ITWS Software Engineering Support
The ITWS (Integrated Terminal Weather System) provides terminal aviation system users with current weather information and 30 minute advance forecasts by integrating data products from the FAA and the National Weather Service sensors (e.g. Doppler radars and NEXRAD).
The ITWS Program Office looks to Genco Systems Engineers for IV&V and Software Engineering needs. Our Engineers provide the ITWS Program Office with evaluations and recommendations to make the procurement successful.
The FAA and TRW, both have recognized GENCO's outstanding level of support on the ITWS Projects. The IV&V and Software Engineering activities of the ITWS Program which Genco is currently supporting include but are not limited to the activities below.
Some Of Our Specific IV&V Activities for the ITWS Project
Perform detailed evaluations of the contractor's proposals for engineering and production contracts. Prepare the Government's position for negotiations and support the negotiation process.
Evaluation of development contractor's plans (Software Development Plan, Configuration Management Plan, Program Plan, Quality Assurance Plan Risk Assessment and Risk Abatement Plan, and Master Test Plan).
Evaluation of development contractor's periodic Contract Deliverable Items (CDRL), such as Software Management Indicator Report, Program Status Report and Network Logic Schedule.
Evaluation of software related documents for each phase. Documents detailing: Requirement Phase, Preliminary Design Phase, Detailed Design Phase, Code and Unit Testing Phase, Software Integration Phase and System Integration Phase, Operation and Maintenance Phase. All of these documents are an important part of the program life-cycle. Upon review Genco provides recommendations to the Program Office.
Genco performs traceability analysis from system requirements to software requirements, then to preliminary design and to detailed design and finally to code. Provide statistical results/graphs to the Program Office regarding the outcome of the analysis results.
Perform on-site evaluation of software development folders and provides informal feedback to the contractor to resolve issues before the documents are formally delivered.
Support the formal reviews including Systems Requirement Review (SRR), Software Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Program Management Review (PMR) and Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM). Provide a trip report indicating observations, evaluations, and recommendations to the Program Office.
Support Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audit (PCA).
Provide evaluation and support to the ITWS Test Program, including monitoring of selected test activities of the contractor (e.g. unit testing, integration testing, system factory acceptance testing, and site acceptance testing).
Provide management support regarding the quality control of the IV&V findings, planning, reporting, and coordinating with other project entities, and prepare quality process initiatives input.
Support the ITWS Team in resolving all software related issues.
Collect Software Trouble Reports (STRs) from the contractor's defects tracking system and maintain the database in Microsoft Access for the ITWS Team's use. Provide periodic reports to the Program Office for constant monitoring of the Project's health.
Support the Configuration Control Board (CCB) Process to monitor the enhancements and modification to ITWS software.
Support the budget process for estimating costs for the proposed new capabilities.
