# Presentation: 295212

## EOS Pilot for Lessons LearnedWorking sub-GroupMeeting #9

**Paul Brandinger:  301-286-4571; Paul.Brandinger@gsfc.nasa.gov**

**EOS Pilot for Lessons Learned****Working sub-Group****Meeting #9**

## EOS Lessons Learned Working Group Agenda

- 0900 – 0915	Activities since last Working Group Meeting	P. Brandinger
- 0915 – 0945	Capture of Project Lessons		Group
- 0945 – 1000	Incentives and Rewards	 		P. Brandinger
- 1000 – 1015	Web Site and Portal Development		S. Naus
- 1015 – 1030	Library Resource Support			J. Ormes
- 1030 – 1045	Lessons Learned TV			P. Brandinger
- 1045 – 1055	Discussion and Plan for Next Month		Working Group
- 1055 – 1100	Action Items				P. Brandinger

## Progress to Date

- 	_Topic_			  _Metric_			_Schedule_
- Library Content Organization	  Meetings		3, 25 Mar
- Portal Development		  Meetings		4, 5, 13, 17 Mar
- Incentives and Rewards	  Rollout			11 Mar
- Mini-Course #4; Mark Schoeberl	  Brown-Bag Lunch	14 Mar
- Video Content Organization	  Transfers to Library	18, 21 Mar
- Taxonomy + Ontology		  Drafts			19, 21, 25 Mar
- EOS Pilot Home Page Updates	  Ongoing		Weekly
- Lessons Learned TV Schedule	  Ongoing		Weekly

## Aerosol Mission Development

**Aerosol Mission Development**

- Mark Schoeberl
- NASA/GSFC

**Acknowledgement: Yoram Kaufman**

**March 14, 2003**

**BROWN BAG LUNCH**

## Slide 5

## Pilot Community of Practice Portal Development

- Alpha version of site is under construction
- Ability to enter and search for lessons; import of LLIS in process
- Demonstration version of search categorizer can be tested using EOS Web sites
- Search options includes; EOS sites, GSFC, Web (via Google), Google groups and acronyms
- Expert identification capability can be viewed; EOS staff directory will be included
- EOS Project Library interconnection is being developed
- Logon will be required for access-controlled content
- Links for additional content in preparation
- Image of the Day
- Did You Know?
- EOS Story of the Week
- News Headlines
- Project Reference Information
- Chat capability to be introduced for People-to-People messaging
- Survey opportunity to be provided
- Beta version for EOS community access ...

## Slide 7

## Last Updated: January 27, 2003 

***Last Updated: January 27, 2003***** **

***Last Updated: January 27, 2003***** **

## Library Resource Support

- Supplying resources of interest and relevance to the EOS Projects
- Electronic journals
- Library catalog
- NASA and external databases
- Links to standards and handbooks
- Video content
- EOS Lessons Learned TV Webcasting provided for two months
- Categories and definitions for aggregating content developed
- Metadata structure and architecture for common link between resources

## Lessons Learned TV Progress

- Webcasts have been operational for two months
- 70 items distributed to date
- Schedule through end-April
- 190 tapes and CDs obtained from G. Guerney
- Library continues to provide excellent support
- Log processing from multiple servers is lagging due to software issues
- Limited feedback indicates interest
- Additional video capture opportunities
- Key staff members contacted for interviews
- Project events
- Workshops
- Milestone reviews
- In-process activities
- Arrangements have been made for facilities support

## LLTV Schedule

## Capture of Project Lessons Learned

- Sources of lessons
- Internal meetings/reviews
- Formal milestone events
- New and updated sources of content
- Project library additions
- Contractor-provided documents
- Personal profiles
- Historical records
- Other relevant material
- Capture processes
- Document via a lessons learned form
- Arrange for video taping of meeting, workshop or interview
- Identify new and updated content; Project libraries & non-Library sources
- Issues associated with capture of Project lessons
- Who can initially identify lessons?
- Is an action from Project Management required to motivate the capture process?
- Who can follow-up and assist with documenting lessons?
- What can be done to simplify the process and make it less burdensome?

## Activities in the Coming Month

- Obtain feedback from HR on matching funds for rewards
- Rollout Portal with; LL access; search tools; surveys; profiles; Library access
- Projects to actively support capture processes
- Expand in-reach communications efforts
- Kick-off people-to-people facilitation process; mentoring, experts & retirees
- Apply metrics to the process
- Conduct interviews using video capture

## Action Items

## Backup

## “It’s what’s learned and used, not what’s taught that counts”
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that’s important”     - John Wooden
“It does not matter how good you are if you achieve the wrong objective”
“Experience is a great teacher ... but the “tuition” is expensive”
“To do it better next time, you must understand why”
“One person’s lesson is another person’s opportunity”
“Learn from other people’s mistakes, life isn’t long enough to make them all yourself”
“By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn (Latin proverb)”

**“****It’s what you learn after you know it all that’s important”****     - John Wooden**
**“****It does not matter how **_**good**_** you are if you achieve the wrong objective”**
**“****Experience is a great teacher ... but the “tuition” is expensive”**
**“****To do it better next time, you must understand **_**why**_**”**
**“****One person’s lesson is another person’s opportunity”**
**“****Learn from other people’s mistakes, life isn’t long enough to make them all yourself”**
**“****By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn (Latin proverb)”**

**Wisdom About Lessons Learned**