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The Business Change Initiative: A Novel Approach to Improved Cost and Schedule ManagementGoddard Space Flight Center's Flight Projects Directorate employed a Business Change Initiative (BCI) to infuse a series of activities coordinated to drive improved cost and schedule performance across Goddard's missions. This sustaining change framework provides a platform to manage and implement cost and schedule control techniques throughout the project portfolio. The BCI concluded in December 2014, deploying over 100 cost and schedule management changes including best practices, tools, methods, training, and knowledge sharing. The new business approach has driven the portfolio to improved programmatic performance. The last eight launched GSFC missions have optimized cost, schedule, and technical performance on a sustained basis to deliver on time and within budget, returning funds in many cases. While not every future mission will boast such strong performance, improved cost and schedule tools, management practices, and ongoing comprehensive evaluations of program planning and control methods to refine and implement best practices will continue to provide a framework for sustained performance. This paper will describe the tools, techniques, and processes developed during the BCI and the utilization of collaborative content management tools to disseminate project planning and control techniques to ensure continuous collaboration and optimization of cost and schedule management in the future.
Document ID
20160003123
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shinn, Stephen A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Bryson, Jonathan
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Klein, Gerald
(SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lunz-Ruark, Val
(NASA Wallops Flight Facility Wallops Island, VA, United States)
Majerowicz, Walt
(INUTEQ, LLC Beltsville, MD, United States)
McKeever, J.
(INUTEQ, LLC Beltsville, MD, United States)
Nair, Param
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
March 8, 2016
Publication Date
March 5, 2016
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Economics And Cost Analysis
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN29217
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 5, 2016
End Date: March 12, 2016
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, PHM Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12CR31C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG15VN01C
OTHER: 400
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Schedule
Management
Cost

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