ECSS-M-00B - 29 August 2003 - Space project management policy and principles

Sep 12, 2026

This ECSS standard provides space project management policy and principles, defining what outcomes shall be achieved for managing space projects, engineering activities, and product assurance. Requirements are expressed by accomplishment rather than by how to structure and perform work, enabling existing organizational methods where effective and allowing evolution without rewriting. It is aligned with the ISO 9000 document family and notes significant updates from the previous version, including streamlined contents and a DRD for the Management Plan.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryGeneral

FormatPDF

Pages40

Reading Time14 min

AccessFree to download

Foreword

Introduction

1 Scope

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms

4 Use of ECSS Standards to define project requirements

4.1 Policy and principles

4.2 Tendering process

4.3 Customer-supplier network

4.4 Tailoring of standards

5 Major elements of project management

5.1 Overall objective

5.2 Overall policy and principles

5.3 Management of risk

5.4 Project breakdown structures

5.5 Project organization

5.6 Project phasing and planning

5.7 Configuration management

5.8 Information/documentation management

5.9 Cost and schedule management

5.10 Integrated logistic support

5.11 Product assurance management

5.12 Engineering management

6 Project management requirements

6.1 General

6.2 Overall requirements for the customer

6.3 Overall requirements for the supplier

Annex A (informative) ECSS Standards architecture and domains

Annex B (normative) Project management plan DRD

ECSS-M-00B 29 August 2003 EUROPEAN COOPERATION ECSS FOR SPACE STANDARDIZATION Space project management Policy and principles ECSS Secretariat ESA-ESTEC Requirements & Standards Division Noordwijk, The Netherlands Published by: ESA Publications Division ESTEC, P.O. Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands ISSN: 1028-396X Price: 􀄄 10 Printed in The Netherlands Copyright 2003 . by the European Space Agency for the members of ECSS Foreword This Standard is one of the series of ECSS Standards intended to be applied together for the management, engineering and product assurance in space projects and applications. Annex A provides an overview of the architecture and structure of the series of ECSS Standards. ECSS is a cooperative effort of the European Space Agency, national space agencies and European industry associations for the purpose of developing and maintaining common standards. Requirements in this Standard are defined in terms of what shall be accomplished, rather than in terms of how to organize and perform the necessary work. This allows existing organizational structures and methods to be applied where they are effective, and for the structures and methods to evolve as necessary without rewriting the standard. The formulation of this Standard takes into account the existing ISO 9000 family of documents. Significant changes between this version and the previous version are: - general streamlining of issue A table of contents and text of the document,- text of bullet list of clause 1 reworded to reflect streamlining of table of contents and to highlight that the main objective of the standard is to define a Management Plan, and - added DRD for the Management Plan. This Standard has been prepared by the ECSS Management Panel, reviewed by the ECSS members and approved by the ECSS Steering Board. This version B cancels and replaces ECSS--M--00A. (This page is intentionally left blank) Contents Foreword .................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................. 7 1 Scope ................................................................... 9 2 Normative references ..................................................... 11 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms .................................. 13 3.1 Terms and definitions ............................................... 13 3.2 Abbreviated terms ................................................. 13 4 Use of ECSS Standards to define project requirements ...................... 15 4.1 Policy and principles ............................................... 15 4.2 Tendering process ................................................. 16 4.3 Customer-supplier network .......................................... 16 4.4 Tailoring of standards ............................................... 20 5 Major elements of project management .................................. 21 5.1 Overall objective .................................................. 21 5.2 Overall policy and principles ........................................ 21 5.3 Management of risk ............................................... 22 5.4 Project breakdown structures ........................................ 23 5.5 Project organization ................................................ 23 5.6 Project phasing and planning ....................................... 24 5.7 Configuration management ........................................ 24 5.8 Information/documentation management ............................ 25 5.9 Cost and schedule management ................................... 25 5.10 Integrated logistic support .......................................... 26 5.11 Product assurance management .................................... 26 5.12 Engineering management .......................................... 27 6 Project management requirements .......

FAQs

How are requirements defined in this ECSS standard?

Requirements are defined in terms of what shall be accomplished, not in terms of how to organize and perform the work.

What is the purpose of using ECSS Standards to define project requirements?

The standard supports defining project requirements using ECSS policy and principles, including guidance for tendering, customer-supplier networks, and tailoring of standards.

What changed in version B compared with the previous version?

Version B includes streamlined issue A contents and text, rewording of clause 1 bullet text to emphasize the standard’s main objective, and the addition of a DRD for the Management Plan.

Sep 12, 2026

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