1. JWST PRDS Project Mangement Case Study Jesse Doggett Project Engineer, ITEB/OED

2. 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

3. 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

4. PMJC December 1 st, 2008JWST PRDS Case Study4 JWST WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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)  E-Mail Notification, Delivered via Download  Major Releases (new requirements)  Formal Documents, Government Witness for Acceptance, Contracting Officer Delivers CD and Hard Documents

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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