The growing importance of costs and ways to maintain cost control on a large program in today's competitive environmentDiscussion of management techniques that make it possible to overcome inflationary and developmental cost rises while holding schedule and performance fixed in scientific space programs. The techniques reviewed pertain to high personnel motivation, continual review of contract rigidity for de facto modification by senior judgment, standardization vs design innovation, cooperative customer/contractor goal orientation vs task orientation, and deep real-time management visibility.
Document ID
19740028789
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Newman, J. J. (RCA, Astro-Electronics Div., Princeton N.J., United States)
Grimes, D. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Gaetano, F. W. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)