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The document provides an overview of the Advanced Research Center (ARC) Technology. It discusses ARC's core competencies and proposal development process. The goal is to improve ARC's proposal success rate by providing resources and reviews to help develop competitive proposals. Key aspects of the new process include establishing an Opportunities Center to support proposers, conducting internal reviews at multiple milestones, and documenting lessons learned to benefit future proposals.
ARCTEK2012SZornetzer-1
- 1. ARC Technology Overview Steve Zornetzer Associate Director, Technical
- 2. Discussion Topics: • Center Core Competencies • Updated ARC proposal development & review process • NIAC proposal call!
- 3. Discussion Topics: • Center Core Competencies • Updated ARC proposal development & review process • NIAC proposal call!
- 4. ARC CORE COMPETENCIES Advanced CompuFng and IT Systems Intelligent/AdapFve Entry, Descent and Human & RoboFc Landing Systems Systems Air Traffic Management ARC Aerosciences Astrobiology End-‐to-‐End Low Cost Aerospace Missions Space, Earth and Life Sciences
- 5. NASA “Alternate Futures” * idenFfied by HQ EC as possible scenarios to guide Agency mission * each “future” emphasizes different elements of NASA’s porWolio • Status Quo • Human and RoboIc Space ExploraIon (other mission areas to decline) • Space-‐faring CivilizaIon (limited earth science re: climate change) • Tangible Relevance (greater import to aero and earth sciences) • Research and Technology Emphasis (greater import to core scienIfic discovery and high-‐risk/high pay-‐off research) • Primacy of Mars Stay tuned ……
- 6. Discussion Topics: • Center Core Competencies • Updated ARC proposal development & review process • NIAC proposal call!
- 7. Proposal development and review process Goals: • Recent track record for winning new proposals disappoinIng • Add value, rigor and support • Make process transparent, objecIve and fair • Improve ARC’s success rate
- 8. ARC’S New OpportuniIes Center (NOC) • Goal is to help proposers develop winning proposals • NOC will provide: -‐ proposal templates, schedule templates, best pracIces, story boards, evaluaIon criteria, science traceability matrix, cosIng tools • Coming soon: Flash based secure system to support archive of past proposals POCs: Tony Strawa, Bev Girten
- 9. Proposal Milestones and Decision Criteria S-‐12-‐18 months S-‐6-‐8 months S-‐4 months S-‐6 wks Submit Opportunity Proposal Proposal Post Capture Assessment Planning PreparaFon SubmiXal Lessons Learned; Archive White Team Black Team Blue Team Red Team Review Review Review Review
- 10. Proposal Milestones and Decision Criteria Opportunity Proposal Proposal Post Capture Assessment Planning PreparaFon SubmiXal Lessons Learned • Does concept fill a GAP • Bid / No Bid decision in customer needs? • Assess feasibility of • Thoroughly understand • Does it match the approach and win • Was market intel needs, AO, win strategy. opportunity and center strategy. • Have previous team accurate? Discriminators • Is proposal compliant? goals? • How does concept comments been • Did we get high-‐level • Is a compelling case • What are compeFtor’s stack up against addressed? mgmt support early? made of criFcalility to likely strategies? compeFFon? • Is a compelling case • Was strategy correct? agency needs? • How can we shape the • What is customer made that this • How well did team • Are science objecFves game? preference? concept is criFcal to members work clear and flow to • IdenFfy partners. • Assess need for agency needs? together? instrument reqm’ts? • IdenFfy capture leads supplemental • Is this a winning • Where reviews useful? • Is technical, mgmt, and and validate capture funding. proposal? • Is this proposal worth risk sound? strategy. resubmicng? • Have an ICE.
- 11. Proposal Milestones and Value To Team Opportunity Proposal Proposal Post Capture Assessment Planning PreparaFon SubmiXal Lessons Learned & Archive • Visibility with Senior Mgt • Bid / NoBid Decision • Document lessons (SM) and advocacy. • SM assessment of • CriFcal review of win learned to benefit • Benefit from SM feasibility of strategy, science • CriFcal review of future efforts. Value Added knowledge of Agency approach and win objecFves, disposiFon of Blue • Archive the proposal needs and compeFtor strategy. implementaFon, Review comments. and internal review strategies. • ConFnued help from instrument reqm’ts, • SM assistance with comments • Help from SM in shaping SM in shaping AOs, compliance, and cost. remaining • Archive the debrief AOs, building support for building support, and • Review of proposal partnering or from the HQ review concept, and idenFfying idenFfying partners. alignment with agency cosFng issues • Do analyses to partners. • Supplemental needs. • Final chance to determine what the • IdenFfy capture leads. funding if required. • ConFnued supplemental “polish” proposal. major problems and • Seed funding if needed. funding. strengths . WHITE TEAM MISSION CONCEPT BLUE TEAM RED TEAM LL & ARCHIVE Astrawa -‐1/17/12
- 12. Discussion Topics: • Center Core Competencies • Updated ARC proposal development & review process • NIAC proposal call!
- 13. NASA InnovaIve Advanced Concepts (NIAC) NRA • Released 1/9 with 2 page Step A proposals due 2/9 and Step B proposals (if selected) due 4/16 • Last year 30 ARC proposals submifed, none selected (“wg !@#$%#!@” -‐ PW’s reacIon) • How can we be believed by others to be NASA’s “InnovaIon Center” if we can’t win a NIAC ??
- 14. What are they looking for? “….. this call invites innova0ve, technically credible advanced concepts that could one day change the possible in aeronau0cs and space.” Proposals must be: -‐ ExciIng (breakthrough leap, out of the box) -‐ Unexplored (based on new technology or idea) -‐ Far-‐Term (TRL 1 or 2 with maturity in 10+ years) -‐ Technically credible (sound technical & engineering basis) Step A: Develop the concept (technology or mission architecture) and assess in a mission context (2 page white paper) Step B: If selected in Step A, these proposals must “Wow us, and give your concept a chance to wow the world!”
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