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Contract Year 1 Review IMT. Tilt Thompkins MOS - NCSA 15 May 2002. Program Development Approach. Major Issues Addressed As NCSA Core Lead Classified contract Updating UI financial system after late start date Performance and Hiring as impacted by IL State budget crisis.
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Contract Year 1 ReviewIMT Tilt Thompkins MOS - NCSA 15 May 2002
Program Development Approach • Major Issues Addressed As NCSA Core Lead • Classified contract • Updating UI financial system after late start date • Performance and Hiring as impacted by IL State budget crisis Contract Year 1 Review
Program Development Approach • Major Issues Addressed As FAPOC • Engaging T&E Community • Who, where, what • Level of HPC expertise • On-site performance and security • Program development barriers • T&E Community has limited HPC expertise • Sense that HPC/PET is trying to “tell them how to do their job” • In general, 50% of the funding for a T&E center is yearly customer funds, and as a result, their time horizon is short (3 to 6 months) • Projects are of limited interest given the relatively long development time Contract Year 1 Review
Strategic Goals for IMT • Top priorities: • Application of HPC software tools and techniques with live tests and hardware-in-the-loop simulations for test and evaluation. • Tools for collecting, organizing, and combining diverse information sets to optimally guide T&E decision making. • Concentrate on: • High-fidelity component and process models • Real-time model execution • Integration of information from disparate sources • Test data repositories • Optimal Test Strategy Planning • Building IMT Communities of practice • Training in new software tools & methodologies (Core) Contract Year 1 Review
FY03 PROJECT PLANNING: IMT FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 • High-fidelity component and process models • Real-time models • Information Integration • Test data repositories • Optimal test planning • Building IMT communities of practice OPT. T&E DECISION MAKING IMT 002 CROSS-FA PROGRAMS CORE R-T INTEROPERABILITY MODEL DATA REDUCTION OPT. T&E DECISION MAKING CORE TRANINING STATISTICS DATA REPOSITORIES DATA REPOSITORIES IMT 002 OPT. T&E DECISION MAKING DATA REPOSITORIES IMT 006 OPT. T&E DECISION MAKING Contract Year 1 Review
Technical (Metrics) • User Codes Impacted by PET • Logistics Common Model • Deployment planning and system acquisition analysis tool • TENA - Test and Training Enabling Architecture • Logical Range Enabler, see Joint Test and Training Range Roadmap (JTTRR) Contract Year 1 Review
Technical (Metrics) • User Contacts and Assistance • HPC Users: 3. Total of 9 months duration • Direct Contact: • T&E working staff: 19 • T&E Management: 11 Contract Year 1 Review
Technical (Metrics) • Tools introduced to community • Parallel LCOM • Users have low HPC skills • Intensive use by 3 to 5 DoD staff • Logistics tail a major DoD expense and system evaluation criteria Contract Year 1 Review
Technical (Metrics) • Presentations Given: 5 • Conferences Held: NTR • Workshops Held: NTR • Seminars Held: NTR • Training Held: In progress: WSMC intro to parallel programming, ATC datamining and data warehousing introduction Contract Year 1 Review
Technical (Metrics) • Technical Reports and Articles • None Contract Year 1 Review
IMT 002 Deployment Logistics Planning • Budget - $75,000 • Period of Performance: • 10/01 to 10/02 • PI: Tilt Thompkins • Objective: Implement the infrastructure needed to bring PET-1 capabilities into general DoD use Deliverables Green: Generic Simulation Wrapping and convert to handle new LCOM version Green: Improved HPC back-end and response surface generation capability Green: Final Project Technical Report, 1 Oct 02 Yellow: Simplified User interface, 15 March 02 Yellow: Training Package – 15 April 02 Yellow: Demonstrate Mission Capable Rate Optimization– 31 May 02 Yellow: Delayed for early focus on HPC back-end Contract Year 1 Review
IMT 006 Training and User-Focused Workshops • Budget - $100,000 • Period of Performance: • 10/01 to 10/02 • PI: Tilt Thompkins • Objective: develop and deliver a user-centric training and problem development program Deliverables Yellow: Develop base training materials Yellow: Deliver four four day workshops Yellow: Deliver four, two day, training classes Developing requirements proved much more difficult than expected. Workshops now being scheduled for June and July Contract Year 1 Review
IMT Invoice Status Contract Year 1 Review
IMT Budget March - 68% of Plan Forecast 90% of Plan Contract Year 1 Review
IMT Budget March - 61% of Plan Forecast 66% of Plan Contract Year 1 Review
Staffing • 2 On-Sites, ARL and AEDC • 1 New Hire for AEDC • 1 departed due to performance issues, ARL • AEDC Position required 5 months to fill, security clearance issues have delayed arrival at AEDC • ARL position now open Contract Year 1 Review
Summary • University billing mistakes resolved and invoices should reflect close to estimated. • On-Sites • Open slot at ARL • Security issues remain at AEDC Contract Year 1 Review