NDLI: GPS III independent program assessment lessons learned

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hardash, J.A.-C. Dunn, M.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Booz Allen Hamilton, 5220 Pacific Concourse Drive, Ste 200, Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA (Hardash, J.A.-C.) \|\| Department of the Air Force, GPS Wing, 483 N. Aviation Boulevard, El Segundo, CA 90245-2808 USA (Dunn, M.)
Abstract	Through the National Security Space Acquisition Policy (NSSAP) 03-01 the United States Air Force requires an Independent Program Assessment (IPA) prior to each Key Decision Point (KDP) program milestone decision by the Defense Space Acquisition Board (DSAB). The goal of an IPA is to ensure a program is ready to pass into the next milestone. During the IPA process the acquisition experts on the IPA review team share a wealth of experience and ideas with the program. A good IPA makes a significant impact on a program, helping to establish a solid foundation early, move forward with critical processes in place and share experience during program execution. Despite a strong acquisition team on the Global Positioning System (GPS) III program that had been trying to move the program forward past Phase A for almost 10 years, the first IPA visit in summer of 2007 was unsuccessful. Through a myriad of initiatives, actions, and lessons learned, the GPS III IPA lead worked with the GPS III team to change the red and yellow of the failed KDP-B IPA ratings to green. This paper focuses on the IPA process, lessons learned and the tools and methods from mundane to sublime that brought the GPS III IPA from failure to the best in recent SMC history. The extensive IPA preparations, execution and lessons learned that put the program back on a solid footing with the objective of achieving a successful IPA are detailed. Additionally, the processes, tools and methods established as a result of the IPA to help the program during execution and in preparation for the KDP-C are also discussed. The goal of this paper is to pass on the knowledge from months of preparation and direct involvement with the KDP-B IPA team to successfully answer their questions, meet the their objectives, and see the results briefed out at a successful DSAB review that allowed the GPS III program to move forward into the Design Phase and official Program Initiation.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	10
File Size	7313873
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424426218
ISSN	1095323X
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2009.4839717
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-03-07
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Global Positioning System National security Space missions Solids Forward contracts Aerospace engineering Sliding mode control History Couplings Systems engineering and theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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