1. SRM PUG UPDATES AND FIXES Hosted by: Kathy Karmazin-Calin February 2009 Copyright © 2009 by United Space Alliance, LLC

2. Page 2 Who We Are  Premier provider of space operations services  $2 billion annual sales  Worldwide operations  10,500 employees –Onsite at Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center  More than 1,200 suppliers in 45 states  A Limited Liability Company (LLC) –Owned 50/50 by Lockheed Martin and Boeing USA Locations USA Major Subcontractor Locations

3. Page 3 USA Mission and Vision  Mission: –Provide safe, high-quality, best-value space operations, services and technologies to our customers  Vision: –To be a world leader in space operations on Earth, on orbit and beyond

4. Page 4 Major Programs  NASA prime contractor for end-to-end Space Shuttle operations  Around-the-clock International Space Station on-orbit operations  Major subcontractor on Orion (CEV) and Ares I Stage 1 (CLV) contracts Space Shuttle Program International Space Station Program Constellation Program

5. Page 5 What We Do Our team includes experts in virtually every aspect of space operations Key capability areas  Integration and Program Management  Mission for Space Flight and Ground Operations  Space Systems Flight Software  Integrated Logistics  Information Technology

6. Page 6 Oracle/PeopleSoft Environment at USA PeopleSoft Products – HP Unix, Oracle 10g  HRMS v8.9  FDM v8.9  ELM v9  Enterprise Portal v9 Oracle Products  Hyperion v4 upgrading to v9  E-Business

7. Page 7 Oracle/PeopleSoft Recommended Approach to Updates and Fixes*  Make it a scheduled task  Apply quarterly *Based on sessions at Oracle World 2008

8. Page 8 Updates and Fixes at USA Yearly apply all the updates and fixes available, with critical fixes applied as needed. PROS:  Keeps us close to current for support CONS:  Time consuming for technical and functional team  Access to new updates and fixes is only yearly  Major effort required to preserve our custom code  Impossible to thoroughly test

9. Page 9 Considering…… Quarterly apply all available updates and fixes to a DMU environment. Only apply critical fixes to live environments when needed. Catch up remainder before next product upgrade. PROS:  Keeps us current for support  Minimal impact to custom code  New updates and fixes readily available for review  Reduced testing requirements CONS:  Large volume of updates and fixes to be applied before next product upgrade

10. Page 10 WHAT DO YOU DO? WHY?