<Keck NGAO PD Team Meeting #3>

9:00a - 6:00p PST on Sept. 11; 9:00a - 5:00p on Sept. 12.

6:00a - 3:00p HST on Sept. 11; 6:00a - 2:00p on Sept. 12.

Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12, 2008

Tele/Videoconference

Dial-in Number: 877-280-4645 Passcode: 540030
Thursday Videoconference IP: 128.171.99.69 (Kamuela CR 881-3533)
Friday Videoconference IP: 128.171.99.75 (Mauna Loa CR 881-3679)

• Minutes and Action Items from the meeting.

Links:

• TBD

Goals:

• Agree on draft success criteria for Internal Review of Build to Cost concept
• Identify draft core science and observatory requirements (the core requirements that provides sufficient science return to be worth the dollars)
• Identify the base NGAO system, including science instruments, to address the core science requirements
• Agree on the tasks and schedule leading up to the internal Build to Cost concept review.

Draft Agenda (Thursday): Note: Each section should include discussion time.

• 9:00 am. Meeting goals and agenda (Wizinowich) Presentation AO papers
• 9:10 am. Review build to cost guidelines, implications & proposed path forward (Wizinowich)
• 9:45 am. What are the core science requirements? (Max, McGrath) * Claire's talk
• 11:00 am. Break
• 11:15 am. What requirements significantly drive NGAO system cost? (Dekany)
• 12:15 pm. Lunch
• 1:00 pm. Review current NGAO system cost estimate in then-year dollars (Dekany)
• 2:00 pm. Major NGAO system cost savings ideas (Gavel) viewgraphs
• 3:00 pm. Break
• 3:15 pm. What are the core science instrument requirements? (Adkins) Instrumentation Overview
• 4:00 pm. What requirements significantly drive science instrument costs? (Adkins) Instrumentation Cost Drivers
• 4:30 pm. Review current science instrument cost estimates in then-year dollars (Adkins)
• 5:00 pm. Major science instrument cost savings ideas (Adkins)
• 5:30 pm. General Discussion (Wizinowich)
• 5:45 pm. Day 1 summary & actions (Wizinowich)
• 6:00 pm. End

Draft Agenda (Friday):

• 9:00 am. Major management & systems engineering ideas for reducing costs? (Wizinowich) Presentation
• 9:30 am. What requirement changes should we proceed with? (Dekany)
• 10:30 am. Break
• 10:45 pm. What design changes should we proceed with? (Gavel)
• 12:00 pm. Lunch
• 1:00 pm. NFIRAOS cost comparison path forward - success criteria + tasks/schedule leading to report (Dekany)
• 1:30 pm. Build to Cost Concept Review path forward - success criteria + tasks/schedule leading to review (Wizinowich)
• 2:00 pm. General discussion of B2C.
• 2:45 pm. Break followed by other planning topics
• 3:00 pm. What should we propose to ATI? (Wizinowich) Presentation
• 3:30 pm. How can we move forward with science instrument designs? (Adkins)Instrumentation Plan FY09
• 4:00 pm. Major changes to PD plan (Wizinowich)
• 4:30 pm. Meeting summary & actions (Wizinowich)
• 5:00 pm. End

• 080911_NGAO_PD_Team_Meeting_3.ppt: 080911_NGAO_PD_Team_Meeting_3.ppt