Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
The International Space Station Alpha adapted an approach to management that is referred to as the Integrated Product Team/Analysis and Integration Team process, This approach organizes around the products that are built in the Integrated Product Teams. In the case of the Space Station Program, these are the major components of the Space Station that are launched into space and assembled. The organization also includes Analysis and Integration Teams that perform System Engineering and Integration functions across the product teams. A major tenet in this organization is to formalize a "tiger team" or "concurrent engineering" approach in which the skills and disciplines needed are brought together to get the job done. Having assembled the proper skills, the teams are trusted and authorized to carry out their responsibilities; if it can be done within team resources, and where it does not impact other teams. Since all interested parties are represented on the team, issues are addressed as they are identified and worked in-process, rather than waiting for major program reviews, The teams are held accountable for their work. They are expected to communicate their internal decisions and elevate decisions that they cannot resolve within their means. This gives the people who know the most about the product more responsibility in making the decisions affecting it.
Paper Session II-A - International Space Station Alpha Integrated Product Team/ Analysis and Integration Team Process
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms
The International Space Station Alpha adapted an approach to management that is referred to as the Integrated Product Team/Analysis and Integration Team process, This approach organizes around the products that are built in the Integrated Product Teams. In the case of the Space Station Program, these are the major components of the Space Station that are launched into space and assembled. The organization also includes Analysis and Integration Teams that perform System Engineering and Integration functions across the product teams. A major tenet in this organization is to formalize a "tiger team" or "concurrent engineering" approach in which the skills and disciplines needed are brought together to get the job done. Having assembled the proper skills, the teams are trusted and authorized to carry out their responsibilities; if it can be done within team resources, and where it does not impact other teams. Since all interested parties are represented on the team, issues are addressed as they are identified and worked in-process, rather than waiting for major program reviews, The teams are held accountable for their work. They are expected to communicate their internal decisions and elevate decisions that they cannot resolve within their means. This gives the people who know the most about the product more responsibility in making the decisions affecting it.
Comments
The Evolution of ISSA
Session Chairman: William Bates, Chief of Staff for Space Station Program Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center
Session Organizer: Terri Cardone