D. Sirk suggested a one day off-site to define ASAG roles and the process. NAS Architecture . He will meet with affected organizations to find out what is being proposed and get agreement on the changes. M. Loggins-Stevens stated the Mission Analysis Steering Group reviewed the change, agreed it was administrative in nature, and did not oppose it. D. Briggs to meet with affected organizations to resolve the problems and provide status at the next ASAG meeting.
Conventional wisdom is to build in contingencies for cost overruns.
However, this may not be a long-term solution. We need to keep cost and benefit estimates and technology refreshment separate, but this doesn t force us to manage our OPS better. Currently only administrative assets are bar coded, but bar coding needs to be applied to all FAA assets. AFZ wants to ensure a bar coding standard is included in every statement of work. Because of AFZ s proposal to require bar coding in all new acquisitions, ASAG members believed this would require a policy change.