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Axient LLC

Product Development Center

Appraisal Details

Organization

Axient LLC

Organizational Unit

Product Development Center

Appraisal Team Leader

David P. Quinn

Partner

Alluvionic

Sponsors

Steve Childers

Appraisal Type

Benchmark

Last day On-site

2022/05/06

Appraisal Expiration Date

2025/05/06


Product Development Center Project Description

Organizational Unit

Product Development Center

Model or Model View

CMMI Development V2.0 (CMMI-DEV) without SAM - Maturity Level - 3

Sample Size - People

54.8%

Sample Size - Projects

54.5%


Project Name

Distance To Land

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

DTL 3.0.0, 3.1.0: Version 3.0.0 added the Containment Tool extension. Upon release, the customer discovered a bug within the impact integrator algorithm and the version 3.1.0 was released as a course correction.

Number of People

4

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Flight Analyst Workstation Operational Release 1

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

FAWS OR1 3.0.0: Re-design of the OR1 Display Tool (mission simulation data, static/dynamic telemetry data)

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Fragment Database 3.2

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

FDB 3.2.0: Add configuration management of fragment materials

Number of People

1

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Fragment Database 3.1

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

FDB 3.1.0: Enhancement of the debris catalog format -- allow user formula customization

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Mission Planning 10.4

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

MP 10.4.0: Probability of Impact enhancements -- computing exlusion areas, covariance matrices, estimated casualty calculations; Usability enhancements -- ingest vehicle debris catalog data and allow for management of mission data; Performance enhancement -- utilize multiple processor cores, when available.

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Mission Planning 10.8

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

MP 10.8.0: Update the old destruct system. Create new files with verification points to overlay on the FOV1 display data and run on the command destruct system.

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

*Sensitive

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

*Sensitive

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Population Database

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

PopDB 2.0.0: Updates to allow support for ranges and sites outside KSC and CCSFS

Number of People

1

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Probability of Failure ENH

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

POF 1.1.0: Database connection management, database administration management, add more query filters, add more export options, implement Weibull cumulative probability distribution, compute beta distribution for Bayesian estimate for a failure statistic, compute the Beta inverse function in support of Clopper-Pearson binominal distribution confidence intervals

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Probability of Failure ND

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

POF 1.0.0: The probability of failure database application holds all historical launch data (date, site, vehicle configuration, manufacturer info, flight event, stage, and outcome). The application also allows analysts to retrieve data to use in future launch risk analysis.

Number of People

2

Location

Melbourne, Florida United States

Subgroup

Melbourne Office


Project Name

Quality Assurance

Project Type

Organizational Project

Project Description

The Quality Depa1tment manages quality assurance for the organization and projects and all CMMI processes for the organization. Provide training for PDC members.

Number of People

3

Location

Melbourne, FL United States

Subgroup


OU Description

The Product Development Center encompasses the product development work involving orbit analysis, guidance systems, sensor systems, spacecraft dynamic models, airborne flight paths, launch vehicle debris analysis, and missile trajectory analysis.

Relevant Sampling Factors

Location: Where projects are managed

Sampling Factor Values

Florida: Projects are managed out of the Axient Melbourne, FL office

Subgroups

Melbourne Office


Model View

CMMI Development V2.0 (CMMI-DEV) without SAM

Maturity Level

3
CAR
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CM
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DAR
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EST
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GOV
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II
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MC
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MPM
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OT
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PAD
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PCM
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PI
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PLAN
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PQA
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PR
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RDM
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RSK
Satisfied
TS
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VV
Satisfied