Transcript NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium (PRAIT)

NASA PRA Practices and
Needs for the New Millennium
The PRA Implementation Team
(PRAIT)
October 25-26, 2000
The Team
(in alphabetical order)
NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium
David Bogart
Hamid Habib-agahi
Gaspare Maggio
Vinod Nagpal
Shantaram S. Pai
Gregory Robinson
Fayssal Safie
Louis A. Thomas
Raymond Vaselich
Bill Vesely
HEI-GSFC
JPL
SAIC
NASA GRC
NASA GRC
NASA HQ
NASA MSFC
NASA GSFC
I.E.
SAIC
Problem Statement
NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium
THE PRA PROCESS IS NOT BEING
EFFECTIVELY USED IN THE
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
The Issues
NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium
1) The Project Manager does not see the value added from a PRA
2) The Project Manager does not understand the PRA process
3) There is a lack of PRA guidelines, procedures, and standard
practices
4) There is a lack of incentives to do PRA as part of the project
cycle/requirement
5) There is a lack of acceptable risk criteria as related to PRA
6) PRA is not considered by project management to be part of the
risk-based decision process
7) There is a lack of an evolutionary PRA process to apply to project
life cycles
8) There is a lack of available skillful people who can do the PRA job
The Resolutions
NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium
1) Define how PRA can fit into the project life cycle
2) Define the level of PRA for each project phase
3) Show the value added from PRA at each phase of the
life cycle
4) Define quantitative risk requirements goals for risk
acceptance during project formulation
5) Define the use of PRA as part of the project review
milestones
6) Provide adequate resources/training to implement PRA
The Recommendations
NASA PRA Practices and Needs for the New Millennium
1) Develop guidelines that describe the process for incorporating
PRA in the project life cycle
2) Develop instructions that define the applicable levels of PRA at
each phase of the project life cycle
3) Describe and demonstrate the value added at each phase of the
project
4) Develop guidelines to define and implement quantitative risk
requirements starting from the project formulation phase
5) Develop requirements for using PRA in the project decision
process
6) Develop and implement PRA training and mentoring programs to
incorporate PRA in the project life cycle