Resources

Space-Related Risk Management Documents

  • Risk Classification for NASA Payloads - NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 8705.4 [PDF]
  • Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition [PDF]
  • NASA Risk Management Procedural Requirements - NPR 8000.4A [Link]
  • Risk Assessment: A review of the fundamental principles [PDF]
  • DoD System Safety - MIL-STD-882E [PDF]
  • Pate-Cornell, "Uncertainties in risk analysis: Six levels of treatment" [PDF]
  • Purdy, "ISO 31000:2009 - Setting a New Standard for Risk Management" [PDF]
  • Larrere, "Risk management and lessons learned solutions for satellite product assurance" [PDF]
  • Turner and Hunsucker, "Effective risk management: a goal based approach" [PDF]
  • NASA Risk-Informed Decision Making Handbook [PDF]
  • U.S. Air Force Cost Risk and Uncertainty Analysis Handbook [PDF]

Example Space-Related Risk Management Plans:

  • International Space Station [PDF]
  • Space Shuttle [PDF]
  • Lambert et al., "Identification, ranking, and management of risks in a major system acquisition" [PDF]

Regression:

  • Development of the Small Satellite Cost Model [PDF]
  • General Error Regression [PDF]
  • Trouble with R^2 [PDF]
    • Generalized Coefficient of Determination [PDF]

Decision Analysis:

  • Foundations of Decision Analysis [PDF]
  • Readings on the Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis, Ed. Howard and Matheson

The University of Texas at Austin research groups:

  • Lightsey Research Group [Link]
  • Texas Spacecraft Lab - [Link]
  • The University of Texas at Austin - [Link]