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2018 Nasa Cost and Schedule Symposium 2018 NASA COST AND SCHEDULE SYMPOSIUM WELCOMETOTHE 2018 NASA COST IND SCHEDULESYMPOSIUM • Second year as the NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium with all indications that this year will be as successful as last year • Most abstract submissions ever! – again! • Over 50 presentations! • 9 Special Sessions! • An Awards ceremony packed with worthy award nominations • Record amount of Analyst of the Year and Rising Star Nominations! • Over 300 attendees this year! • Two Guest Speakers • Mr. Chris Scolese: Center Director of Goddard Space Flight Center • Mr. Jeff DeWit: NASA Chief Financial Officer - SYMPOSIUMLOGISTICS Logistics Agenda • Registration Desk Agenda items posted on Website • Restrooms • Tuesday • Main Session – Building 8 Auditorium • Lunch • Where do you eat? • Wednesday • Two Tracks – Cost Estimating (Building 3) • Wifi and Schedule Management (Building 8) • Network: TBD • Username: TBD • Password: TBD • Thursday • Main Session – Building 8 Auditorium • Special Sessions – see Agenda • Tour Symposium Website: https://www.nasa.gov/offices/ocfo/cost_symposium Or find by searching “NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium” on your favorite search engine - WHYARE WE HERE? • This is the community’s one time to • We strongly encourage you to meet come together and share ideas new members of the community • Best practices while you are here: • Lessons learned • PCEC • New data, analysis, and tools • CADRe/ONCE • NICM • ASCOT • MOCET • COMPACT • JCL Tools (JACS & Polaris) • Parametric CoTS (PRICE and SEER) • Schedule Initiative • EVM Community - THESYMPOSIUM ISA TEAM EFFORT • Mr. Craig McArthur, Director of the Strategic Investments Division • Paper Selection Committee • Michele King • Mr. James Johnson, Lead Symposium Coordinator • Susan Bertsch • Goddard Support • Awards Committee • Anthony McNair • Eric Plumer • Steve Shinn • Craig McArthur • Larry Wolfarth • Charisse Dorrell • Susan Bertsch • Anthony McNair • Logistical Support (and much more!) • Tommy Paine • John Greene • • Alex Campbell Andy Prince • Dayana Bobko • A/V Support • Antanese Crank, NCTS • Michael Lewis (not the author) • Conference All-stars • The Authors and Presenters! • James Johnson • Michele King • Robin Smith • Eric Plumer • Justin Hornback • Marc Greenberg • Anthony McNair - 2018NASA COST AND SCHEDULE SYMPOSIUM TUESDAY'SAGENDA Unique ID TIME Title Author/Pr esenter (s) Or& Time (mins) Doors open, Registrat ion, Informa l Meet and 7:00 - 8:00 Greet SID NASA HQ 60 8:00 - 8:30 Open ing Remarks Hunt NASA HQ 30 31 8:30 - 9:00 Scalese Ope ining Rema rks Chris Scalese GSFC 30 59 9:00 - 9:30 Explanation of Change Bob Bitten GSFC and Aerospace 30 42 9:30 - 10:00 NASA Program Plann ing and Control Steve Shinn, Char les Hunt GSFCand HQ 30 Continuo usly Imp roving Paramet ric Model ing 53 10:00 - 10:30 with Histo rical Data o n the ICESat-2 M ission Joseph Krygiel GSFC 30 500 10:30 - 10:45 BREAK All All 15 NASA lifecycle and Deve lopment Cost Var iatio n 13 10:45 - 11:15 against Base lines Kevin Gilligan NASA HQ 30 Bob Bitten, Bo b Kellogg, Eric The Effect o f Policy Changes on NASA Science Ma hr, Sarah Lang , Debra 6 11:15 - 12:00 Missio n Cost & Schedu le Grow t h Emmo ns Aerospace 45 510 12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK All All 90 Mike Blandford, Julie McAfee , 8 13:30 - 14 :00 One NASA Cost Engineer ing Data base (ONCE) Eric Plumer , James Johnson NASA HQ and SAIC 30 33 14:00 - 14:30 GAO Best Pract ices Jason Lee, Molly Traci GAO 30 EADOS: A Prio rit izatio n Ana lysis and Risk Doug las Brown, Raymo nd 50 14 :30 - 15:00 Assessmen t Capability Mccollum, Bet hany Wels t ead , BAH 30 We b- based Grassroo ts Cost Estimating for 54 15:00 - 15:30 Proposa ls Holly Bryant, Melo di a Stewart GSFC 30 500 15:30 - 15:45 BREAK All All 15 Cost Effects of Destinat ion on Space Mission 39 15:45 - 16:15 Cost wi t h Focus o n Lunar M issions Mitc h Lasky, Joe Hama ker Ball and Galo rath Fed 30 30 16:15 - 16:45 Jeff DeW it Remar ks Jeff Dewi t NASA HQ 30 Please join us for the Social 501 16:45 • 17:30 Awards All All 45 Happy Hour (6pm) at Willie K’s 58 6pm - TBD Socal Happy Hour All All - BACKUP - CHRISTOPHERJ.SCOLESE GODDARDCENTER DIRECTOR • Mr. Christopher Scolese is the center director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Scolese assumed his post on March 5, 2012. Scolese previously served as NASA associate administrator at NASA Headquarters in Washington. • As associate administrator, Scolese was responsible for the oversight and integration of NASA's programmatic and technical efforts to ensure the successful accomplishment of the agency's overall mission. • Previously, Scolese served as NASA's chief engineer. As chief engineer, Scolese was responsible for ensuring that development efforts and mission operations within the agency were planned and conducted on a sound engineering basis, as well as for the long-term health of the NASA engineering workforce. • Formerly, Scolese was the deputy director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, where he assisted the director in overseeing all activities. He also served as the deputy associate administrator in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters. In this position, he was responsible for the management, direction and oversight of NASA's Space Science Flight Program, mission studies, technology development and overall contract management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. • Scolese also served as the Earth Orbiting Satellite (EOS) program manager and the deputy director of Flight Programs and Projects for Earth Science at Goddard. In these positions, he was responsible for the operation and development of all Earth science missions assigned to Goddard. He also served as the EOS Terra project manager. In addition, Scolese was the EOS systems manager responsible for the EOS system architecture and the integration of all facets of the project. During his previous tenure at Goddard, he chaired the EOS Blue Team that re-scoped the EOS Goddard Center Director Christopher Scolese Program; he supported the EOS investigators in the development of the EOS payloads in the restructured EOS; and he Credits: NASA Goddard/Bill Hrybyk has been responsible for the adoption of common data system architecture on EOS and some other Earth-orbiting spacecraft. • Prior to his original appointment at Goddard in 1987, his experience included work in industry and government. While a senior analyst at the General Research Corporation of McLean,Va., he participated in several SDIO programs. He was selected by Admiral Hyman Rickover to serve at Naval Reactors where he was associated with the development of instrumentation, instrument systems and multi-processor systems for the U.S. Navy and the DOE while working for NAVSEA. Source: Adapted from https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/people/scolese.html , Retrieved August 2018 - JEFF DEWIT NASACHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER • Jeff DeWit was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 14, 2018, to serve as NASA’s Chief Financial Officer. As NASA CFO, DeWit ensures the financial health of the agency, which includes effectively employing agency resources toward the achievement of NASA's strategic plan. He manages the organization's budget and fiscal operations, directs the preparation and submission of annual financial and budgetary reports, and coordinates agency financial management activities with other federal agencies. • DeWit comes to NASA from Arizona state government, where he was elected in 2014 and served as State Treasurer, a role in which he was responsible for the oversight of more than $15 billion in state investments and more than $32 billion of annual inflows and outflows. DeWit also served as the chairman of Arizona’s State Board of Investment and State Loan Commission, and as Surveyor General. • DeWit’s career in finance began in 1992 at one of the largest brokerage firms in the country, moving up quickly to become one of Smith Barney’s youngest fully-licensed investment professionals. • In 1999, DeWit started a company called ECHOtrade, and during his 14 years as Chief Executive Officer at their Phoenix headquarters, he grew the company to more than 500 licensed Portrait, NASA Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit, professional traders worldwide. He also developed and pioneered one of the first software Monday, April 9, 2018, NASA Headquarters in platforms that enabled market makers to trade off the exchange floor reducing costs and creating Washington. efficiency, while producing some of the best real-time financial risk management software and Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls algorithms. • DeWit has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Southern California, and also has an accounting degree. He also has two certificates in Public Treasury Management from the National Institute of Public Finance, and is a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jeff-dewit-chief-financial-officer , Retrieved August 2018 -.
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