Program/Project Management Resource List #22

Developed Nov. 2006

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

"The whole point of undertaking a project is to achieve or establish something new, to venture, to take chances, to risk."
(Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 1987)

Project risk management seeks to anticipate and address uncertainties that threaten the goals and timetables of a project. The uncertainties may include questions of material and parts quality; delays in delivery of sufficient materials to meet project needs; budgetary and personnel changes; and, incomplete knowledge or research. These risks lead rapidly to delays in delivery dates and budget overages that can severely undermine confidence in the project and in the project manager. Since project risk management is process oriented, it remains possible to have a successful project and an unsuccessful product (for example, an office construction project that meets or beats all time, budgetary, and quality requirements yet opens in a depressed real estate market.) While any project accepts a certain level of risk, regular and rigorous risk analysis and risk management techniques serve to defuse problems before they arise.

The Management of Safety & Technical Risks bibliography explores risk from the perspective of evaluating and anticipating chemical, engineering, and reliability concerns that may pose a threat to personnel, equipment, the public and the environment.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library. 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 Policies

The following procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System.

NASA Policy Directive 7120.4C: Program/Project Management

 

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

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 7123.1: Systems Engineering Procedural Requirements

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8000.4: Risk Management Procedural Requirements

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8705.5: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Procedures for NASA Programs and Projects

Note: The following standards can be accessed by NASA employees and contractors through http://standards.nasa.gov/. Members of the public, contact your local library for the availability of these items.

BS6079-3: Project Management - Part 3: Guide to the Management of Business Related Project Risk

 

FAA-P-1810: Acquisition Risk Management Guide

 

IEC 62198: Project risk management – Application guidelines

 

ISO 14300-1: Space systems — Programme management — Part 1: Structuring of a programme

 

ISO 14300-2: Space systems — Programme management — Part 2: Product assurance

 

ISO 17666: Space systems — Risk management

 

ISO/IEC Guide 73:2002(E/F): Risk management — Vocabulary — Guidelines for use in standards

 

Q850-97-CAN/CSA: Risk Management: Guideline for Decision-Makers - First Edition; General Instruction no. 1

 

SAE-ARP-9134: Supply Chain Risk Management Guideline

Books

Articles and Reports

Bilbro, James W. "Technology Assessment Requirements for Programs and Projects", In Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Technology Maturity Workshop, Fairborn, OH, 9-11 May 2006

(20060024980: (9-11 May 2006) NTRS)

 

Bonnal, Pierre, Didier Gourc, and Germain Lacoste. "The Life Cycle of Technical Projects", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 (Dec. 2002): p. 12-19

 

Brothers, Mary Ann and Fayssal M. Safie. "Engineering Management Capstone Project EM 697: Compare and Contrast Risk Management Implementation at NASA and the US Army", In International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL, 11-13 March 2002

(20020048548: (11-13 March 2002) NASD)

 

Butler, Cassandra D. "Program and Project Management Framework", In 2002 Research Reports: NASA/ASEE Fellowship Program/ 29-38, NASA/CR-2002-211181, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, Dec. 2002

(20030062822: (Dec. 2002) NTRS)

 

Connley, Warren, Adrian Rad, and Stephen Botzum. "Integrated Risk Management Within NASA Programs/Projects", In Space Systems Engineering and Risk Management, Manhattan Beach, CA, 2004

(20040082140: (2004) NASD)

 

Cooper, LP. "Assessing Risk from a Stakeholder Perspective", In 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 8 March 2003

(20060030275: (8 March 2003) NTRS)

 

Datta, Sumit and MK Mukherjee. "Developing a Risk Management Matrix for Effective Project Planning-An Empirical Study", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXII, no. 2 (March 2001): p. 45-57

 

Davis, Marty. "Managing the Unexpected", ASK Magazine, no. 20 (Nov. 2004): p. 10-13

 

de Meyer, Arnoud, Christoph H. Loch, and Michael T. Pich. "Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos", MIT Sloan Management Review, vol. XLIV, no. 2 (Winter 2002): p. 60-67

 

Eden, Colin, Fran Ackermann, and Terry Williams. "The Amoebic Growth of Project Costs", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVI, no. 2 (March 2005): p. 15-27

 

Fisher, K., et al. "Risk Management Integration into Complex Project Organizations", In 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 8 March 2003

(20060031962: (8 March. 2003) NTRS)

 

Hallgren, Markus and Eva Maaninen-Olsson. "Deviations, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty in a Project-Intensive Organization", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVI, no. 3 (July 2005): p. 17-26

 

Hoffman, Thomas. "Weighting the Risks", Computerworld, vol. XL, no. 21 (22 May 2006): p. 45-46

 

Hyvari, Irja. "Success of Projects in Different Organizational Conditions", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVII, no. 4 (Sept. 2006): p. 31-41

 

Lichtenberg, Steen. "The Successive Principle: A Scientific Crystal Ball for Management", In The IPSI BgD Transactions on Internet Research: Multi-, Inter-, and Trans-disciplinary Issues in Computer Science and Engineering, vol. II, no. 1 (Jan. 2006): p. 33-39

(20060028074: (Jan. 2006) NASD)

 

Margolies, Don. "Test What You Fly?", ASK Magazine, no. 9 (Oct. 2002): p. 7-11

 

NASA. Office of Aerospace Technology. Commercial Technology Division. "Quick Fix for Managing Risks", Spinoff 2002: p. 122-123.

 

Piney, Crispin. "Applying Utility Theory to Risk Management", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXIV, no. 3 (July 2003): p. 26-32

 

Pinto, Jeffrey K. "Project Management 2002", Research Technology Management, vol. XLV, no. 2 (March/April 2002): p. 22-37

 

Preyssl, C., R. Atkins, and T. Deak. "Risk Management at ESA", ESA Bulletin, no. 97 (March 1999): p. 64-68

 

Ray, Paul S. "Application of Risk Assessment Tools in the Continuous Risk Management (CRM) Process", In Research Reports 2001 NASA ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, NASA/CR-2002-211840, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, July 2002

(20020068792: (July 2002) NTRS)

 

Raz, Tzvi. "A Critical Look at Critical Chain Project Management", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXIV, no. 4 (Sept. 2003): p. 24-32

 

Rozenes, Shai, Gad Vitner, and Stuart Spraggett. "Project Control: Literature Review", Project Management Journal, vol. XXXVII, no. 4 (Sept. 2006): p. 5-14

 

Sabelhaus, Phil. "Continuous Risk Management", ASK Magazine, no. 8 (May 2002): p. 38-39

 

Shivers, C. Herbert. "Communicating Risk to Program Managers", In 23rd International System Safety Conference, San Diego, CA, 22-25 Aug. 2005

(20050215601: (22-25 Aug. 2005) NTRS)

 

Smith, Greg. "Schedule Risk Assessment" In 1st Annual Development Day, Huntsville, AL, 24 Oct. 2003

(20040000740: (24 Oct. 2003) NASD)

Internet Resources

Calhoun, Cynthia. Glenn Research Center Risk Management Office Risk Resource Site. 6 Jan. 2006 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://smad-ext.grc.nasa.gov/rmo/crm/index.html

 

Dunbar, Brian. Independent Program Assessment Office. 7 April 2006 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://ipao.larc.nasa.gov/index.cfm

 

Hoffman, Dr. Ed. Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership. 17 Oct. 2006 [cited 2 Nov. 2006]

http://appel.nasa.gov/

 

Kerby, Jerald. Earned Value Management. 18 July 2006 [cited 2 Nov. 2006]

http://evm.nasa.gov/

 

Looney, Kelly. Program/Project On-Line Library and Resource Information System (POLARIS). 20 Oct. 2006 [cited 29 Nov. 2006]

https://polaris.nasa.gov/

 

Moore, Maureen. Office of the Chief Engineer. 17 Oct. 2006 [cited 2 Nov. 2006]

http://oce.nasa.gov/oce/home/index.html

 

O'Connor, Bryan. Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. 5 Jan. 2006 [cited 2 Nov. 2006]

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/

 

Tinsley, John. Risk Management. 6 Sept. 2005 [cited 2 Nov. 2006]

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/risk/risk.htm

BMP Center of Excellence. Program Manager's Work Station. 2003 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://www.bmpcoe.org/pmws/index.html Note: Includes a link for downloading the Program Manager's WorkStation.

 

Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management. National Research Council. The Owner's Role in Project Risk Management. 2005 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11183.html

 

Information Technology Toolbox, Inc. Project Management Lifecycle Risk Assessment. 2006 2005 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://projectmanagement.ittoolbox.com/topics/t.asp?t=308&p=308&h1=308

 

Lestriez, Jean-Claude. Prima IST-1999-10193. 4 July 2001 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://www.esi2.us.es/prima/

 

Risk Management SIG. 2006 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://www.risksig.com/

 

Tusler, Robert. Reducing Project Management Risk. 1995 [cited 7 Nov. 2006]

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~rtusler/index.html