Basic Concept of Project Review (For Small/Middle-Class Science Missions)
[Outside of JAXA]SAC Evaluation

・Project purpose
・Project goal・Development principle

System selection & Basic design request
Development plan incl. budgetary planRisk management
Notification

Approval

Notification

Budget request

Approval

Budget request[Management level]
Evaluation Review bySpace Sciences Committee (SSC)
Mission Selection
(Working Group)
Pre-phase A

1. Approval Review for ProjectPreparation(1) Authorize, as JAXA, value of putting themission into project incl. cost size,(2) Decide, as JAXA, funding and personnel(incl. project manager equiv.
assignment) till the completion ofconceptual design.

(1) Authorize, as JAXA, move to fullproject.
(2) Decide, as JAXA, funding supportand project team.

Phase A (Pre-Project)

Conceptual Study / Design[Program level]

2. Approval Review for Move toFull Project

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Mission Definition Review (MDR)
System Requirements Review (SRR) Submission   

Phase BPrerequisites for RFP
Baseline identified for system
requirements
Consensus, as JAXA, on
preparation for the move to fullproject (project manager equiv.
shall be appointed Phase C(Project)

Basic DesignPlan Fixng(1)!Identify mission objective, signiﬁcanceand/orvalue. Start preparation for full^project.
(2)! JAXA-internal process towards SAC
evaluation and budgetary request.
(3)! 0-th order cost estimate based on
conceptual study•! Engineering development principle(EM/STM)•! Proto-Flight ModelPFM•! Operation(4)! Cost estimate shall have enoughaccuracy
for evaluating mission signiﬁcance.
(5)! Prepare baseline of system requirements

3. Progress Report of the ProjectSystem Definition Review
SDR

Detailed Design
Preliminary Design Review
PDR

Critical Design Review
CDR

(1)! Set baseline for system
speciﬁcations(2)! 1-st order cost estimatebased on system
speciﬁcations, followed by
selection of system
integrator company.
(3)! Rational for risk/cost
assessment in systemdesignand development plan 
 EM/STM

Materials Procurement
PFM

Fabrication/TestMaterials ProcurementBasic Concept of Project Review (For Large-Class Missions)
[Outside of JAXA]SAC Evaluation

・Project purpose・Project goal・Development principle

System selection & Basic design request
Development plan incl. budgetary planRisk management
Notification

Approval

Notification

Budget request[Management level]

1. Approval Review for ProjectPreparation

2. Approval Review for Move toFull Project(1) Authorize, as JAXA, value of putting themission into project incl. cost size,(2) Decide, as JAXA, funding and personnel(incl. project manager equiv.
assignment) till the completion ofconceptual design.

(Working Group)
Pre-phase A
Conceptual Study / DesignConcept Design

Mission Definition Review (MDR)[Program level](1)!Identify mission objective, signiﬁcanceand/or value. Start preparation for fullproject.
(2)! JAXA-internal process towards SAC
evaluation and budgetary request.
(3)! 0-th order cost estimate based on
conceptual study•! Engineering development principle(EM/STM)•! Proto-Flight ModelPFM•! Operation(4)! Cost estimate shall have enoughaccuracy
for evaluating mission signiﬁcance.
(5)! Prepare baseline of system requirements   Approval

Budget request(1) Authorize, as JAXA, move to fullproject.
(2) Decide, as JAXA, funding support
and project team.

3. Progress Report of the ProjectPhase A (Pre-Project)

Phase B

Plan Fixing

Basic Design

System Requirements Review(SRR)(1)! Set baseline for system
requirements.
(2)! Difficult to update costestimate at this stage becuase
system specification is yet tobe fixed.

RFP 

Phase C(Project)

System Definition Review
SDR



Detailed Design
Preliminary Design Review
PDR

Critical Design Review
CDR

(1)! Set baseline for system
speciﬁcations(2)! 1-st order cost estimatebased on system
speciﬁcations, followed byselection of system
integratorcompany.
(3)! Rational for risk/cost
assessment in system designand development planPrerequisites for RFP
Baseline identified for system
requirements
Consensus, as JAXA, made on
preparation for the move to fullproject (project manager equiv.
shall be appointed 
 
EM/STM

Materials Procurement
PFM

Fabrication/TestMaterials ProcurementCalender for Years 2009–2020
2010

HINODE2006 Sep. 23

2020

Solar maximum

CY

Solar maximum

Established international
SOLAR-C sub-WG(Feb. 2009)A B/CMission proposal
submission to JAXA
(autumun 2010)
International Sounding
RocketExperiment
Kickoff(Nov. 2008)

Launch (2017 Feb)
D

JAXA

CDR

Pre-A

Project

PDR

WG Activities

MDR

SRR
SDR

SOLAR-CPre
ProjectPhase 1Initial analysis and discoveryPhase 2New research development from solar max. observationsPhase 3 New view with cycle-long observations

Pre-A: Pre-Phase-A (WG activities)
A: Phase-A (R&D)
B/C: Phase-B/C (PM phase)
D: Phase-D (FM phase)

Launch (summer 2012)

NASA/ESAMDR:
Mission Definition Review
SRR:
System Requirements Review
SDR:
System Definition Review