1.Introduction.- 2.Why start a small spacecraft program?.- 3.To build, to buy, or in between?.- 4.Starting a small spacecraft program: types of programs and their benefits and drawbacks.- 5.Forming a program - funding and organizational issues.- 6.Forming a program: funding and organizational issues.- 7.Forming a program: technical and logistical issues.- 8.Setting educational goals and formative assessment.- 9.Summative assessment.- 10.Results of prior assessment work and its utility.