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2024 NCSS Presentations

2024 NCSS Agenda

1. Venture = a risky or daring journey or undertaking. Is NASA’s Earth Venture Class of missions taking a risky journey to create low-cost missions focused on innovative research?

Justin Hornback, Mark Jacobs, Shawn Hayes

2. Independent Cost Estimate Evolution

Matt Ritsko, Pietro Campanella

3. When Do Costs Peak?

Dr. Moon Kim

5. Evolution of the Schedule Competency at Glenn Research Center

Paul McMasters, Danelle Fogle, Jacob Jevec

6. Faster, Better, But Maybe Not Cheaper: Class D and the PM/SE/MA Conundrum

Ben Clare, Kathy Kha, Jacob Eisig

7. 2024 NASA Cost & Schedule Symposium EVM Year in Review

Jon Fleming, Kristen Kehrer

9. Math is Instrumental: An Analysis of Multi-Decade Space Flight Science Instrument Cost Performance

Rachel Sholder, Eric Plumer, Joseph Mrozinski

10. All in the Hierarchy: Meta-Estimators for Work Breakdown Structures

Zachary Matheson, Maura Lapoff, Patrick Shelton, Sarah Jiang

11. Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS) Project PP&C Overview

Robert Montgomery, Zac Dolch, Zach Walters, Joan Stahr, Daniel Battle

12. Mission Operations Cost Estimation Tool (MOCET) 2024 Status Update

Marc Hayhurst, Roshni Patel, Jacob Sabol, Kathryn O’Connor, Jordan Campbell, Cindy Daniels, Lissa Jordin, Washito Sasamoto, Waldo Rodriguez

13. Lessons Learned from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Product Development Lead Training Schedule and Cost Development Workshop: Continuous Improvement

Geraldine Robbins, JW McKeever, Lindsay MacLeod,Rebecca Derro, Phyllis Hestnes, James Marsh

14. Understanding “Driving Slack” and its Uses

Kenny Arnold

16. Standardization of JCL Value Selection

Louis Fussell

17. The Monthly Schedule Analysis “Quick Look Report”

William (Bill) Paradis

18. Test Facility Request System (TFRS) Update (TFRS 2.0)

Dennis Bowers, Alan Sikon, Joseph Panek, Michael Zernic

19. Performing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) on Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)

Jonathan Drexler, Chris Blake, Cassandra Chang, Natalie Weckesser

20. Understanding the Effects of Multiple Task Calendars on a Schedule’s Critical Path

Michael Vallely

22. From Data to Decisions: Harnessing Schedule Delay Cause Codes (DCC) for Strategic Project Insights

Zachary Dolch, Zachary Walters

23. NASA HQ and APL EVM Surveillance: Advantages of Joint Surveillance

Andy Soukup, Barbara Phillips

24. How Focusing on Schedule Maintenance and Control Improves Projects

Zachary Dolch

26. Cost Analysis and Concept of Operations in ITA Space Center (CEI) CubeSat Missions: A Comprehensive Review

Ana Carolina Di Iorio Jeronymo, Lidia Hissae Shibuya Sato, Luís Eduardo Vergueiro Loures da Costa,
Renan Guilherme Soares Menezes, Victoria de Souza Rodrigues

27. Schedule Execution Metrics 2.0 (SEM)

NRO

28. Schedule Margin Verification Method and the Effective Margin Calculator (EMC)

NRO

29. Aerospace Viewer of NASA Project Staffing Data (aView)

S. Lang, A. Zarate Garcia, J. McNeill, J. A. Rice, T. Tran, C. J. Zhang

31. ASCOT AND COMPACT. TOOLS FOR ESTIMATING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES AND CUBESAT MISSION COSTS

Christian Smart), Michael DiNicola, Sherry Stukes, Michael Saing, Joseph Mrozinski, Takuto Ishimatsu, Shannon Statham, Vicky Nilsen

32. An NRO CAAG Survey

Brian Wells, Erik Burgess, Jan Serbutzec

33. Using Schedule Metrics to Provide Insight into Project Performance

Angela Vu, Kimberlee Sakai Alvarez, Tanyé Coleman

34. AFCAA Data Sets, Analysis, and Methods (DSAM) Increment 2

Greg Hogan, Jenny Lampe, Michael Prater, Keith Robertson

35. Comparative Analysis of NASA Cost Estimation Methods

Anthony McNair, Holly Bryant, Camille Holly

36. Augmented Intelligence for Cost Estimation

Matt McDonald

37. The Cost Risk/Uncertainty Exposure Determination (CRED) Model A New Approach

Dr. Brad Clark, Ms. Cheryl Jones

38. How To: Make Greening the Workforce a Success

Tara Dulaney Ritsko, Lisa Sych, Ken Parkinson

41. When EVM Doesn’t Work

Briannah Smith, Chris Sadler

42. Spacecraft Design to a Cost Target

Anthony McNair, Holly Bryant, Ryan Sukley, Jordan Josties

45. Large Space Hardware System Development Under Firm-Fixed Price Contracts
Madison McCall, Nicole Ames, Will Hopkins, Ashley Varma, Mike Stelly, Steve Wilson

46. Lessons Learned, Tips and Tricks for Programmatic Analysis

Barney Roberts

48. Blind Validation Study of PRICE TruePlanning and SEER-H

Paul Friz, Jordan Klovstad, Benjamin Leser, Benjamin Towle, Serhat Hosder

53. TIMING IS EVERYTHING

Susan Harkins Bertsch

54. Supplier Risk Management

Ola Oluyinka, Rakesh Parameshwar, David Snepp, Chana Sudraski

56. The use of Multidimensional Vector for Space Missions Cost Estimations

Ziad Ali

57. Introduction to our Cost Modernization Initiative and Opportunities for Cooperation

Mireille Bedirian

59. PCEC Robotic Missions Updates for v2.4

Shawn Hayes, Mark Jacobs

60. Boldly Going Where No SRA Has Gone Before: Automating and Assimilating Schedule Risk Analysis

Jessica Clarke, Eric Zander

61. Office of Inspector General, Cost & Schedule Analytics Initiative

Tahir Hafeez, Michele Schaeffer

62. The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Parametric Cost Risk Analysis with Earned Value Management Using Bayesian Parameter Learning

Murray Cantor, Christian Smart

63. NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium Opening charts

Charles Hunt, James Johnson, Eric Plumer

65. The EZ Phase E Model

Andy Prince

66. Challenges of EV in the NASA Environment Alternative Approaches to the Application of QBDs in Detailed Design

Dewey E. Barlow, Andrew Soukup, Dr. Charles Parker

67. NASA Schedule Analysis Tool (NSAT)

John Dotson, Glenn Butts

68. Beyond Conventional Boundaries- AI and Predictive Analytics in Project Controls

Erin M Wood

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