Program/Project Management Resource List #54

Developed Nov. 2006

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

"Show me a man who risks nothing and I will show you
a man who achieves nothing." -unknown

Almost all human endeavors involve a degree of risk; financial risks, safety risks, or simply the risk of public embarrassment. The high public profile of space exploration and dangers inherent in exploring space and aeronautical frontiers ratchets the degree of risk confronting engineers, scientists, and managers to an extraordinary level. The threat that a material failure or chemical spill may endanger the lives or health of NASA astronauts, employees, or the public must be weighed thoroughly and regularly throughout the development of NASA projects.

Some of the most frequently employed techniques to assess risk include quantitative risk assessment, probabilistic risk analysis, fault tree analysis, and failure mode and effect analysis. Each has advantages and disadvantages depending on the problem confronting the engineer or manager. NASA has many risk management procedural requirements and policy directives in the program management section of the NASA Online Directives Information System Library. These can be read by anyone.

The Project Risk Management bibliography addresses the topic of risk in the context of anticipating and planning for risks that endanger a project's time and budgetary requirements.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, unless noted otherwise. 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.

Books

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Standard for Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. New York, N.Y.: ASME, 2002

TK1343 .S73 2002 BOOKSTACKS Note: The HQ library also has the addenda to this standard, which were published in 2003.

 

Andrews, J.D. and T.R. Moss. Reliability and Risk Assessment. New York, N.Y.: ASME, 2002

TA169 .A52 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Childers, Frank M. History of Reliability and Quality Assurance at Kennedy Space Center. Kennedy Space Center, 2004

TL521.312.K1 C45 2004 BOOKSTACKS Also online at the Kennedy Space Center Library's webpage of archives and historical documents as http://www-lib.ksc.nasa.gov/lib/archives/QualityKHR20.pdf

 

Chiles, James R. Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen. New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2002

T174.5 .C57 2002 ENG-TRAIN

 

Dekker, Sidney. The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002

TA169.5 .D45 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Dietrich, Rainer, and Kateri Jochum (eds.). Teaming Up: Components of Safety Under High Risk. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate, 2004

T55 .T33 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Harland, David M., and Ralph D. Lorenz. Space System Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets, and Space Probes. Chichester, UK: Praxis Publishing, 2005.

TL 521 .H37 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Hollnagel, Erik. Barriers and Accident Prevention. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004

T55 .H65 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Koller, Glenn R. Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry: A Practical Guide. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2005

HD61 .K63 2005 PPM-STACKS

 

Latino, Robert J. and Kenneth C. Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2002

TS156 .L368 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

NASA/Navy Benchmarking Team. NASA/Navy Benchmarking Exchange (NNBE). Washington, D.C.: NASA, 2002

V858 .N38 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Newman, John Steven. X-Framework: Space System Failure Analysis Framework. Thesis (D. Sc.)--George Washington University, 2002

TL867 .X47 2002 PPM-STACKS

 

Petroski, Henry. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1985

TA174 .P474 1985 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering. Cambridge [England]; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 1994

TA174 .P473 1994 PPM-STACKS and ENG-TRAIN

 

Pham, Hoang. Handbook of Reliability Engineering. London; New York: Springer, 2003

TA169 .H35 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Phimister, James R., Vicki M. Bier, and Howard C. Kunreuther (eds.). Accident Precursor Analysis and Management: Reducing Technological Risk Through Diligence. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2004

T55 .A25 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

RAMS Consultants. International Journal of Performability Engineering: Special Issue on Risk Management and Safety. Jaipur, India: RAMS Consultants, 2007.

T55 .I58 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

Shayler, David. Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight. London; New York: Springer; Chichester, U.K.: Praxis Pub., 2000

TL867 .S53 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Starbuck, William H. and Moshe Farjoun (eds.). Organization at the Limit: Lessons from the Columbia Disaster. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2005

TL867 .O74 2005 PPM-STACKS

 

Sutherland, Valerie J., Peter J. Makin, and Charles J. Cox. The Management of Safety: The Behavioural Approach to Changing Organizations. London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2000

T55.3 .B43 S88 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Wang, John X. and Marvin L. Roush. What Every Engineer Should Know About Risk Engineering and Management. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000

TA169 .W36 2000 PPM-STACKS

Articles and Reports

Atkinson, Anthony A. "Risk Management and Monte Carlo Simulation: An Illustration and Cautionary Tale", CMA Management, vol. LXXIX, no. 9, p. 36-40

Available through ABI Inform

 

Bay, Michael and Warren Connley. "How Systems Engineering and Risk Management Defend Against Murphy's Law and Human Error", in Space Systems Engineering and Risk Management Symposium; Manhattan Beach, CA; 2004

(20040079821: (2004) NASD)

 

Binder, John. "Risk Management in a Risky Business", Aerospace America, vol. XLIII, no. 8 (August 2005), p. 20, 21, and 43

 

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 Mar. 2002

(20020048548: (2002) NASD)

 

Clemens, PL. "Zero-Injury Workdays", Professional Safety, vol. L, no. 5 (May 2005), p. 40-41.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Clemens, Pat and Tom Pfitzer. "Risk Assessment and Control", Professional Safety, vol. LI, no. 1 (Jan. 2006), p. 41-44

Available through ABI Inform

 

Hoxie, Wil. "Preconstruction Risk Assessements", Professional Safety, vol. XLVIII, no. 10 (Oct. 2003), p. 50-53

Available through ABI Inform

 

Joshi, Anjali, Mats PE Heimdahl, Steven P. Miller, and Mike W. Whalen. Model-Based Safety Systems; NASA/CR-2006-213953, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; Feb. 2006

(20060006673: (Feb. 2006) NTRS)

 

Knight, Norman F., Jr., Edward H. Glaessgen, and David W. Sleight. "An Approach to Risk-Based Design Incorporating Damage Tolerance Analyses", in 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference; Denver, CO; 22-25 April 2002

(20020039140: (2002) NASD)

 

Mahadevan, Sankaran, Natasha Smith, and Thomas A. Zang. System Risk Assessment and Allocation in Conceptual Design; NASA/CR-2003-212162, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; May 2003

(20030053149: (May 2003) NTRS)

 

Main, Bruce W. "Risk Assessment", Professional Safety, vol. IL, no. 12 (Dec. 2004), p. 37-47

Available through ABI Inform

 

Malone, Roy W. and Kelly Moses. "Development of Risk Assessment Matrix for NASA Engineering and Safety Center", in Risk Analysis: The Profession and the Future; Palm Springs, CA; 5-8 Dec. 2004

(20050123548: (2004) NASD)

 

Millwater, Harry, and Mike Enright. "DARWIN(tm) Enhancements for Probabilistic Risk Assessment", in Fifth Annual Workshop on the Application of Probabilistic Methods for Gas Turbine Engines; NASA/CP-2002-211682, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; Oct. 2002

(20030001863: (Oct. 2002) NASD)

 

Myers, Melvin L. "Emerging Technologies: Inherently Safer Designs", Professional Safety, vol. LI, no. 10 (Oct. 2006), p. 20-26

Available through ABI Inform

 

NASA. Office of Aerospace Technology. Commercial Technology Division. "Taking the Risk Out of Risk Assessment", Spinoff, 2005: p. 90-91.

 

Noor, Ahmed K. (Compiler). Nondeterministic Approaches and Their Potential for Future Aerospace Systems; NASA/CP-2001-211050, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; Sept. 2001

(20010110412: (Sept. 2001) NTRS)

 

Pimpiano, John M. and Steven M. Rizzo. "How Safe is Safe? Techniques for Advancing and Applying Machinery Risk Assessments", Professional Safety, vol. LI, no. 6 (June 2006), p. 22-27

Available through ABI Inform

 

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) NASD)

 

Tarrants, William E. "Engineering as a Foundation for Optimum Safety Success", Professional Safety, vol. LI, no. 1, p. 52-58

Available through ABI Inform

 

Throop, David R., Jane T. Malin, and Land Fleming. "Knowledge Representation Standards and Interchange Formats for Causal Graphs", in 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference; Big Sky, MT; 5-12 Mar. 2005

(20060012131: (2005) NASD)

 

Tolbert, George D. "Residual Risk Reduction: Systematically Deciding What is 'Safe'", Professional Safety, vol. L, no. 11 (Nov. 2005), p. 25-33

Available through ABI Inform

 

Trammell, Steven R., Donald K. Lorenzo, and Brett J. Davis. "Integrated Hazards Analysis", Professional Safety, vol. XLIX, no. 5 (May 2004), p. 29-37

Available through ABI Inform

 

Veltri, Anthony, Daren Dance, and Michael Nave. "Safety, Health, and Environmental (SH&E) Life-Cycle Cost Model: Part I", Professional Safety, vol. XLVIII, no. 6 (June 2003), p. 23-32

Available through ABI Inform

 

__________. "Safety, Health, and Environmental (SH&E) Life-Cycle Cost Model: Part II, Professional Safety, vol. XLVIII, no. 7 (July 2003), p. 30-36

Available through ABI Inform

 

Yackovetsky, Robert (Technical Monitor). Development of Advanced Life Cycle Costing Methods for Technology Benefit/Cost/Risk Assessment; Final Report; NAG1-2149, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; 11 April 2002

(20020041929: (April 11, 2002) NASD)

 

Zahlis, Daniel F., Larry L. Hansen, and Mattias J. Thorslund. "A Solution (R)evilution", Occupational Hazards, vol. LXVIII, no. 10 (Oct. 2006), p. 62-70

Available through ABI Inform

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/

 

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/

 

Remp, Kerry. Assurance Technology Center. 14 Nov. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://atc.nasa.gov/index.php

 

Roe, Ralph. NASA Engineering and Safety Center. 6 July 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://nesc.nasa.gov/index.cfm?linkfrom=home

 

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

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

Air Force Safety Center. 24 August 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://afsafety.af.mil/index.html

 

American Society of Safety Engineers. 22 June 2004 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://www.asse.org/

 

Army Combat Readiness Center. Composite Risk Management. 15 Nov. 2006 [cited 15 Nov. 2006]

https://crc.army.mil/RiskManagement/default.asp?iChannel=25&nChannel=RiskManagement

 

Board of Certified Safety Professionals. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://www.bcsp.org/bcsp/index.php

 

Department of Energy. Office of Health, Safety, and Security. 13 Nov. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://hss.energy.gov/

 

Department of Energy. Office of Health, Safety, and Security. Library. 16 Oct. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://www.eh.doe.gov/ili.html

 

Health and Safety Executive. Risk Management. 20 Nov. 2006 [cited 27 Nov. 2006]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm

 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 31 August 2006. [cited 15 Nov. 2003]

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/about.html

 

National Safety Council. 27 March 2006 [cited 15 Nov. 2006]

http://www.nsc.org/index.htm

 

Naval Safety Center. Operational Risk Management 31 Oct. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://safetycenter.navy.mil/orm/default.htm

 

Oberg, James. Pioneering Space. 2006 [cited 16 Nov. 2006]

http://www.jamesoberg.com/

 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 14 Nov. 2006 [cited 14 Nov. 2006]

http://www.osha.gov/