Program/Project Management Resource List #1

Revised Oct. 2007

"One of the valuable byproducts of the US space program is the body of knowledge concerning management of large complex development project activities." - Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter, Erasmus H. Kloman

NASA continues to depend on project management to bring the Vision for Space Exploration into being. This bibliography lists some of the basic resources for practising project management at NASA. For more information, please see the HQ library's resources on program management, strategic plans, project risk management, and project budgeting and cost control.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

NASA Policy Directive 7120.4C: Program/Project Management

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 7120.5C: NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 7120.5D: NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 7123.1A: NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements

Books

Archibald, Russell D. Managing High-technology Programs and Projects. New York, NY: Wiley, 2003.

T56.8 .A7 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Budd, Charles I. and Charlene S. Budd. A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2005.

HD69 .P75 B83 2005 PPM-STACKS

 

Cappels, Thomas M. Financially Focused Project Management. Boca Raton, FL: J. Ross Pub., 2004.

HD69 .P75 C37 2004 PPM-STACKS

 

Eisner, Howard. Essentials of Project and Systems Engineering Management. New York, NY: Wiley, 2002.

TA168 .E38 2002 PPM-STACKS

 

Frame, J. Davidson. The New Project Management: Tools for an Age of Rapid Change, Complexity, and Other Business Realities. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2002.

HD69 .P75 F73 2002 PPM-STACKS

 

Kerzner, Harold. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2003.

HD69 .P75 K47 2003 PPM-STACKS

Note: Earlier editions of this work are in the HQ Library.

 

Laufer, Alexander, Todd Post, and Edward J. Hoffman. Shared Voyage: Learning and Unlearning From Remarkable Projects. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, 2005.

TL567 .R47 L27 2005 PPM-STACKS

Note: This book is also listed as a NASA special publication, NASA SP-2005-4111. It is also available through NTRS as document no. 20050041734.

 

Lientz, Bennet P. Project Management for the Twenty-first Century. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2002.

HD69 .P75 L54 2002 PPM-STACKS

 

Mooz, Hal. Communicating Project Management: The Integrated Vocabulary of Project Management and Systems Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003.

HD69 .P75 M66 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute, 2004.

HD69 .P75 P72 2005 PPM CD-ROM

Note: Earlier hardcopy editions of this work are in the HQ Library.

 

__________. Project Manager Competency Development Framework. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute, 2002.

HD69 .P75 P79 2002 PPM-STACKS

Articles and Reports

Armitage, Kenneth. "Project management - concept and some basic principles", British Journal of Administrative Management, vol. XXXIV, no. 10 (Dec. 2002/Jan. 2003), p. 10-11.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Ballister, Robert J., Jr. Pointing the Way to the Future of Project Management: How the Past and Present Point Towards Project Management's Future. Civil Engineer Corps (Navy), Norfolk, VA, 10 June 2003

(ADA417213: (19 Oct. 2003) DTIC)

 

Crawford, Lynn. "Developing Organizational Project Management Capability: Theory and Practice", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVII, no. 3 (Aug. 2006), p. 74-86.

 

King, Julia. "Back to basics", Computerworld, vol. XXXVI, no. 17 (22 April 2002), p. 36-37.

Available through ABI Inform

 

McCray, Gordon E., Russell L. Purvis, and Coleen G. McCray. "Project Management Under Uncertainty: The Impact of Heuristics and Biases", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 (March 2002), p. 49-57.

 

Powell, Robert A., and Dennis M. Buede. "Decision-making for Successful Product Development", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVII, no. 1 (March 2006), p. 22-40.

 

Promisel, Robert. "Project management basics", IIE Solutions, vol. XXXI, no. 3 (March 1999), p. 39-47.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Raz, Tzvi, Robert Barnes, and Dov Dvir. "A Critical look at Critical Chain Project Management", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXIV, no. 4 (Dec. 2003), p. 24-32.

Internet Resources

American Academy of Project Management. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.projectmanagementcertification.org/

 

American Society for the Advancement of Project Management. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.asapm.org/

 

Center For Systems Management. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.csm.com/

 

Hoffman, Ed. Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://appel.nasa.gov/

 

International Project Management Association. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.ipma.ch/

 

International Project Management Commission. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.certifiedprojectmanager.org/

 

PM Forum. 20 Sept. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.pmforum.org/

 

Project Management Association of America. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.pmhq.org/

Note: This is the online version of the PMP Exam Study Guide.

 

Project Management Institute. 2007 [3 Oct. 2007].

http://www.pmi.org/