2021 NCSS Presentations
Session 1 – 31 March 2021
2021 Session 1 Agenda
Welcome – Year in Review
Guest Speaker Mr. Steve Shinn – Acting NASA Chief Financial Officer
7120.5F Programmatic Policy Update
Early Effort and Schedule Models for Agile Projects in the DHS
Schedule Assessment Initiatives at NRO
Rethinking the Goals of a Program amid Baseline Overruns
Understanding the Critical Role of Uncertainty in Project Management
Session 2 – 7 April 2021
2021 Session 2 Agenda
When the Candles Cost More than the Cake: Estimating the Cost of Longevity for Long-Lived Missions
Which Risk Will Ruin My PM’s Day and Why
Lessons Learned from Advance Air Mobility Systems
Historical Perspective of Alternative Acquisition Approaches for Launch Systems
Software Cost Estimation for COVID
Rescuing a Project in Crisis: The ISS Research FBCE experience
Desko Inferno – Overcoming COVID Hurdles to Light Our Fire
SLS Stages Independent Cost Estimates Lessons Learned
Session 3 – 14 April 2021
2021 Session 3 Agenda
NASA PCEC v2.3 (For Real, This Time!)
Mission Class’s Impact, Imputation, Multiple Builds and More: New Features in the Latest Version of NICM
Space Scientific Instrument Taxonomy (SSIT) Version 2.0
Online NASA Software Estimating Tools (ONSET): A Suite of Web-Based Cost Analysis Tools
Parametric Cost Model for Ground and Space Telescopes
Mission Operations Cost Estimation Tool (MOCET) 2020/2021 Updates
A New Schedule Analytics Tool
Session 4 – 21 April 2021
2021 Session 4 Agenda
Assessing Regression Methods via Monte Carlo Simulations
Leveraging Public Data to Reconstruct the Cost History of Planetary Exploration
Salvaging Data Records with Missing Data: Data Imputation using the Multivariate t Distribution
Summarizing Schedules using Hidden Markov Models and Natural Language Processing
2021 NASA Cost Analysis Data Requirements
The Inestimable Heaviness of BGO Crystals
Risk Analysis of Large Integrated Project Schedules in Aerospace Industry
Parametric Joint Confidence Level Analysis: A Practical Cost and Schedule Risk Management Approach
Session 5 – 28 April 2021
2021 Session 5 Agenda
Integrating Project Planning and Control Disciplines to Produce More Reliable EVM Data
Leveraging Scheduling Productivity with Practical Scheduling Techniques
Advanced Estimating Technology Estimating Paper
Cost Considerations for Estimating SmallSat I&T
Progress and Challenges with Interplanetary Small Satellite Missions
Cost Analysis for Deep Space SmallSat Constellation Concepts
Estimating the Costs of Flagship Mission PM/SE/MA