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Lessons Learned:
1) Too Little Too Late. Many programs seen to be unaware of the HSI requirement until a milestone review is
imminent and an HSI Plan is needed. Documentation drills serve no one. Assessors at various levels will no
longer accept obvious hurried, inadequate HSI Plans. Contact the NAVAIR HSI Coordinator as early as possible
to obtain the latest guidance and support.
2) Team Effort. HSI is consistent with current team concepts. Program- or IPT-level HSI working groups are one
of the main integration mechanisms. Design efforts and documentation efforts should be team activities. Your
HSI team should constitute both management and technical personnel.
3) I'm Human, I Can Do HSI. The disciplines of HSI are legitimate, scientifically-based technical disciplines with
supporting theories, empirical data, analytical techniques, methodologies, and professional guidelines that take
advanced academic degrees and many years of experience to master. Although fleet user representation on design
teams is desirable, it cannot replace experienced, proficient professionals. After all, it would be ludicrous for the
government to ask Aviation Power Plant Specialists or Maintenance Officers to evaluate engine design concepts
and designs, then accept their opinions wholesale. Yet, we seem to do this routinely with HSI matters.
POC: LCDR Fran Piccione, AIR-4.1C, (301) 342-2241
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