Attendance:

Notes by:

• Revised cost estimate process for all the Probes
  • Draft charter for the Probes Concept Assessment Team (PCAT)
  • See more information below
• Status of report
  • Schedule (work backwards)
    • Submit 12/31/2018 = effectively Friday 12/21
    • 4 weeks to implement external review comments + final polish = 11/21 (11/21-26 - Thanksgiving)
    • Nov. 1: submit to external reviews; receive back between 11/9 and 11/19
    • Nov. 1 version: essentially final text; essentially final forecasts; essentially final Figures
  • Last Week's Action Items

PCAT

• Independent cost estimate by Science Office of Mission Assessment is canceled
• Cost Estimation and Pricing Section (CEPS) in JPL will provide a cost estimate that is independent of TeamX's
• PCAT will review CEPS and RAO's (Goddard's CEPS) estimates, and will provide another review of the feasibility of executing the Probes within costs.
• Q: What is the input to CEPS?
  • A: “Spreadsheet with some specific requested information” and the report. (what about the TeamX slides? )
• Q: Interaction with CEPS?
  • A: there will be a get-to-work meeting in January with opportunity for questions and some communication. Other interactions Afterwards and before the final meeting in May? Not clear.
• Q: What if CEPS costs come different than TeamX? Will there be an opportunity to reconcile?
  • A: There will be a reconciliation meeting with PCAT. But with the teams? Not clear.

More Questions

• What will be submitted to the Decadal?
• CEPS Process: Are the TeamX slides provided to CEPS? What other inputs they require? Is there a technical briefing or technical Q/A with the teams?
• For a given Probe, is there a reconciliation process between the TeamX cost and the CEPS cost? Will PCAT be managing this in real time (or is PCAT handed a reconciled cost)?