Spiral Development, Real Options and Other Development Methodologies

On June 5, 2006, the Human Space Exploration Initiative in the Technology and Public Policy Program and the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, both at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in partnership with the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis at the University of Texas at Dallas, cohosted a workshop in Washington, D.C., bringing together members of academia, industry, and space agencies as well as policymakers to address the value of new development methodologies and their application to space systems and infrastructures.