National Academies Press, Washington, 2010. — 77 p.Contents
Summary
Overview of the Science Mission Directorate's Mission-Enabling
Activities
Mission-Enabling Activities—Definition,
Purposes Served by Mission-enabling Activities,
Knowledge Base to Enable Spaceflight Missions,
Technology Development for Spaceflight Missions,
Science and Engineering Workforce,
Differences in Mission-Enabling Activities Across SMD Discipline Divisions
Assessment of NASA’S Mission-Enabling Activities
Broad Concerns and Opportunities for Improvement,
Ensuring Traceability from Strategic Goals to Mission-enabling Objectives and Activities,
Establishing Systematic Allocation of Resources and Metrics for Evaluation of Effectiveness,
Obtaining Continual Advisory Input,
Establishing Budget Transparency,
Sustaining a Capable Technical Workforce,
Providing for Adequate SMD Staffing in Support of Mission-Enabling Activities
Principles and Metric for Managin Effective Mission-Enabling
Portfolios
Guiding Principles,
Implementation Principles,
Metrics,
Metrics for Essential Components of a Broad-based Program to Advance Strategic Goals and Maximize
Science Return,
Metric for Advanced Technology Development,
Metric for Workforce Development,
Maximizing Program Effectiveness through Strategic Management
Traceability of Mission-Enabling Activities from Strategic Goals,
High-Risk/High-Payoff Research and Technology Development,
Benchmarking Relevant Practices of Other Organizations,
Organization and Management,
Interdisciplinary Research,
Developing and Sustaining a Healthy Technical Workforce,
Consolidated Findings and Recommendations
Appendixes
A Statement of Task
B Presentations to the Committee
C Traceability of Mission-Enabling Activities from Strategic Goals
D Benchmarking High-Risk/High-Payoff Research
E Committee and Staff Biographical Information
