摘要：Highlights•The Moon Project as an austere project is motivated and defined.•The Moon Project is mathematically presented and analyzed for a chosen cost project program.•The Moon Project total cost is mathematically derived and numerically analyzed.•The Moon Project optimal value given involving parameters are stated, presented and discussed.•The Moon Project is theorized in application and adoption for better project design in production centers during austerity periods.AbstractThis article studies a cost project problem identified here as the Moon project with mathematical laws. The Moon project is a program cost project regulated by certain constraints with principal variableN∈Zthat survives on projecth∈Honly if it survives the lowest level (level 1). For this particular problem, we model the total costTfor mounting a Moon project under project coordinates involving the inward payables(w), the outward payables(x), consumables(y), cross subsidisation(z)as independent coordinates and sufficient for describing the configuration of complicated production systems. Additionally, optimal path analysis to completeness in form of examples and remarks on Moon projects survival chances is provided.
