How do the POV of the PM and SE differ?
POV of the PM is project start through project end. POV of the SE is product idea through product disposal.
What is the SEMS?
SE Master Schedule, an important element of the SEMP
As a high level overview, what should the SEMP include?
- Organization of the project and how SE interfaces with the other parts of the organization
- Responsibilities and authority of the key positions
- Clear system boundaries and scope of the project
- Project assumptions and constraints
- Key technical objectives
- Infrastructure support and resource management (i.e., facilities, tools, IT, personnel, etc.)
- Approach and methods used for planning and executing the technical processes described in this handbook
- Approach and methods used for planning and executing the technical management processes described in this handbook
- Approach and methods used for planning and executing the applicable specialty engineering processes described in this handbook
What are some leading indicators?
- Requirements trends— Rate of maturity of the system definition against the plan. Requirements trends characterize the stability and completeness of the system requirements that could potentially impact design and production.
- Interface trends— Interface specification closure against plan. Lack of timely closure could pose adverse impact to system architecture, design, implementation, and/ or verification and validation (V& V), any of which could pose technical, cost, and schedule impact.
- Requirements validation trends— Progress against the plan in ensuring that the customer requirements are valid and properly understood. Adverse trends would pose impacts to system design activity with corresponding impacts to technical, cost, and schedule baselines and customer satisfaction.
What are MOEs?
- They are focused on the mission
- Stated from the acquirer (customer/user) viewpoint,
- The acquirer’s key indicators of achieving the mission needs for performance, suitability, and affordability across the life cycle.
- Overall operational success criteria to be used by the acquirer for the dedlivered system, services, and/or processes.
- –e.g., Mission Performance, Safety, Operability, Operational Availability, etc.
What are MOPs?
- They are focused on the system
- Measure attributes needed to ensure that the system has the capability to achieve operational objectives.
- Assess whether the system meets design or performance requirements that are necessary to satisfy the MOEs.
- Derived from or provide insight for MOEs or other user needs.
What are KPPs?
- Subset of MOEs
- KPPs are the minimum number of performance parameters needed to characterize the major drivers of operational performance, supportability, and interoperability.
- So significant that failure to meet the threshold value of performance can be cause for concept, or system selected to be reevaluated or the project to be reassessed, or terminated.
What are TPMs?
- Derived from or provide insight for the MOPs
- Focusing on the critical technical parameters of specific architectural elements of the system as it is designed and implemented.
- Provides visibility into the status of important project technical parameters to enable effective management, thus enhancing the likelihood of achieving the technical objectives of the project.
What are two common TTPs used by DM?
- Trade Study approach
- Multiple Objective Decision Analysis
What are 4 basic approaches to treating risks?
- AVOID the risk through change of requirements or redesign.
- ACCEPT the risk and do no more.
- CONTROL the risk by expending budget and other resources to reduce likelihood and/or consequence.
- TRANSFER the risk by agreement with another party that it is in their scope to mitigate. Look for a partner that has experience in the dedicated risk area.
What are 2 levels of risk and opportunity?
- The macro level is the project opportunity itself.
- The element level encompasses the tactical opportunities and risks within the project that become apparent at lower levels of decomposition and as project life cycle stages are planned and executed.
What should be in the CM Plan?
- Establishes the scope of items that are covered by the plan;
- Identifies the resources and personnel skill level required;
- Defines the tasks to be performed;
- Describes organizational roles and responsibilities; and
- Identifies configuration management tools and processes, methodologies, standards, and procedures
What’s diff between ECP and EN?
- Engineering Change Proposal
- Must be approved
- Change to one or more CIs
- May originate in various ways
- It is never appropriate to propose an ECP to correct cost or schedule variances absent of change in scope.
- Engineering Notice (EN) (also sounds like ECRs)
- Minor change within current scope
- Should be approved
What is an SCN?
Used to propose, transmit, and record changes to baselined specifications.
How does INFOM differ from KM?
INFOM is basically KM down at the project level. Note that other than the INFOM record there is no interface between INFOM and KM.
What are information assets?
intangible information and any tangible form of its representation, including drawings, memos, email, computer files, and databases.
What is information security?
refers to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information assets
What’s diff. between Quality Assurance and Quality Control?
Not the same as “Quality Control” which associated with “inspection” after development activities (reactive). Quality assurance focuses on the development processes (proactive).
What is in the QA activity of Perform Product and Process Evaluations?
- Perform the evaluations at appropriate times in the life cycle as defined by the QA plan, ensuring V&V of the outputs of the life cycle processes..
- Evaluate product verification results as evidence of QA effectiveness.
What is QA’s role in VER?
- Unbiased perspective on the integrity of verification procedures
- The appropriate calibration of verification equipment and facilities
- Independent assessment that verification results are accurately recorded
What are 3 common QA techniques?
- Checklist
- Quality Audit
- Root Cause Analysis (and its tools such as Fishbone diagram, 5 whys, FMECA, FTA)
What is true about an configuration item?
- Defined functionality
- Replaceable as an entity
- Unique specification
- Formal control of form, fit, and function
What term is used for “A characteristic of a system element, or project artifact, describing their maturity or performance?”
Configuration
What is the diff. between an FCA and PCA?
FCA is about confirming system meets function and performance requirements; PCA is about “does the actual system match what the config documentation say it is”?
