Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B
Start Date
30-4-1997 1:00 PM
Description
Because of the complexity of the International Space Station (ISS) in that it is incrementally built over several years and establishes varying degrees of functionality and performance as it is built, it is necessary to perform integration reviews of the design insuring that the ISS is safe, operable, and survivable through the on-orbit assembly. An approach to reviewing the integrated design and incremental build of the Space Station was established in the early phases of the ISS Program. The approach was titled “Incremental Design Reviews (IDRs)” and was first implemented in March 1995. The philosophy behind IDRs was to review large groups of ISS flights (between 10 to 12) for physical, functional, performance and operational design conformance with requirements across the flights. Flights were grouped and reviewed based on two levels of maturity - preliminary design and critical design. The review was an “in-process” type of review that extended over several months concluding with an outbriefing of results. Three IDRs were conducted - IDR 1 (Outbriefing in March 1995), IDR 2A (Outbriefing in March 1996) and IDR 2B (Outbriefing in September 1996).
Paper Session II-B - International Space Station Stage Integration Reviews
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B
Because of the complexity of the International Space Station (ISS) in that it is incrementally built over several years and establishes varying degrees of functionality and performance as it is built, it is necessary to perform integration reviews of the design insuring that the ISS is safe, operable, and survivable through the on-orbit assembly. An approach to reviewing the integrated design and incremental build of the Space Station was established in the early phases of the ISS Program. The approach was titled “Incremental Design Reviews (IDRs)” and was first implemented in March 1995. The philosophy behind IDRs was to review large groups of ISS flights (between 10 to 12) for physical, functional, performance and operational design conformance with requirements across the flights. Flights were grouped and reviewed based on two levels of maturity - preliminary design and critical design. The review was an “in-process” type of review that extended over several months concluding with an outbriefing of results. Three IDRs were conducted - IDR 1 (Outbriefing in March 1995), IDR 2A (Outbriefing in March 1996) and IDR 2B (Outbriefing in September 1996).
