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Lessons Learned in Building the Ares Projects
Phil Sumrall
Advanced Planning Manager, Ares Projects
NASA Masters Forum
May 13, 2010
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Agenda
!!Rebuilding In-house Capabilities from the Apollo Era !!NASA Vehicle Integration Activities !!Making the Agency a “Smart Buyer” !!Anticipating Problems !!Knowledge Management / Capture !!Lean Six Sigma !!Design, Development, Processing, Flying, and Controlling New
Launch Vehicles !!Q & A
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Rebuilding In-house Capabilities from the Apollo Era
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Establishing and Fixing Requirements Early
!!Why is it advantageous to do this?
!!How well are we doing it?
!!What can be done to make it better?
!!What could any project—not just Ares—learn from doing this?
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NASA Vehicle Integration Activities
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Hands-on Experience / Making the Agency a “Smart Buyer”
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Anticipating Problems
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Knowledge Management / Capture
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Lean Six Sigma
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Design, Development, Processing, Flying, and Controlling New Launch Vehicles
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Q & A
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