2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

Tuesday (5/2/23) Unique ID Title Author/Presenter (s) Org Time (mins)

8:00 - 9:00

Doors open, Registration, Informal Meet and Greet

SID NASA HQ 60

46 9:00 - 9:15 JPL Guest Speaker / Opening Remarks Dr. Leshin, JPL Director JPL 15

63 9:15 - 9:45 NASA OCFO Opening Remarks Doug Comstock NASA HQ 30

10 9:45 - 10:15 The Changing Role of NASA Cost Analysis John Dotson KSC 30

30 10:15 - 10:45

Wait, What? How Competed Missions Might Be Experiencing 

More Cost Growth than Directed Missions Rachel Sholder APL 30

500 10:45 - 11:00 BREAK All All 15

16 11:00 - 11:30

How Effective are NASA’s Collaborations with the Industry?

Moon Kim NASA HQ 30

4 11:30 - 12:00 Complexity the Right Way Andy Prince Self 30

56 12:00 - 12:30 Yes, NASA, a project can be cancelled Justin Hornback LaRC 30

501 12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK All All 60

12 13:30 - 14:00 CADRe: Year in Review Eric Plumer NASA HQ 30

15 14:00 - 14:30

Minding your P’s and Q’s: Escalation in the NNSA Mike Metcalf, Alan Karickhoff, Brian Flynn , 

Omar Akbik , Ray Vera NNSA / Technomics 30

52 14:30 - 15:00

Joint Confidence Level Analysis for Projects with Multiple 

Objectives Michael Trumper, Lev Virine Intaver Institute Inc. 30

50 15:00 - 15:30

Analogy Cost Estimation for CubeSats using COMPACT Melissa Hooke JPL 30

500 15:30 - 15:45 BREAK All All 15

20 15:45 - 16:30

HLS Joint Confidence Level Analysis Approach Brian Alford, Lance Cole, John Isom, and 

Antoinette Luxford MSFC 45

65 16:30 - 17:00 Using Excel to Facilitate JCL Analyses Barney Roberts Reed Integration 30

Location: JPL 321-Pickering AUD

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Current as of April 27, 2023
 2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

Wednesday (5/3/23) Unique ID Title Author/Presenter (s) Org Time (mins)

 -Track 1

26 9:00 - 9:30

NICM 10: The 2023 Release of the NASA Instrument Cost 

Model

Joe Mrozinski, Luther Beegle , Kyle Brown, 

Robert Cesarone, Michael DiNicola , Samuel 

Fleischer, Michael Fong , Melissa Hooke , Alfred 

Nash , Sherry Stukes, Marc Walch JPL 30

23 9:30 - 10:00

Preventing Increased Cost with Sound IGCEs

Erin Roberts & John Moore NASA HQ 30

40 10:00 - 10:30

Mission Operations Cost Estimation Tool (MOCET) Marc Hayhurst, Brian Wood, Cindy Daniels, 

Lissa Jordin, Washito Sasamoto, Waldo 

Rodriguez, Aerospace / LaRC 30

500 10:30 - 10:45 BREAK All All 15

25 10:45 - 11:15

You Get What You Pay For: The New Frontiers Operations Cost 

Cap Ben Clare, Kathy Kha, Rachel Sholder APL 30

32 11:15 - 11:45

Aerospace Viewer of NASA Project Staffing Data (aView): A 

Practical Tool for Analyzing Staffing Levels and Cost Across 

Missions

Sarah Lang, Justin McNeill, Jr., Tommy Tran, 

Alexander Zarate Garcia, C. Jason Zhang Aerospace 30

3 11:45 - 12:15 Propulsion Cost Model Update Richard Webb KAR Enterprises / MSFC 30

501 12:15 - 13:15 LUNCH BREAK All All 60

19 13:15 - 13:45

PCEC Robotic Missions – Challenges Getting Data and Statistics 

to Cooperate Shawn Hayes, Mark Jacobs, Brian Alford MSFC 30

58 13:45 - 14:15

Examining the Effects of Implementing Data-Driven 

Uncertainty in Cost Estimating Victoria Nilsen NASA HQ 30

42 14:15 - 14:45

Agile Methodology Applied to System Engineering in the 

Domain of Cost Analysis of a 6U Cubesat 

Ana Carolina Di Iorio Jeronymo, Lidia Hissae 

Shibuya Sato, Luís Eduardo Vergueiro Loures da 

Costa, Jonas Bianchini Fulindi, Victoria de Souza 

Rodrigues 

ITA - Instituto Tecnológico de 

Aeronáutica 30

57 14:45 - 15:15

EVM Analysis Tool for Complex Projects with Varied Data 

Sources Donald P. Rice Jr. MSFC 30

500 15:15 - 15:30 BREAK All All 15

31 15:30 - 16:00

Math is EZIE (aka Math is Hard 2.0): How Contracts Help 

Control Cost Rachel Sholder APL 30

37 16:00 - 16:30 Breaking Down Data Silos Kailey Melton, David Payne NASA HQ 30

Location: JPL 321-Pickering AUD

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Current as of April 27, 2023
 2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

Wednesday (5/3/23) Unique ID Title Author/Presenter (s) Org Time (mins)

- Track 2

1 9:00 - 9:45

Challenges Aggregating Multiple, Interdependent Projects into 

a Program Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis Model David Hulett, Ian Bailey, Lorrie Tietze,

Hulett & Associates, T4 

Consultants LLC, Interface 

Consulting, LLC 45

6 9:45 - 10:30

An Independent Schedule Risk Assessment (iSRA) Process – 

Utilizing Existing Objective Data and Subjective Applied 

Expertise for a Quantitative, Comprehensive and Credible 

Schedule Risk Assessment Charles Delio, Daniel Donaldson, Matthew 

Gonzales, Vladimir Karavodin, James Quilliam TRI / SMC 45

500 10:30 - 10:45 BREAK All All 15

18 10:45 - 11:15 The Schedule Deep Dive – An IBR Head Start? Chris Sadler, Melissa Lee MSFC 30

36 11:15 11:45

Thresher and TIDBIT: Tools on Automating Schedule Risk 

Assessments

Jessica Clarke, Patrick Schneider, Kimberly 

Smith, Dylan Posner, Eric Zander BAH 30

17 11:45 - 12:15

What's a metric got to do to be useful 'round here?: A SCaN 

Schedule Case Study Kailey Melton, David Payne NASA HQ 30

501 12:15 - 13:15 LUNCH BREAK All All 60

29 13:15 - 14:15

Test Facility Request System (TFRS) Augmentations: 

Integration and Automation of Facilities Scheduling and 

Workforce Planning for All of Glenn Research Center’s Aero 

and Space Testing Capabilities Dennis Bowers, Alan Sikon, Joseph Panek, 

Michael Zernic GRC 60

9 14:15 - 14:45 Getting More out of the MS Project IMS William G. Paradis Lentech / GSFC 30

41 14:45 - 15:15

The Mystery of the Metrics: Contractor Schedule Management Erin Wood GRC 30

500 15:15 - 15:30 BREAK All All 15

7 15:30 - 16:15

Enhanced Tornado Sensitivity Analysis Process (ETSAP): 

Prioritizing & Taking Action on the Critical Program Inputs with 

the Highest Impact on Program Completion James D. Quilliam TRI / SMC 45

62 16:15 - 16:45

Diving Deep in the Domains, Running with AzTech Crystal Bonds

Analytical Mechanics Associates 

Inc., NASA LaRC 30

Location: JPL 321-B20

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Current as of April 27, 2023
 2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

Thursday (5/4/23) Unique ID Title Author/Presenter (s) Org Time (mins)

 -Track 1 59 9:30 - 10:00 Bayesian Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis Christian Smart, Murray Cantor JPL 30

48 10:00 - 10:30

Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainty Quantification in Bayesian 

Dirichlet Cost Rules of Thumb

Melissa Hooke JPL 30

60 10:30 - 11:00 Distribution Free Uncertainty for CERs William King, Shaun Irvin Space Force 30

500 11:00 - 11:15 BREAK All All 15

47 11:15 - 11:45

A Significant Other: Hypothesis Testing on Qualitative Predictor 

Coefficients in CER Regression

Cassandra Chang GRC 30

49 11:45 - 12:15

ASCoT 3: Nonlinear Principal Components Analysis and 

Uncertainty Quantification in Early Melissa Hooke JPL 30

28 12:15 - 12:45

Assessing Program Level Objectives of Human Mars Missions 

Using Portfolio Optimization Methods Bill O’Neill JSC 30

501 12:45 - 13:45 LUNCH BREAK All All 60

11 13:45 - 14:15 EVM: Year in Review Jon Fleming and Kristen Kehrer NASA HQ 30

61 14:15 - 15:00

ONCE Database 2023 Update James Johnson, Eric Plumer, Julie McAfee, and 

Mike Blandford NASA HQ 45

500 15:00 - 15:15 BREAK All All 15

39 15:15 - 15:45

The Smart Projects and Reviews with Transformative Analytics 

(SPARTA) Project

James E. Price, Sharon Straka, Matthew 

Dosberg, Amanda Cutright, Dan Friedrich, Tara 

Dulaney LaRC, GSFC, FK&A, ASRC 30

5 15:45 - 16:15 MBSE Cost Study Brook Cavell , Kirsten Lam Aerospace 30

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Location: JPL 321-Pickering AUD

Current as of April 27, 2023
 2023 NASA Cost and Schedule Symposium

Thursday (5/4/23) Unique ID Title Author/Presenter (s) Org Time (mins)

- Track 2

38 9:30 - 10:00

Successful EVM Implementation Depends on Surveillance Briannah Smith, Nick Frazier NASA HQ 30

45 10:00 - 10:30

Through the Looking Glass: Why EVM Is an Essential Risk 

Mitigation Measure for Decision Makers and Program 

Managers at NASA Symantha “Sam” Loflin NASA HQ 30

64 10:30 - 11:00 Risk Management D Gonzalez LaRC 30

500 11:00 - 11:15 BREAK All All 15

53 11:15 11:45

Quantified Benefits of Earned Value...and Their Benefits

Matt Jones APL 30

34 11:45 - 12:15

Shaping Workforce with Business Intelligence Jeff C. Fajardo JSC 30

54 12:15 - 12:45 Programmatic Cost Tool Joe Mrozinski JPL 30

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Location: JPL 321-B20

Current as of April 27, 2023