Volpe Briefing for ASKi V3

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Presented by:Indira KumarASKi, VP, Operations

Corporate Capabilities

Date: August 23, 2011

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Agenda

• The ASKi Story

• ASKi Technical Understanding

• ASKi Management Approach

• Questions and Answers

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ASKi

Support and Comprehend theAJF-2 Program Environment



The ASKi Story

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About us...

Small, women owned 8(a) SBA Certified SmallDisadvantaged business (Established 1997)

Professional Consulting Services firm focused on:

Program & Project Management

Accounting and Audit Services

Information Technology Management

Substantial industry knowledge, credentials andcertifications

Our Reach...

Strategic Partnerships/Alliances with key professionalservices firms and software companies

Leveraging synergies across Strategic Business,Compliance Management and IT Management coresolution areas

Strong network of professionals

Ability to source and staff key personnel based onclient needs

Our Accomplishments... Successful delivery of client-focused solutions

including: PMO Management and Support CPA, Financial Management, Audit and

Assurance services across various Federal

agencies and commercial clients Enterprise-wide system development,

training, and change management solutions

Our Team…

Sr. Mgmt with over 100 years of combinedexperience with Federal agencies and commercialclients

Well-respected for providing superior quality ofservice and customer satisfaction

Long-term, trusted advisor relationships withcustomers and partners

Superior analytical and problem solving skills

ASKi offers high quality, low risk and reduced cost of delivery for mission critical services and operations



ASKi Concentrates on AJF-2’s

Requirements

ASKi Technical Approach

ASKi Management Approach

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Focusing the AJF-2 Requirements

1. Information Technology Support for Financial Systems

2. Cost Accounting and Financial Systems Reporting Support

3. Budget Planning

4. Financial Capitalization Support

5. Delphi Financial Management System Support6. Reimbursable Agreements (intra- and inter-agency) Support

7. Systems Engineering Support

8. Financial Analysis Support

9. Program and Technical Management Support

10. Acquisition Support

11. Administrative Support

12. Business Process Re-Engineering Support

13. Corporate Work Plan Support

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ASKi’s Technical Approach



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Support may include:

Draft requirements to replace, augment, integrate, and/or maintain

database programs and project management software applications.

Design, develop, and maintain software queries and reports to

record and maintain budget and accounting data Design

Draft technical requirements for the development of intranet- and

internet-based program and project management web site databases.

Provide Oracle software expertise to develop and maintain

interfaces between FAA Oracle-based systems

Analyze business processes, environments, and business

Develop and maintain a change management process to support therecording, implementing, and tracking of changes to financial

databases and applications

Task Area C.3.1:Information Technology Support for Financial Systems




Support the preparation of system development plans and status

briefings for FAA stakeholders and management

Provide technical support to extract and analyze information from

the Federal Payroll and Personnel System (FPPS)

Support the execution of policy, guidance, training, quality control,and charging practices for FAA admin systems, including:

Labor Distribution Reporting (LDR) (Cru-X)

Requirements Information Management System (RIMS)

Funds Control Module (FCM)

Cost Accounting System (CAS) Support the facilitation, coordination, and implementation of FAA

ATO initiatives through the maintenance and management of

project accounting structures

Support FAA ATO in gathering and documenting requirements for

the development of project creation and maintenance tools

Task Area C.3.2:Cost Accounting and Financial Reporting Support

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Support the establishment and maintenance of financial plans,

procedures, and processes to support the management of the

Capital Investment Plan (CIP) and National Aviation Research Plan

(NARP)

Support the use of the Simplified Program Information Reporting

and Evaluation (SPIRE) tool, or equivalent tool

Support the development of project life-cycle cost estimates

Conduct benefit/cost analyses

Support the development of draft responses to inquiries from

Congress, OST, DOT/OIG, OMB, GAO

Support the updating of financial plans to reflect fiscal year

adjustments from OST, OMB, and Congressional actions

Support the development of draft budget briefings, white papers,

and reports

Task Area C.3.3.1:Budget Planning Support (Robin and Darryl)

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Support the development of annual budget formulation processes

within the framework of the FAA Flight Plan and business plans

Conduct analysis of Exhibit 300 submissions from FAA program

offices

Conduct analyses of Resource Planning Documents (RPDs) andprepare associated spreadsheets and reports

Conduct analyses of system acquisitions to verify out-year budget

requirements including risk assessments

Support the development of budget submissions and

justifications to OST, OMB, and Congress Provide support in the identification and implementation of

budget process improvements

Validate requirements for new program proposals or technical

operational changes to existing programs

Task Area C.3.3.2:Budget Formulation Support (Robin and Darryl)

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Review, validate, and track project authorizations, allotments,

commitments, purchase requisitions, obligations, and

expenditures in Delphi

Support adherence to OMB’s “Summary of Character

Classification Codes”

Support year-end accounting close-out processes

Support the FAA in the planning, tracking, and reporting of

project obligation performance goals

Perform reconciliations, validations, and quality control of FAA

financial systems data Provide budget execution support to the FAA Service Units

Provide support for program performance reviews, budget

assessments, and impact analyses on proposed budget changes

Task Area C.3.3.3:Budget Execution Support (Robin and Darryl)

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Development of supporting documentation and maintenance of

capitalization processes to ensure that FAA accounting capitalization

criteria are met

Conduct analyses of FAA’s capitalization processes and develop

recommendations for improved performance where needed

Develop and provide training to ATO organizations to ensure

understanding of FAA capitalization processes

Support the reporting and tracking of ATO programs and assets

Support the execution of policy, guidance, training, quality

control, and charging practices for the FAA’s capitalization programs

Support the analysis of the current fiscal year execution of the

FAA’s capital procurement burden

Task Area C.3.4:Financial Capitalization Support (Robin and Darryl)



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Support the identification and resolution of Delphi post

implementation problems

Support the alignment of key internal business processes to

those defined in Delphi

Support the use of Delphi to improve the predictability, control,and effectiveness of ATO operations.

Support the implementation of ATO initiatives and the providing

of tools and support for the efficient maintenance of F&E,

R,E&D, and OPS project accounting structures

Support the proactive use of Delphi to develop a strategy andtool set to measure performance and improve predictability,

control, and effectiveness

Provide support in defining emerging systems requirements

Task Area C.3.5:Delphi Financial Management System Support



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Support the development of reporting capabilities on the status of

reimbursable agreements (RAs)

Support in the review of RAs to ensure all accounting and coding

citations are properly identified

Support the establishment of consistent billing and collection

procedures for RAs

Support the analyzing of waiver requests to ensure minimal

criteria thresholds are met

Ensure that FAA guidance and resources are communicated tostaff engaged in supporting the preparation and processing of RAs

Support the continuous development of improved RA processes

Assist in analyzing deficiency occurrences, and cash flows for

reimbursable work

Task Area C.3.6:Reimbursable Agreements (Intra- and Inter-Agency)

Support (Robin and ?)



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Conduct systems engineering analysis on FAA programs to assess

cost and schedule projections

Provide schedule management support for major programs, as

they move through AMS decisions or require re-baselining decisions

Support the restructuring and improvement of FAA’s Work

Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Support the improvement of processes, controls, and oversight of

program acquisitions

Support the preparation of system engineering reports, white

papers, and stakeholder briefings

Support the development of recommended NAS performance

goals and assessments of related program accomplishments

Task Area C.3.7:Systems Engineering (Darryl)



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– Provide technical and cost proposal evaluation support

– Provide financial analysis and program analysis support

– Support the development of revisions to FAA financial orders

– Provide technical support in collecting and analyzing data for

internal AJF reviews and studies

– Support annual risk assessments and testing of internal control

processes to ensure compliance with OMB A-123 requirements

– Support the FAA’s preparation of responses to OIG and GAO

evaluation reports

– Provide support in the collection, analysis, and consolidation of project performance data

– Support the development of briefings and information papers for

FAA senior management, DOT, OMB, and industry groups

Task Area C.3.8:Financial Analysis Support (Robin and Darryl)



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Provide program scope management support, including working

with stakeholders to define project scope statements

Support the development and tracking of program and project

cost estimates and schedules

Support program and project control activities, including

organizing work activities into individual tasks consistent with

required work efforts and deliverables

Support the development of project management plans, progress

reports, and other required project management documents

Support the identification of program risks and issues, and theirresolution

Support program and project transition, implementation, and

close-out activities

Task Area C.3.9:Program and Technical Management Support (Darryl)



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Support FAA business management processes

Support the creation of draft technical requirements for the

development of web-based acquisition-related database systems

Support the implementation of EVM on acquisition programs andcontracts

Provide acquisition system management support by attending

key acquisition reviews, readiness reviews, program status

briefings to the JRC, the FAA Acquisition Executive, and the

Budget Executive Council, and providing support to the FAA

Capital Investment Team (CIT). The Contractor’s support shall

include ensuring that AJF-2 acquisition activities are in

conformance with AMS policies and procedures.

Task Area C.3.10:

Acquisition Management Support (Mike and Darryl)



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Support the FAA ATO in coordinating, organizing, submitting,

and tracking personnel actions, and maintaining related files

Provide on-site administrative assistance to process

correspondence documents, including the use of Word, Excel,

email, and office automation equipment Provide support with tracking the routing, approval, and filing of

AJF-2 documents, and performing documentation quality control

Assist in the coordination of inter- and intra-office activities

Provide clerical support, mail pick-up and distribution, and

routine correspondence control Support the preparation of briefing packages, brochures,

handouts, displays, exhibits, and other information materials

Planning and scheduling support for conferences and meetings

Task Area C.3.11: Administrative Support (Mike)



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Provide Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) support that

examines and breaks down into sub-components “As-Is” Models of

various FAA business work processes, with the purpose of defining,

improving, and enhancing current work processes.

Assist in assuring that needed stakeholders and team members areidentified for each of the business work processes examined

Model work functions for both existing and planned processes,

define existing work process objectives, the processes to be

redesigned, and the transition path from the “As-Is” to the “To-Be”

states Define performance measures to determine if planned BPR

objectives are achieved

Task Area C.3.12:Business Process Re-Engineering Support (Mike)



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Provide improvement and integration support for the CWP

Conduct requirements analyses of current applications, users, and

current industry standards

Conduct analyses to identify, understand, and document current

functional users and functional flows

Identify core processes, linkages and sub-processes; and identify

and make recommendations for prioritizing requirements

Assist in ensuring CWP data integrity

Support the development of schedule network logic, the analysis

of schedules, validation of resource requirements, communication of

schedule anomalies & inconsistencies, communication of resource

request trends & anomalies, and the analysis of schedule

maintenance frequency metrics

Task Area C.3.13:Corporate Work Plan Support (Darryl)



ASKi Management Approach

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Project Management Experience

Agency Project WithinBudget

On Schedule MethodologyUsed

FAA PAMRI/ECG YES YES CMMI, ESP,

RTCA

FAA Y2K En Route

Assessment

YES YES ESP, PASTA

TSA RMA and

Logistic

YES YES PMBOK

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ASKi’s Experience and Education

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Personnel Experience

IT Engineers

CPAs

PMP/PMBOK

DOT/FAA

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Educational Levels

B/M/P

B/M

B

HS

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Why ASKi?

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ASKi has experienced, multi-disciplined engineers who are

purveyors of total systems participation from a NAS integration and

test paradigm. This includes a working knowledge of the FAA’s Lines

of Business:

Operational Test and Assessment Integration of En Route, TRACON, and

Tower Systems:

o Maintainability and sustainability of:

Radar and Weather Systems,

Automation Systems,

Interface Management,

Communications, Navigation and Surveillance.

o Interface with Test and Oversight Organizations,

o Generate FAA interface requirements and control

documents for emerging systemso Employ FAA’s iCMM, and Evolutionary Spiral Process (ESP),

o Working knowledge of Safety Management System (SMS).



Management:o PMP, PMBOK or equivalent,

o AMS experience, Risk Management, and

o Custom Executive Dashboard development.

Cost Management

o IGCE, LCCM/E, and Cost Estimating,

o Cost Benefit Analysis (measuring outcomes and outputs), and

o EVM (including predicted EVM).

Why ASKi? (con’t)

Performance Measurements

Cost

Management

Asset Management

Project

Management

Risk Plan Test & Evaluation Communications

Plan Acceptance Plan

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ASKi’s Services and Solutions

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FAAAutomationSystems and

NextGen

Knowledge

CostAccounting

and FinancialSystems

ReportingSupport

CorporateWork Plan

Support andRisk

Management

FAA FinancialSystems and

BudgetPlanning

Program andTechnical

ManagementSupport

ProgramManagement

(PMBOK)

ASKi’s

Enabling Capability

Systems

EngineeringSupport

InformationTechnology

Support forFinancialSystems

DelphiFinancial

ManagementSystemSupport

Test & Evaluation

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What Are the ASKi Accountabilities

and Key Responsibilities?

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Undertake client’s test and integration CONOPS and plans for assigned

stakeholders (such as, ATO-T, ATO-E and ATO-W),

Participate in preliminary CONOPS assessments, test and evaluation

testing from a system’s perspective,

Comply with various government procedures, accreditation schemes,

legislation and industry standards, Produce verbal and written reports on time and in the agreed format,

Discuss and justify the findings of the report and agree to the outcome

with clients,

Produce necessary documentation, data, administration and

communication activities needed to successfully fulfill responsibilities, and Maintain a high degree of discipline knowledge and awareness.



ASKi’s Command of FAA, ISO, IEEE and DoD

DocumentationThe ASKi inheritably has access to an existing library of and not limited

to, DOT, IEEE, ISO, Mil-Std, and FAA documentation, via, the corporate

systems engineering infrastructure library (SEIL). Also, an intense

working knowledge of all other FAA documentation, such as:

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• Test and Evaluation Policies,

• FAA Master Test Plan,

• Test and Evaluation Phases,

• Incremental Implementation of Subsystems into NAS,

• Orders, and

• Memorandums both informational and action types.

The ASKi engineer will ensure that NAS levelrequirements developed for NextGen are traceable to

the AJP Aviation Weather Office CONOPS and the

NextGen, SWIM, and NNEW Systems for test,

evaluation and integration.



Requirements Traceability Matrix

Description of Matrix Fields Develop a matrix to trace the cost requirements back to the project objectives

identified in the Project Plan and forward through the remainder of the project life

cycle stages. Expand the matrix in each stage to show traceability of work products

to the requirements and vice versa. The requirements traceability matrix contains

the following fields:• An identification number containing the general category of the requirement and a number assigned in

ascending order.

• The requirement statement.

• Requirement source (Conference; Configuration Control Board; Task Assignment, etc.).

• Software Requirements Specification/Functional Requirements Document paragraph number containing the

requirement.

• Design Specification paragraph number containing the requirement.

• Program Module containing the requirement.• Test Specification containing the requirement test.

IDNo. Requirement Source of Requirement

Software Reqs.Spec / Functional

Req. Doc.

DesignSpec. ProgramModule TestSpec. Test

Case(s)

SuccessfulTest

Verification

Modificationof

Requirement

Remarks

Objective 1:

Verification

Requirements Traceability Matrix

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pEarned Value Management

SystemASKi has developed a predictive Earned Value Management ( pEVM)

technique that relates resource planning to schedules - to technical cost

and schedule requirements.

This method is used for:• Integrating future Tech Ops’ cost, schedule and technical performance

• Processing includes data from AJP’s testing and integration activities.

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System (con’t)The pEVM provides:

• Quantitative project management,

• Early warning of project engineering and cost problems,

• Powerful metrics for variance analysis and reliable estimates of final costs.

The metrics are enhanced with parametric data and Monte Carlo analysis

per system per facility. The pEVM data presents reliable and accurate

information because the right base measures of technical performances

are used for prediction and analysis.

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Performance




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ASKi can combine the inputs and outputs of the following Programs into

an NAS Technical Evaluation Program (NASTEP) Executive Dashboard:• NAS Performance Analysis System (NASPAS)

• Maintenance Management System (MMS)

• Facility Service and Equipment Profile (FSEP)

• Remote Monitoring and Logging Systems (RMLS)

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Integrated Logistics (iLOG)

Executive Dashboard Development

Performance Measurements will

provide measurable improvements in

maintenance results:

• Where are we spending?

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How do we measure maintenanceperformance?

• How do we know that we are on track?

• Did we get value from our outputs?

• Are the Systems leveraging the enablers?

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The ASKi EngineerASKi engineers are high caliber technology professionals with over 25 years

of FAA system development experience to lead and conduct engineering

assessments and support FAA core functions.

The ASKi engineer will support and demonstrate a comprehensive

understanding of NAS Integration role within the Test and Evaluator sector

such as:• Develop maintenance concepts for new systems,

• Support NAS improvements,• Prepare and Review test plans, procedures and reports,

• Conduct and monitor test and integration,

• Develop Verification Requirements Traceability Matrix,

• Support Human Factors Standardization Program,

• Monitor OT&E and Key Site Activities, and

• Support Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs).

The ASKi engineer possesses excellent written and

verbal skills. The ASKi engineer is pragmatic,

credible and has a high standard of personal

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