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The task team concept that has been implemented at KSC is an approach to involving hands-on leadership at the task level. One of its benefits is that it keeps jobs moving without sacrificing quality, control, or safety. It also brings together all personnel needed to perform a particular job in conjunction with an identified leader and places responsibility at an operationally realistic level. Specific training on operating within a task team environment has been developed and used by the Shuttle Processing Contractor (SPC). Task team leaders are selected from the ranks of engineers and technicians as appropriate.

In addition to the introduction of task teams, a joint NASA/SPC steering committee has been established to oversee and improve launch processing. One area the steering committee has targeted for improvement is the approach used to develop and update OMIs. The objective will be to improve the accuracy while simplifying and streamlining the processes.