To tailor the existing Unified Flight Analysis System to management data rather than technical data, a pilot model could be produced in breadboard form, using electronic data processing, in a matter of a few months at very moderate cost. Such a system lends itself to continuous refinement

Scott, J. E.

Waddleton, T. R.

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August 1968	 Brief 68-10287 
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Development of Electronic Data Processing

(EDP)-Augmented Management System 
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Program management is the unified direction of a 
program to a planned objective, within specified time 
frame, cost, and performance parameters. The act of 
managing is essentially a decision-making and direc-
tive function. The prime requiremen.t for human 
decision making is timely, pertinent, and accurate 
intelligence upon which to base each decision. With 
the concept of top-level program management carried 
out by a Government Agency, with associated con-
tractors contributing, there is a hard-core requirement 
for a now of quick reaction, guaranteed-reliable, 
filtered data between both the contractor program 
management team and the Government Agency pro-
gram management team. When, as in the case of 
"Technical Integration and Evaluation," the program 
participants are geographically scattered, data gen-
eration, selection, auditing, editing, formatting, 
transmitting, and its display and discussion become 
tasks of major significance. Present "manual" 
methods can be replaced in some cases, and in others 
made more effective, by the addition of EDP tech-
niques to the process. 
With limited redesign to tailor the existing "Unified 
Flight Analysis System" to management data rather 
than technical data, a pilot model could be produced 
in "breadboard" form in a matter of a few months at
very moderate cost. From that point, a job of system 
engineering could refine the "breadboard" into a 
complete system tailored to fit both short-term and 
long-term management needs. 
Notes: 
I. Such a system lends itself to continuous refinement 
up to modular form and could be preprogrammed 
on delivery to cover a specific package of manage-
ment parameters. Specific additions to the pre-
programmed package could be added to accommo-
date unique or follow-on requirements of any 
program on which it is used. 
2. Inquiries concerning this innovation may be di-
rected to:
Technology Utilization Officer 
Marshall Space Flight Center 
Huntsville, Alabama 35812 
Reference: B68-10287 
Patent status: 
No patent action is contemplated by NASA. 
Source: Thomas R. Waddleton 
and Jack E. Scott 
of The Boeing Company 
under contract to 
Marshall Space Flight Center 
(M FS- 147l5) 
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