TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spagnulo,Marcello
TI  - Space program management: methods and tools 
T2  - Space technology library
SN  - 1461437547
AV  - TL 
U1  - 629.40684 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Springer
KW  - Outer space
KW  - Exploration
KW  - Management
N1  - 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 -- --; 1; Space Activities: A Peculiar Economical, Political, and Industrial Sector --; 1.1; Brief History of the First Space Age --; 1.2; Brief History of the Space Activities in Europe --; 1.3; Brief History of the Space Activities in the Rest of the World --; 1.4; The "Governance" of the Activities in Space --; 1.5; Definition and Segmentation of the "Space Market" in the World --; 2; Space Program Management --; 2.1; Characteristics of Space Programs --; 2.2; Methods of Defining and Managing Space Programs --; 2.3; Implementing Space Programs --; 2.4; Start-Up of a Space Program --; 2.5; Development Phases of a Space Program --; 3; Marketing of Space Programs --; 3.1; Notion of Marketing --; 3.2; Function of Marketing in a Space Program --; 3.3; Marketing of Programs and Services --; 3.4; Offer in the Marketing of a Space Program --; 3.5; The Space Program Contract --; 4; Methods and Tools of Space Programs Management --; 4.1; Organization of the Program Team --; 4.2; Management of Performance and Margins --; 4.3; Configuration Management --; 4.4; Assembly, Integration, and Test Management --; 4.5; Planning and Schedule Management --; 5; Risk Management of Space Programs --; 5.1; The Concept of Risk --; 5.2; Technical "Reliability and Security" of Space Systems --; 5.3; Financial "Reliability and Security" of Space Systems --; 6; Cost Management in Space Programs --; 6.1; Basic Elements for Economic Evaluations of Space Programs --; 6.2; Definitions and Criteria --; 6.3; The Business Plan --; 6.4; Example of Cost Analysis for a Space Launcher --; 6.5; Example of Cost Analysis for a Satellite --; 6; 6. Criteria for Reducing Costs; References for Chapter --; 7; Financial Management of Space Programs --; 7.1; Forms of Financing for Space Programs --; 7.2; Private Financing --; 7.3; "Project Financing" for Space Programs --; 8; Management of Small, Low-Cost Space Programs: A New Paradigm --; 8.1; Small Space in Perspective --; 8.2; Theory and Practice --; 8.3; Scaling Management --; 8.4; When Complexity Exceeds the Small Team Capability --; 8.5; Staffing the Small Space Project --; 8.6; How Small Teams Function to Reduce Cost --; 8.7; The Integrated Team --; 8.8; Parts Selection --; 8.9; Testing --; 8.10; Integration --; 8.11; Elements of the Small Program Plan --; 8.12; Case Studies --; 8.13; The Requirements Trap --; 9; Examples of Management Applied to Different Space Programs --; 9.1; Large Civil Governmental Satellite Program: The NASA Advanced Communication Satellite Program Advanced Communications Technology Satellite --; 9.2; Multiple Satellite Production Programs: Risk and Organizing Principles in the Orb Comm Experience --; 9.3; Management of Medium-Sized US Space Programs for DoD
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