SRM PUGUPDATES AND FIXES

Hosted by: Kathy Karmazin-CalinFebruary 2009

Copyright © 2009 by United Space Alliance, LLC

Copyright © 2009 by United Space Alliance, LLC

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Who We Are

Premier provider of space operations services

$2 billion annual sales

Worldwide operations

10,500 employees

– Onsite at Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center

More than 1,200 suppliers in 45 states

A Limited Liability Company (LLC)

– Owned 50/50 by Lockheed Martin and Boeing

USA LocationsUSA Major Subcontractor Locations

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USA Mission and Vision

Mission:

– Provide safe, high-quality, best-value space operations, services and technologies to our customers

Vision:

– To be a world leader in space operations on Earth, on orbit and beyond

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Major Programs

NASA prime contractor for end-to-end Space Shuttle operations

Around-the-clock International Space Station on-orbit operations

Major subcontractor on Orion (CEV) and Ares I Stage 1 (CLV) contracts

Space Shuttle Program

International Space Station

ProgramConstellation

Program

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What We Do

Our team includes experts in virtually every aspect of space operations

Key capability areas

Integration and Program Management

Mission for Space Flight and Ground Operations

Space Systems Flight Software

Integrated Logistics

Information Technology

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Oracle/PeopleSoft Environment at USA

PeopleSoft Products – HP Unix, Oracle 10g

HRMS v8.9

FDM v8.9

ELM v9

Enterprise Portal v9

Oracle Products

Hyperion v4 upgrading to v9

E-Business

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Oracle/PeopleSoft Recommended Approach to Updates and Fixes*

Make it a scheduled task

Apply quarterly

*Based on sessions at Oracle World 2008

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Updates and Fixes at USA

Yearly apply all the updates and fixes available, with critical fixes applied as needed.

PROS:

Keeps us close to current for support

CONS:

Time consuming for technical and functional team

Access to new updates and fixes is only yearly

Major effort required to preserve our custom code

Impossible to thoroughly test

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Considering……

Quarterly apply all available updates and fixes to a DMU environment. Only apply critical fixes to live environments when needed. Catch up remainder before next product upgrade.

PROS:

Keeps us current for support

Minimal impact to custom code

New updates and fixes readily available for review

Reduced testing requirements

CONS:

Large volume of updates and fixes to be applied before next product upgrade

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WHAT DO YOU DO?

WHY?