Space Programme Management

Duration:

2 x half days

9:30am to 1:00pm

Location:

Online

Certificate:

Certificate of Course Completion

Cost:

Network Members: €350 per person

Programme Overview

This course outlines the key aspects of managing space programmes in a European context. We will provide an effective summary of how the European Cooperation for Space Standardisation [ECSS] is applied to programmes, focussing on the need-to-know elements of the standards that govern Project Planning and Implementation; Organisation and Conduct of Reviews; Configuration Management; and Cost, Schedule, Risk and Scope Management.

We will also provide insights into how Programme Managers interact with Product and Quality Assurance, Contracts, Engineering, Space Law and Business Development in space projects.

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14th & 15th May 2025

This course is complementary and not overlapping with the “Doing Business with ESA” and “Writing Winning ESA Proposals” Space Industry Skillnet course content. 

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Learning outcomes

Understand the main aspects of space programme Management, Understand of the European Cooperation on Space Standardisation [ECSS] and how it applies to space programmes ,Identify what an SME Programme Manager needs how to manage them to benefit your company and not flounder under excessive requirements, Understand the key interactions between the Space Programme Manager and other core disciplines, Course includes a takeaway handbook to allow the key details of this Space Programme Management Course to be applied immediately

Who is the course for?

Programme Managers, who are new or recently involved in space programmes, Managers, Engineers and Executives who want to gain an overall view of the key aspects of managing space programmes 

Modules

Part 1:  What SME managers need to know from the European Council on Space Standards [ECSS] for Programme Management

Project Planning and Implementation Key activities when planning a space project, project breakdown structures, Project phasing

Organisation and Conduct of Reviews, the formal review process, Roles in a formal review, Managing Review Item Discrepancies [RIDs]

  1. Configuration Information Management Standard
  2. Scope, Cost and Schedule Management
  3. Risk Management, Risk Assessment Classification and Risk Register Tool, Risk Mitigation, Contingency: expressing risk as a cost or schedule impact, Technology Readiness Levels

Part 2: The SME Space PM and their key interactions with:

  1. Product and Quality Assurance
  2. Contracts
  3. Engineering
  4. Business Development
  5. Space Law

 

 

 

 

Trainer Profile

Dr Ronan Wall is the Manager of the UCD Centre for Space Research. He has over 18 years’ experience in proposal writing, management and evaluation with SME, Prime Contractor, UK Space Agency and Academia. Ronan was the ESA Proposals Course instructor at Airbus Defence and Space Ltd and has taught proposal management on the UCD MSc in Space Science & Technology for the past 5 years.