Indian Wells NGAO Retreat

Participants: Sean Adkins, Brian Bauman, Jim Bell, Antonin Bouchez, Matthew Britton, Jason Chin, Richard Dekany, Ralf Flicker, Don Gavel, Chris Neyman, Gustavo Rahmer, Doug Summers, Viswa Velur, Peter Wizinowich

Logistics

Beginning	Tues, April 25, 2006 @ Noon
Ending	Fri, April 28, 2006 @ 2pm
Location	Indian Wells Resort Hotel, 76-661 Hwy 111, Indian Wells, CA 92210

• Information re: Indian Wells Resort Hotel
• Call-in Number to join by phone call (888)387-8686 - enter Guest ID 360-3625

Preparation

• Agenda for the retreat
• Goals for the retreat
• Pre-retreat homework assignments

Working Folders

• Post-retreat homework assignments
• Systems Engineering (Error Budgets, Point Design Parameters)
• Technical Concept (Drawings, figures, charts, plots, monographs)
• Links to PSF libraries

Workshop Products

• NGAO Proposal .doc Template (please use for proposal sections
• Science Case (Motivation, needs, and trade studies)
• Requirements (Final system and subsystem requirements documents)?
• Working Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
• System Design Phase Plans (WBS, resources, cost estimation)?
• Construction Cost Estimate (WBS, resourcing, cost estimation)
• ManagementPlan (Risk assessments, quality assurance, and performance tracking)
• Final Proposal (as submitted)?

-- RichardDekany - 04 Apr 2006