**Management System Training**

**ESDIS Project**

**(August 2008)**

The Goddard Quality Manual and supporting directives and procedures
identify the Management System (MS) process and their application
throughout GSFC. All organizational elements of GSFC shall conform to
the Management System. (note: MS was formerly called QMS, Quality
Management System)

*Management System Training Requirement:*

**All Employees** -- Program and project managers shall ensure that
their employees are familiar with applicable MS requirements, as
identified in their program or project's Directives Requirements List.
Employees should understand their organization's quality objectives, and
how they relate to those of the Directorate and the Center. They shall
understand and be able to use the GDMS and other document control
systems to ensure that they are using the most current versions of
documents. (source: 400-PG-1280.1)

*ESDIS Self Learning Requirement:*

To comply with the above requirement each ESDIS employee shall become
familiar with the ESDIS quality objectives and the management system.
Since none of the ESDIS MS processes require formal training a self
learning approach is deemed sufficient.

The GSFC management system directives can be found in the Goddard
Directive Management System. The specific directives that apply to the
ESDIS Project are contained in the ESDIS Directives Requirement List
(DRL). Specific questions should be directed to the ESDIS managers,
and/or the ESDIS ISO Implementation manager. A Management System
Overview can be found at
<http://gsfcmanagementsystem.gsfc.nasa.gov/dsp_training_modules.cfm> .

*Certification of Familiarization:*

Upon completion of the self-familiarization training of the ESDIS MS
requirements and the overall GSFC MS, Code 423 employees shall certify
completion by sending an email to the ESDIS Deputy Project Manager for
Resources. Completion of training will be recorded on Form 17-112 in
your personnel folder. Matrix employees and support contractors shall
certify completion with their respective supervisors.

**ESDIS Quality Objective**

5.  Operate and maintain systems to ensure that data from the Center's
    Earth Science missions are captured and distributed to the
    scientific community (source: 420-PG-1280.1.1)

**ESDIS Management System Links**

The ESDIS Master Documents and ESDIS CCR System are accessible from the
ESDIS Project web site (Related Links) at
<http://www.esdis.eosdis.nasa.gov/relatedlinks/esdislinks.html>

The Directives Requirement List (DRL) can be found on the ESDIS Master
Documents page.

**Directives Management Systems**

Goddard - <http://gdms.gsfc.nasa.gov/gdmsnew/home.jsp>

Headquarters - <http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/>

**ESDIS Management System Position**

[MS Implementation Manager]{.underline} -- Steve Metcalf

[Directives Manager]{.underline} -- Daphne Caprio

[Configuration Manager]{.underline} -- Daphne Caprio

[Records Manager]{.underline} -- Daphne Caprio -- even though there may
be multiple individuals dependent on specific record, e.g. the
Contracting Officer keeps the procurement records.

[Nonconformance Lead]{.underline} -- Steve Metcalf (if needed; generally
accomplished by development and sustaining engineer contractors)