Book/Printed Material Developing a risk assessment methodology for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title

• Developing a risk assessment methodology for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Summary

• "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confronts a variety of organizational-level risks within its programs that could influence the success of its missions or programs. Comparing, contrasting, and mitigating these risks require developing a common lens through which to view them. Such an evaluation can increase overall understanding of the risks associated with NASA-level decisions. This report provides NASA's Office of Strategy and Plans with a risk assessment methodology that integrates risk factors and risk management approaches tailored to NASA's management, operations, and acquisition structures. While NASA has deep experience in conducting risk assessments on highly technical issues for individual programs and projects, it has not developed an overarching methodology for thinking about overall NASA-level risk associated with its decisions. For this effort, a methodology was developed for normalizing and comparing supply chain, external dependency, cost and schedule, human capital, organizational and managerial, political, and technical risks. The goal ultimately was to develop a single, overarching, risk-informed decision support methodology for looking at disparate risks through a common lens. The methodology presented is for a non-expert audience so that any practitioner or decisionmaker with any level of training can use it"-- Publisher's description.

Names

• Gerstein, Daniel M., 1958- author
• Kallimani, James G., author
• Mayer, Lauren A., author
• Meshkat, Leila, author
• Osburg, Jan, author
• Davis, Paul K., 1943- author
• Cignarella, Blake, author
• Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963- author
• Rand Corporation, issuing body, publisher
• United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
• ©2016

Headings

• -  United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Decision making
• -  United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Management
• -  Aeronautics--Risk assessment--United States--Methodology
• -  Aeronautics--Risk management--United States--Methodology

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-92).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xx, 92 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• TL521.312

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739521

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739521

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739521

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