small Program Plan -- Case Studies -- The Requirements Trap -- Examples of Management Applied to Different Space Programs -- Large Civil Governmental Satellite Program: The NASA Advanced Communication Satellite Program Advanced Communications Technology Satellite -- Multiple Satellite Production Programs: Risk and Organizing Principles in the Orb Comm Experience -- Management of Medium-Sized US Space Programs for DoD. References for Chapter -- 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 6.5. 6. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. 8.5. 8.6. 8.7. 8.8. 8.9. 8.10. 8.11. 8.12. 8.13. 9. 9.1. 9.2. 9.3.