Spagnulo M. et al. Space Program Management. Methods and Tools

Marcello Spagnulo, Rick Fleeter, Mauro Balduccini, Federico Nasini. Springer Science+Business Media, New York, 2013. — 369 с. — ISBN: 978-1-4614-3754-3.What is a major project or program? The construction of an international gas pipeline, the development and commercial launch of a new type of aircraft for transporting passengers, the building of the tunnel under the English Channel between France and England, the planning and building of a nuclear power plant, the on-ground manufacturing of the components of the International Space Station and their launch and assembly in space are all examples of major programs.
All of these achievements were made possible through enormous investments in research and development and major industrial programs that have very distinct features: major fi nancial investment and long-term time commitment, cutting edge innovation, international partnerships, and ever-increasing levels of technological risk.
Space programs, by their very nature, are part of the scienti fi c and industrial activities we have just illustrated.
Space programs therefore require huge investments and it falls upon governments, through their space programs, to provide the funding for their realization. Private businesses can only begin to invest in space systems when an application from a space program becomes commonly used and is valuable to a large market.
This particular feature of the space sector, in addition to creating a barrier to competition, requires public investors to be fully aware of their country’s scienti fi c and industrial strategies and to synthesize these scienti fi c, industrial, and political aspects.Dedication
ForewordSpace 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
Criteria for Reducing Costs
References for Chapter
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 OrbComm Experience
Management of Medium-Sized US Space Programs for DoD
Acronyms
Authors’ Short Biographies

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Index