Roadmap Study: Update on Implementation of Results (“Now What…?”) Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. PDS Chief Scientist 28 Nov 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting – Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona

PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona Roadmap Activities Roadmap Study Team (RST) finished 23 June 2017 “Welcome to the Team” E-mail sent 29 July 2016 Kick off telecon 22 August 2016 Face-to-Face meetings held 13-14 October 2016 and 8-10 February 2017 in Towson, Maryland Planetary Data System Roadmap Study for 2017 – 2026 is now complete and available on the PDS roadmap page: https://pds.nasa.gov/roadmap/index.shtml Talks summarizing the Roadmap Study will be presented at the upcoming American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting and were presented at the 49th Annual Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting 28 November 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

Establishment of the Roadmap Activity NASA chartered this current PDS Roadmap Study Team to “develop a practical, community-developed pathway to implement the new long-term vision for the PDS, which continues to accomplish NASA’s broad objective for the PDS; namely, preserving and making available all data products from planetary exploration research and missions.” 28 November 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

Roadmap Study and Report Available on the PDS roadmap page: https://pds.nasa.gov/roadmap/index.shtml 19 “Findings” Corresponding “remediations” Appendices documenting PDS background and information not otherwise easily located 28 November 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona So What? “Roadmaps” are useful in two ways Pull together an overall approach – typically looking for longer-term (~three years to a decade, typically) implementation needs Provide both a consensus of and education to an appropriate sampling of stakeholders in the outcome of an activity These were called for in the aforementioned “ Charter” The Roadmap report – and the associated interactions, discussions, and activities of the Roadmap Study Team accomplished these objectives “Roadmaps” are not Program or Project Plans They do not provide detailed schedules, which must be both resource loaded and funded and approved by higher levels of management 28 November 2017o PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona The Way Forward Good roadmaps do provide “a way forward” – along with options to match ever-changing resource realities As Noted in the Project Manager’s report there is movement in Assembling a Project Plan Estimating required resources Accelerating the conversion of heritage files to PDS4 Accelerating PDS4 tool development 28 November 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona The Job Never Ends To accomplish all of these things in a timely fashion pro-active management is key As the Roadmap suggested, even that requires resources But we are further ahead now than we were before Continued efficient cooperation between the nodes and the Project Office is necessary, but not sufficient,… … although it is a start 28 November 2017 PDS Management Council Meeting - Tucson, Arizona