Program/Project Management Resource List #8

Revised Sept. 2010

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.", attributed to Senator E.M. Dirksen

Proper budgeting and cost control are vital ingredients of a successful project. When a project is insufficiently funded, the quality of the work and the speed of the project will suffer. On the other hand, the project manager must be careful to keep costs under control, so that the clients will receive the most value for their money. In NASA's case, the clients are the American people. NASA ought to be a good steward of the money it receives, not just in times of crisis, but also when times are good. This bibliography provides an overview of project budgeting and cost control resources available through the NASA HQ Library. In addition, the HQ library collects reports from the Government Accountability Office and NASA's Office of the Inspector General. You may also find useful resources in our webpages on Project Risk Management, Earned Value Management, and Vision and Strategic Planning.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call x0168 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

The policies and procedural requirements governing NASA's project and financial management are in § 7000-7999 and § 9000-9799 of the NASA Online Directives Information System:

Books

Brethauer, Dale M. The Power of Strategic Costing: A Proactive Competitive Approach for Setting Future Strategic Plans. New York, NY: AMACOM, 2000.

HF5686 .C8 B64 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

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

HD69 .P75 C37 2004 PPM-STACKS

Note: Also available as an e-book in SATERN.

 

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

HD69 .P75 K47 2003 PPM-STACKS

Note: Also available as an e-book in SATERN.

 

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

 

__________. Low-cost Innovation in Spaceflight: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission. Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division, 2005.

TL795.4 .M34 2004 BOOKSTACKS

Note: This title is available online as document no. 20050159707 through the NASA Technical Reports Server.

 

MCR Federal, Inc. (eds). Parametric Estimating Handbook. Vienna, VA?: International Society of Parametric Analysts/Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis, 2003.

HJ9777 .A3 P373 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Miau, Jiun-Jih, and Richard Holdaway. Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

TL4015 .R44 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Morse, Wayne J., James Richard Davis, and Al L. Hartgraves. Management Accounting: A Strategic Approach. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Pub., 2000.

HF5635 .M67 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

National Academy of Public Administration. Principal Investigator-led Missions in Space Sciences. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration, 2005.

QB500.266 .U6 P83 P75 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Government Accountability Office. GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs. Washington, DC: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 2009.

HD47.3 .G36 2009 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2008 NASA Cost Estimating Handbook. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Admistration, Cost Analysis Division, 2008.

TL521.312 .A4 2008 BOOKSTACKS

E-books

All e-books listed here are available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.

 

Fields, Edward. The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers. AMACOM: 2002.

 

Oyer, Darrell J. Pricing and Cost Accounting: A Handbook for Government Contractors. Management Concepts: 2002.

 

Taylor, James C. Project Scheduling and Cost Control: Planning, Monitoring and Controlling the Baseline. J. Ross Publishing, 2008.

 

Venkataraman, Ray R., and Jeffrey K. Pinto. Cost and Value Management in Projects. John Wiley and Sons, 2008.

Articles and Reports

Banerjee, Bakul. "Estimating design costs for first-of-a-kind projects", in: IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Salvador, Brazil, Sept. 17-20, 2006.

(879083: (May 2008) Dept. of Energy Information Bridge)

 

Chase, James P., Rebecca L. Carter, and Jeffrey L. Smith. "System, cost, and risk analysis for access to space", in: Fourth National Symposium on Space Risk Management, Santa Monica, CA, Feb. 17-20, 2004.

(20060043206: (Dec. 2006) NTRS)

 

Hunt, Charles D, and Michel O. van Pelt. "Comparing NASA and ESA Cost Estimating Methods for Human Missions to Mars; Final Report", in: International Society of Parametric Analysts Conference, Frascati, Italy, May 10-12, 2004.

(20040075697: (June 2008) NTRS)

 

Lee, Taesik, and Peter Jeziorek. "An Exploratory Study of Cost Engineering in Axiomatic Design: Creation of the Cost Model Based on an FR-DP Map", in: Third International Conference on Axiomatic Design, Seoul, South Korea, June 21-24, 2004.

(20040082391: (June 2008) NTRS)

 

Peterson, Craig, et al. "Rapid Cost Assessment of Space Mission Concepts through Application of Complexity Indices", in: IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 1-8, 2008.

(20090019042: (May 2009) NTRS)

 

Prince, Frank A. "Weight and the Future of Space Flight Hardware Cost Modeling", in: International Society of Parametric Analysis/Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis 2003 International Conference, Orlando, FL, June 17-20, 2003.

(20030062056: (June 2008) NTRS)

 

Shishko, Robert. "Developing Analogy Cost Estimates for Space Missions", in: AIAA Space 2004, San Diego, CA, Sept. 28-30, 2004.

(20090007578: (Feb. 2009) NTRS)

 

Sterk, Steve, and Stephen Chesley. "Civil Service Workforce Market Supply and the Effect on the Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) that may effect the Productivity Factors for Future NASA Missions", in: European Space Agency International Society Parametric Analysis, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 12-16, 2008.

(20080022349: (July 8, 2008) NTRS)

 

Sundaram, Meenakshi. "The Effect of Infrastructure Sharing in Estimating Operations Cost of Future Space Transportation Systems", in: The 2004 NASA Faculty Fellowship Program Research Reports, NASA-CR-2005-213847, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, Jan. 2005.

(20050215327: (May 2005) NTRS)

 

Swan, Christopher, and Shawn Jarrett. "Correlation of Spacecraft Mission and Project Costs", in: NASA Cost Symposium, Denver, CO, July 17-19, 2007.

(20090026401: (Aug. 2009) NTRS)

 

Wang, Jianzhong Jay; Koushik Datta, and Michael R. Landis (Technical Monitor). A Life-Cycle Cost Estimating Methodology for NASA-Developed Air Traffic Control Decision Support Tools, NASA-CR-2002-211395, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA, March 2002.

(20020079430: (May 2009) NTRS)

Internet Resources

NASA Websites

 

Convy, James. Cost Analysis Division. Program Analysis and Evaluation. June 4, 2010 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/pae/organization/cost_analysis_division.html

This page has a direct link to the official text of the NASA Cost Estimating Handbook.

 

Cyr, Kelley. Cost Estimating Web Site. May 25, 2007 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://cost.jsc.nasa.gov/

 

King, Katherine. Cost Analysis Division. Independent Program Assessment Office. April 14, 2010. [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/pae/ipao/cost-schedule/index.html

Note: This page has a direct link to the official text of the NASA Cost Estimating Handbook.

 

Tremper, Nadine. Office of the Chief Financial Officer. April 3, 2010 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocfo/home/

 

Trevarthen, Ellie. Ask Magazine Archive. Budgets. May 12, 2010 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/archives/lessons_index_A-L.html

 

Other Websites

 

American Society of Professional Estimators. 2009 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.aspenational.com/

 

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. 2010 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.aacei.org/

 

International Cost Engineering Council. Aug. 27, 2010. [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.icoste.org/

 

International Society of Parametric Analysts. April 25, 2009 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.ispa-cost.org/index.htm

 

Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis. 2010 [Sept. 13, 2010]

http://www.sceaonline.org/

 

Space Systems Cost Analysis Group. July 27, 2010. [Sept. 13, 2010]

https://sscag.saic.com/