# Presentation: 102255

## Slide 1

## PBMA-KMS deployed in March of 2001 is the first fully operational NASA-wide 
	multi-functional Knowledge Management System
Knowledgebase
200+ Best Practices
300+ Video Nuggets 
Program Profiles
Lessons Learned
500+ External Links
Function
Work Groups (CoP)
Web Conferencing
Expertise Location

- PBMA-KMS deployed in March of 2001 is the first fully operational NASA-wide
- 	multi-functional Knowledge Management System
- Knowledgebase
- 200+ Best Practices
- 300+ Video Nuggets
- Program Profiles
- Lessons Learned
- 500+ External Links
- Function
- Work Groups (CoP)
- Web Conferencing
- Expertise Location

**Notes:**
PBMA Mission Statement...

PBMA Knowledge Architecture – reflects integration of Safety and Mission assurance (S&MA) functions (work processes) into the traditional systems engineering program/project life-cycle

PBMA serves program/project managers and safety and mission assurance professionals in implementing the Agency’s S&MA requirements.

## Slide 3

**Notes:**
This provides a general description of the current PBMA-KMS content and a discussion of the sources and how it is collected.  
Program Profiles  - Offers examples to Project Managers and SMA professionals on how other NASA Project Managers have implemented assurance processes include:
NASA/Navy Benchmarking Exchange (NNBE)
Expendable Launch Vehicles Program
Space Shuttle Super Light weight Tank Program
Best Practices Library – Best Practices – Over 240 Best Practices collected across the agency, ensuring quality and relevance to mission success. Contains plans, processes, procedure documents, manuals, handbooks, and techniques.	
Lessons Learned - PBMA provides a portal to the Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS)
	Provides users with links to other Lessons Learned Web Sites such as: DOE, Department of Defense sites;  U.S. Air Force sites; U.S. Army Sites
Video Nuggets - Over 300 video clips of Subject Matter Experts (SME) from government, industry, and academia that captures their reality, emotion, and passion in various fields including safety, program/project management, engineering and technology disciplines, and system engineering.
Knowledge Registry- A voluntary Web-based resource that presents a solution for timely and accurate identification of key employees in various fields throughout NASA and the industry.
Enhanced Security Work Groups (ESWG) -Highly secured collaborative tool for NASA’s programs and projects 
Standard Security Work Groups (SSWG) - Collaborative tool to exchange knowledge within the public domain.
SecureMeeting Highly-secure, behind-the-firewall Web conferencing solution to perform live broadcasts with user interaction and instantaneous access for SBU data.
External Source or Support Content - Includes: Safety Messages of the Month, Announcements, CV Tool Kit and Assurance Process Maps.
Links – PBMA-KMS has over 500 links providing users with direct access to SMA resources both inside and outside of NASA.

## To ensure PBMA-KMS content collection and delivery efforts are capable of meeting the needs of NASA today, tomorrow and in the future.

- To ensure PBMA-KMS content collection and delivery efforts are capable of meeting the needs of NASA today, tomorrow and in the future.

**Notes:**
Program Profiles – Descriptions of Safety, Mission Assurance, and Risk Management processes employed on past and present NASA programs that are based on NASA SRQ&MA Independent Assessments.. Provides insight as to how other NASA Project Managers have implemented assurance processes. Programs include: NNBE, X-33,X-34,X-37,ELV,USA,SLWT
Best Practices – Over 230 Best Practices collected across the agency, ensuring quality and relevance to mission success. Contains plans, processes, procedure documents, manuals, handbooks, and techniques that Project Managers, Facility Managers, Developers, etc. can build upon and tailor for their projects.
Lessons Learned – Enables retention and dissemination of corporate knowledge gained from lessons learned over 40 years of NASA experience. Includes links to selected Lessons Learned databases including NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS), JSC Lessons Learned Database (LLD), DOE Lessons Learned Information System, Army Lessons Learned Library (LLL), and many more.
Video Nuggets – Over 290 video clips of Subject Matter Experts (SME) from government, industry, and academia that captures their reality, emotion, and passion in various fields including safety, program/project management, engineering and technology disciplines, and system engineering.

## Compliance Verification Information System

***Compliance Verification Information System***
*Used by the CV community to gather information to support the management of CV activities by integrating and coordinating similar CV functions and taking advantage of CV activities conducted by other groups.*
*Facilitates audit preparation and execution, archival of CV results and findings, corrective action tracking and closeout, CV performance analysis, and risk-informed planning to provide justification for annual CV funding profiles.*
***Compliance Verification Tool Kit***
- Prepares users for future Safety and Mission Assurance compliance verification audits.
- CV material is intended to compliment the official NASA Policy Directives and Procedural Requirements (NPD/NPR) located in the NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS)
***Assurance Process Mapping***
- Used by program/project managers to actively manage the implementation of Safety and Mission Assurance requirements.
- Provides graphical and narrative representation and tracking of the SMA roles, responsibilities, and relationships within a given program/project.

**Notes:**
Graphic

## Technical Overview:
Tools
Document Library
Image Library
Database
Calendar
Polling
Threaded Discussion
Real-time Chat
Mailing List
Functions
Single-Sign-On
Full-Text Search
Version Control
Check-In/Check-Out
Relational Databases
Hierarchical Calendars
Layered Security Model
Customizable Communities
RSS Subscriptions

**Technical Overview:**
**Tools**
- Document Library
- Image Library
- Database
- Calendar
- Polling
- Threaded Discussion
- Real-time Chat
- Mailing List
**Functions**
- Single-Sign-On
- Full-Text Search
- Version Control
- Check-In/Check-Out
- Relational Databases
- Hierarchical Calendars
- Layered Security Model
- Customizable Communities
- RSS Subscriptions

**Notes:**
RSS Subscriptions (and syndications) – allows users to make their Work Groups information hubs.  They can subscribe to various external sources of information (NASA.gov for example) and have the most recent articles from NASA.gov delivered into their Work Group.  It allows your Work Group to be a functional portal.  You have all the tools of the WG at your disposal AND you can have all your data and news delivered as well.  You can also syndicate your content from the Work – meaning you can publish your content.  Users can subscribe to the content within the Work Group.  

Having both of these capabilities provides for many possibilities: 
---I can be a member of many work groups (let’s assume at the project level), and one Work Group at the Program level.  I can go into the Program WG and subcribe to the content in the project groups that I need to see on a daily basis.  The Program WG is now my portal into the daily goings-on of the project groups.  I can one-stop-shop by going to the Program Work Group.  If I need to find more detail, or see related info, then I can just click through to the project Work Group.  
---I can also use 3rd party applications like news aggregators to bring all my subscriptions into one location (like bloglines.com).  This woeks very well for non-SBU groups, but will not function for SBU groups.

## Secure Collaborative Online Workspace
Operates behind NASA Glenn firewall with 128-bit encryption and is compliant with Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information security requirements.
Enhanced Security Workgroups – Provides enhanced security to facilitate efficient collaboration using the Document Library, Databases, Calendars, Discussion Forums, and Polls. 

***Secure Collaborative Online Workspace***
- Operates behind NASA Glenn firewall with 128-bit encryption and is compliant with Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information security requirements.
- Enhanced Security Workgroups – Provides enhanced security to facilitate efficient collaboration using the Document Library, Databases, Calendars, Discussion Forums, and Polls.

**Snapshot of usage statistics taken **
**July 2006: 450 current work groups with **
**6840 members as of 7/28/2006**

**Notes:**
Redo table

## Ability to share presentations between multiple users and pass control of the meeting among attendees.
Ability to see and demonstrate applications and files without the need to have similar software on attendees PCs (ex. advanced CAD and modeling simulators can be viewed by all attendees regardless of if they own the software).
Ability to save transcripts and whiteboard within the presentation
Built-in Meeting Scheduling and user invitation.
Completely secure via 128-bit encryption and authorized to process ACI data

- Ability to share presentations between multiple users and pass control of the meeting among attendees.
- Ability to see and demonstrate applications and files without the need to have similar software on attendees PCs (ex. advanced CAD and modeling simulators can be viewed by all attendees regardless of if they own the software).
- Ability to save transcripts and whiteboard within the presentation
- Built-in Meeting Scheduling and user invitation.
- Completely secure via 128-bit encryption and authorized to process ACI data

**Real-time Online-Remote Meeting and Conferencing Capability**

## The Knowledge Registry provides a fully searchable database of NASA and contractor critical skills across the agency.
The Knowledge Registry is integrated with the Competency Management System (CMS).
The Knowledge Registry has searching and reporting capability

- The Knowledge Registry provides a fully searchable database of NASA and contractor critical skills across the agency.
- The Knowledge Registry is integrated with the Competency Management System (CMS).
- The Knowledge Registry has searching and reporting capability

**Agency experts – at your fingertips**

## Safety and Mission Assurance Requirements Tracking System (SMARTS) Overview:
SMARTS is an Internet-based information system designed to serve the following needs:
Collecting all Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) policy requirements and standards requirements at the Agency and Center levels 
Making SMA requirements more accessible 
Supporting research into SMA requirements 
Creating virtual SMA documents with a customized set of requirements tailored to the user’s needs 
Supporting data associated with compliance verification of SMA requirements 
Supporting maintenance and development of new SMA policy and procedural documents

***Safety and Mission Assurance Requirements Tracking System (SMARTS) Overview:***
***SMARTS is an Internet-based information system designed to serve the following needs:***
***Collecting all Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) policy requirements and standards requirements at the Agency and Center levels ***
***Making SMA requirements more accessible ***
***Supporting research into SMA requirements ***
***Creating virtual SMA documents with a customized set of requirements tailored to the user’s needs ***
***Supporting data associated with compliance verification of SMA requirements ***
***Supporting maintenance and development of new SMA policy and procedural documents***

## Slide 11

**Notes:**
Add award graphic

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