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Systems Engineering Initiatives at NASA To GODDARD/SMA-D EDUCATION SERIES

Explore NASA's initiatives, tools, and workforce development strategies in Systems Engineering to support their vision and improve program management. Learn about the holistic and integrative nature of systems engineering and its vital role in achieving mission success.

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Systems Engineering Initiatives at NASA To GODDARD/SMA-D EDUCATION SERIES

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  1. Systems Engineering Initiatives at NASA To GODDARD/SMA-D EDUCATION SERIES Gregory L. Robinson NASA Deputy Chief Engineer September 25, 2008

  2. Strategy to support NASA Vision • Major Initiatives • Establish Technical Authority • Improve Program and Project Management • Revitalize Systems Engineering

  3. Deployment of the NASA SE Framework • Common Technical Processes • SE NPR • Center SE NPR Implementation Plans • Center surveys (gap analysis) • Center Procedural Requirements • Tools and Methods • NASA SE Handbook • SE Body of Knowledge • “Art and Science of Engineering Space Systems” monograph • SE Bibliography & References • SE Community of Practice • SE Wikii • MBSE Initiative • Center tool use surveys • NASA Toolshed • Center SE-specific websites • Workforce, Knowledge and Skills • SE Roadshow • Understanding NPR 7123.1A course • SE courses offered through NASA APPEL • SE Workforce Development Strategy, SE Behaviors • SE Leadership Development Program (SELDP) • Center SE OJT programs, SE Mentoring • SE Seminars, bi-annual SE Masters Forum, • SE Track at PM Challenge • SE Activity of the Year Award • Characterization of SE workforce, SE Community (target audience) • SE Survey

  4. Engineers Across NASA Described Systems Engineering • Prepare the documents necessary for key project milestones—poor • Manage processes—a good part, an enabler, but not enough • Perform as the technical conscience of a project—nice but generic • Design, realize, and manage the creation, development, and implementation of the system —reasonable • Know the technical “red line” through the system; be able to anticipate effects of changes throughout the system and lifecycle—reasonable but limited • Maintain the big-picture perspective, integrating all disciplines—reasonable • Maintain the project’s technical integrity, whatever it takes—reasonable

  5. What is Systems Engineering at NASA? • Systems engineering is the “art and science” of developing an operable system that can meet requirements within imposed constraints. • Systems engineering is holistic and integrative. It incorporates and balances the contributions of many disciplines, including systems safety, to produce a coherent whole that no single discipline dominates. • Systems engineering is about tradeoffs and compromises, about generalists rather than specialists. • Systems engineering is first and foremost about getting the right design—and then about maintaining and enhancing its technical integrity, as well as managing complexity with good processes. Neither the world’s greatest design, poorly implemented – nor a poor design, brilliantly implemented – is worth having.

  6. Maintaining Balance Among Subsystem Designs

  7. The Scope of Systems Engineering

  8. Systems Engineering Activities Span the Project Lifecycle

  9. Mission Directorate Programmatic Requirements Center Engineering & Management Policies and Practices Program Plans Project Plans Realignment of Governing Documents NPD 1000.0 Strategic Management & Governance Handbook NPD 1000.3 The NASA Organization NPD 8700.1 NASA Policy for Safety & Mission Success NPD 8900.5A NASA Health & Medical Policy for Space Exploration Mission Support Office NPDs NPD 7120.4 “Acquisition” NPR 7123.1 Systems Engineering Procedural Requirements (and Other Engineering NPRs) NPR 7120.5 NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements OSMA NPRs NID 1240-41 and OCHMO NPRs Support Org NPRs Health & Medical Requirements MSO Functional Requirements SMA Requirements Program/Project Mgmt Requirements Engineering Requirements NPD 7120.7 NPD 7120.8

  10. Common Technical Processes 3.1 – Figure 3-1 SE Engine

  11. Role of SE in context of PM Project Systems Engineering Project Control • Management Planning • Schedule Management • Integrated Assessment • Resource Management • Acquisition management • System Design • Requirement Definition • Technical Solution Definition • Product Realization • Design Realization • Evaluation • Transition • Technical Management • Technical Planning • Technical Control • Technical Assessment • Technical Decision Analysis • Planning • Risk Management • Configuration management • Data Management • Assessment • Decision Analysis

  12. Development Activities for Systems Engineers

  13. Development Activities for Systems Engineers by Performance Level

  14. An Example of Healthy Tension

  15. Summary This vision will require a renewed emphasis on systems engineering. In order to implement this vision, NASA is pursuing an approach that takes into consideration the latest reinvigoration of systems engineering in other Government and Industry initiatives. The Best Systems Engineering Principals, Processes, and Techniques Will Turn This Vision into Reality

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