GOES-R MANAGEMENT CONTROL PLAN (MCP)

Functional Tag Ups - Weekly program tag ups will occur for each GOES-R functional group and senior
staff. The tag up is designed to be a concise and informal forum to communicate activities and issues for
the week.
Senior Management Team (SMT) Weekly - The SMT is a weekly status review and decision-making
meeting. The SMT covers five main topic areas:
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Program Status
CCB decisions
Risk items
Budget Review
Ad hoc topics
The SMT enables program-wide communication and coordination. Program Control facilitates the SMT,
recording the minutes and tracks actions. SPD or DSPD chairs this meeting.
Personnel Management Group – Program Control, SPD/DPSD, and NOAA Human Resources meet at
least monthly to discuss status of current or planned personnel actions
Monthly Program Review (MPR) - Each GOES-R functional group (i.e. project or division activity) is
responsible for presenting the status of their activities at the GOES-R Monthly Program Review (MPR).
Major papers, briefs, acquisitions, developments and operational activities are reviewed monthly. The
information to be represented includes schedule data, cost data, earned value information, risks and issues
and technical program
Project Status Reviews – SPD or delegate attends the monthly project status review, a detailed discussion
of project activities and issues.
Weekly Status Reports – project managers provide weekly activity reports to SPD
5.4 Calendar
The GPO and the GOES Program office have implemented MS Outlook as the primary tool for
scheduling meetings and conferences. This tool has been installed on the desktop of all GOES-R
personnel and is accessible via the web site portal. Additionally, the Project and Systems Engineering
calendars are published and posted daily in MS Outlook to facilitate collaborative scheduling with
personal schedules as well as provide announcements.
5.5 Property
The Property Management process complies with federal regulations and appropriate agency property and
logistics management directives and instructions. NOAA Property Management is conducted in
accordance with the NESDIS Interagency and Other Special Agreements Manual, Appendix on Control
of Government Owned Property. The NASA Property Management process complies with federal
regulations and NASA property and logistics management directives and instructions. This section
provides details called out in the MOU section 9, Control of Government Owned Property.
5.5.1 Control of Government Owned Property Process Description
This section documents the areas of property administration that will be accomplished by GSFC property
managers and GOES-R/NESDIS property managers.
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