JWST PRDS Project Mangement Case Study Jesse Doggett Project Engineer, ITEB/OED
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study2 Outline What is the JWST PRDS? Stakeholders & Communication PRDS Formal Documents Planning and Subprojects Managing Change Quality
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study3 JWST PRDS Project Reference Database Data Used to Operate the Space Craft PRDS Functional Components Data Editor Version Control Dependency Checking Change Management
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study4 JWST WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study5 Stakeholders / Communication Stakeholders NASA, NGST, Instrument Teams, ISIM, WFS&C, OSS, S&OC, PRDS Team Communication Working Group Meetings Status, Requirements, Interfaces, Design Formal Documents NGIN - JWST Restricted Web Site
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study6 Formal Documents Planning Documents Architecture, Operations Concept, Requirements, Design Acceptance Documents Test Plan Test Results Release Notes Other Interface Control Document
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study7 Planning and Subprojects Basic Plan Project broken up into phases or sub-projects. Initial phase, implement baseline set of requirements. Subsequent phases, requirements and bug fix implementations tracked in the Problem Report System Delivery Procedures Minor Releases (bug fixes) Notification, Delivered via Download Major Releases (new requirements) Formal Documents, Government Witness for Acceptance, Contracting Officer Delivers CD and Hard Documents
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study8 Managing Change Requirements Informally Discussed in Working Group Meeting Formal Request to Change Is Negotiated New Requirements Document Approved and Updated Important to Agree with Government on the Set of Requirements Personnel Unplanned Departures Between First 2 Phases Worked with Division to Identify Other Available Personnel Slipped Schedule a Few Weeks
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study9 Certification Requirements ~20 New Requirements / No New Funding Initially, Informed NASA We Can’t Set Completion Date “Rolling Wave Planning” Create and Refine Schedule and Plan Design-As-We Go Acceptance Test Only at the End
PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study10 Quality Planning Quality Assurance Ensures that activities are being performed to verify requirements are met. Not formally done for PRDS Quality Control Software Testing for PRDS Perform Regression and Problem Report Testing Weekly Reports Results Driver Future Action Document Failures Determine If Immediate Fixes Required to Release