IMS Customer Snapshot

Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Systems Group

Dulles, Va. www.orbital.com

Business Challenge

Respond quickly with evaluations and recommendations for innovative and practical solutions to outdated and inefficient project management processes and practices, and then upon review and validation with management, implement them. Also, analyze and maintain current program schedules to regain program visibility.

Solution

Implement Oracle’s Primavera P3 software and develop a detailed schedule to manage the project. Also, develop relational database applications for tracking detail production activities that tie to the mission schedules. This application was developed in Visual Basic with reporting in Microsoft Access. Develop launch vehicle programs web site, which is maintained on Orbital’s corporate network for security reasons, but is accessible from anywhere in the world.

Impact

Increased visibility in the program was achieved allowing for better decision making. IMS’s solution now enables program personnel to review program management information such as graphical Gantt charts (critical path, program schedule, program highlights, etc.), cost reports, procedures, and more.