Guideline
Official
Design, Verification/Validation and Operations Principles
for Flight Systems, Rev. 1
DMIE Document ID: DMIE-43913
Document Reference Number: D-17868
Section 0 - Introduction
Applicability
These principles apply to spacecraft, and to major payload/instruments. They apply to system contractor/partner
as well as in-house/ sub-system project implementation modes.
Background
• JPL has a Quality Policy:
§ JPL will deliver products that meet or exceed customer expectations, while reducing cycle time and cost.
• JPL is committed to reduce the total cost of mission success (i.e., from design/development through flight
operations) consistent with the faster, better, cheaper paradigm.
• The number of space missions at JPL is large and is expected to increase.
• Mission success must be achieved under conditions of tight budgets and short development schedules. These
conditions create an intense demand for skilled, experienced personnel.
Activities To Achieve F-B-C Projects
There are several elements in the JPL plan to enable lower cost missions. JPL is aggressively pursuing several
high-payoff actions.
• Collocating appropriate personnel to enhance work efficiency,
• Increasing interdependencies to reduce overall cost and promote teaming,
• Developing and maintaining model-driven design and test tools and facilities to reduce development time and
cost,
• Improving access to key technical personnel to identify and resolve issues early,
• Increasing emphasis on mentoring to train personnel faster,
• Setting up an electronic parts replacement scheme to provide adequate stores,
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