Program/Project Management Resource List #15

Revised June 2007

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

Program management lies between strategic planning and project management, since a strategic plan proposes programs that the organization will undertake. Each program is made up of several different projects. For instance, the Apollo Program included the Saturn Project and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

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NASA Policies

NASA Policy Directive 1200.1D: NASA Internal Control and Accountability

 

NASA Policy Directive 1280.1: NASA Management System Policy

 

NASA Policy Directives and Procedural Requirements 7000-7999 (Program Formulation) and 8000-8999 (Program Management)

Books

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

T56.8 .A7 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Cockrell, Charles E. Lessons Learned From Better, Faster, Cheaper Concepts as Applied to Selected NASA Programs. Washington, DC: NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, 1998.

TL521.312 .C63 1998 PPM-STACKS

Note: This book is also known as the Cockrell report.

 

Dobson, Michael S. The Juggler's Guide to Managing Multiple Projects. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, 1999.

HD69 .P75 D62 1999 PPM-STACKS

 

Knutson, Joan. Succeeding in Project-driven Organizations: People, Processes, and Politics. New York, NY: J. Wiley, 2001.

HD69 .P75 K57 2001 PPM-STACKS

 

Lewis, James P. Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control: A Hands-on Guide to Bringing Projects in on Time and on Budget. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

HD69 .P75 L493 2001 PPM-STACKS

 

McCurdy, Howard E. Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

TL796.5 .U5 M37 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. General Accounting Office. NASA: Lack of Disciplined Cost-estimating Processes Hinders Effective Program Management: Report to the Committee on Science, House of Representatives. Washington, DC: The Office, 2004.

TL521.312 .N363 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Williams, Terry M. Managing and Modelling Complex Projects. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

T56.8 .M353 1997 PPM-STACKS

Articles and Reports

Balaban, Edward, Michael Orosz, Tatiana Kichkaylo, et al. "Planning to Explore: Using a Coordinated Multisource Infrastructure to Overcome Present and Future Space Flight Planning Challenges", in AAAI 2006 Spring Symposium, Palo, Alto, CA, 27-29 March 2006.

(20060019171: (2006) NASD)

 

Bilardo, Vincent J., Jr. "Seven Key Principles of Program and Project Success, Ask Magazine, no. 25 (Fall 2006), p. 35-38.

 

Blomquist, T., and R. Muller. "Practices, Roles, and Responsibilities of Middle Managers in Program and Portfolio Management", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVII, no. 1 (March 2006), p. 52-66.

 

Hoban, Francis T., William M. Lawbaugh, and Edward J Hoffman (eds.). Readings in Program Control, NASA-SP-6103, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, 1 Nov. 1994.

(19950014322: (1995) NTRS)

 

Hunsberger, Kelley. "Get With the Program - Program management is definitely coming into its own, but there remains some uncertainty surrounding its nature and use", PM Network, vol. XX, no. 8 (Aug. 2006), p. 38-44.

 

Jedd, Marcia. "Come Together - Building a strong program management capability starts with organizational buy-in", PM Network, vol. XX, no. 9 (Sept. 2006), p. 60-67.

 

Newcomer, Kathryn E. "How Does Program Performance Assessment Affect Program Management in the Federal Government?", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXX, no. 3 (March 2007), p. 332-350.

 

Posner, Paul L., and Denise M. Fantone. "Assessing Federal Program Performance: Observations on the US Office orf Management and Budget's Program Assessment Rating Tool and Its Use in the Budget Process", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXX, no. 3 (March 2007), p. 351-368.

 

Robins, C. Howard. "Program and Project Management Improvement Initiatives", Ask Magazine, no. 26 (Spring 2007), p. 50-54.

 

Shipman, Stephanie. "Performance Management/Evaluation - Program Evaluation: Improving Performance and Accountability", The Public Manager, vol. XXXIV, no. 3 (Fall 2005), p. 53-56.

 

Stephens, Karen L. "An Exercise in Technology Prioritization in a Competitive Environment", in Forty-second Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, CA, 9-13 July 2006.

(20060047794 (2006) NTRS)

 

Thomas, Lawrence Dale. "Selected Systems Engineering Process Deficiencies and Their Consequences", in International Astronautical Congress/International Astronautical Federation, Valencia, Spain, 2-6 Oct. 2006.

(20070002067: (2006) NTRS)

 

Thorn, Michael E. "Bridge Over Troubled Water: Implementation of a Program Management Office", S.A.M. advanced management journal, vol. LXVIII, no. 4 (Autumn 2003), p. 48-59.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Webster, Jeffery. "Project planning and design getting it right the first time", in 2004 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 6-13 March, 2004.

(20060043547: (25 Dec. 2006) NTRS)

Internet Resources

APM Group. Managing Successful Programmes. 2007 [22 June 2007].

http://www.programmes.org/web/site/home/Home.asp

 

Center for Program/Project Management Research. 5 Dec. 2006 [21 June 2007].

http://cpmr.usra.edu/

 

Defense Acquisition University. Program Management and Leadership Department. 29 Dec. 2006 [27 June 2007].

http://www.dau.mil/educdept/pml_dept.asp

 

Dunbar, Brian. Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation. 7 May 2007 [21 June 2007].

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/pae/home/index.html

 

Hoffman, Ed. Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership. 2007 [21 June 2007].

http://appel.nasa.gov/

 

The International Association of Project and Program Management. 23 Feb. 2007 [21 June 2007].

http://www.iappm.org/

 

Looney, Kelly. Program/Project On-Line Library and Resource Information System (POLARIS). 15 June 2007 [21 June 2007].

https://polaris.nasa.gov/

 

Office of Government Commerce. Programmes and Projects. 2007 [22 June 2007].

http://www.ogc.gov.uk/programmes___projects_introduction_to_programmes.asp

 

Office of Management and Budget. ExpectMore.gov. 2006 [27 June 2007].

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/index.html

 

__________. Assessing Program Performance Using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). 2007 [27 June 2007].

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part/

 

Program Management Forum. 2004 [21 June 2007].

http://www.programmanagementforum.org/

 

Wander, Steve. Process Based Mission Assurance Knowledge Management System. 17 Feb. 2006 [22 June 2007].

http://pbma.nasa.gov/pbma_main