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Description of Lines 1 to 24

Tasks 1 to 24 of the 2003 to 2007 Work Plan of the Electronic Freight Manifest

The graphic represents tasks on lines 1 to 24 of the FY 2003 to FY 2007 Work Plan of the Electronic Freight Management.

Many tasks in the graphic are subtasks of other tasks. The tasks are listed in bullets below, in proper hierarchical order and with the associated costs, where included, and the time span for each task.

Coalition Building – Q4 of FY 2003 to Q4 of FY 2007

  • Identify Trigger Points – $30K Cost in FY 2004, Q4 of FY 2003 to Q4 of FY 2004
    • Prepare SOW (Mike Wolfe) – Onder Group, Q2 of FY 2004
    • Award Contract – Onder Group, Q3, FY 2004
    • Milestones – Q4 of FY 2003 to Q4 of FY 2004
      • Develop Annotated Working Outline – Wolfe Group, Q4 of FY 2003 to Q1 of FY 2004
      • Respond to HOFM comments and update – Wolfe Group, Q4 of FY 2003 to Q1 of FY 2004
      • Integrate approach with Freight Cross Cutting Activity team – Wolfe Group, Q1 of FY 2004
      • Develop Interview Guide, review iteratively with SAIC – Wolfe Group, Q1 of FY 2004
      • Test and revise Interview Guide as needed – Wolfe Group, Q2 of FY 2004
      • Interviews/Data Collection, coordinated with crosscutting effort – Wolfe Group, Q2 of FY 2004
      • Synthesis of results – adapt framework, draft report – Wolfe Group, Q3 of FY 2004
      • Deliver 1st draft of paper – Wolfe Group, Q3 of FY 2004
      • Joint brainstorming session at HOFM with Cross Cutting Activity – Wolfe Group, Q3 of FY 2004
      • Address comments, integrate additional data, revise report – Wolfe Group, Q3 of FY 2004
    • Deliverable – Presentation of Results/Recommendations to HOFM – Wolfe Group, End of Q3, FY 2004
      • Deliver final draft paper – Wolfe Group, End of Q3, FY 2004
      • Joint follow-up brainstorming session at HOFM with Cross Cutting Activity – Wolfe Group, End of Q3, FY 2004
  • IFTWG – Q1 of FY 2004 to Q3 of FY 2007
    • Prepare SOW (IANA) – Butler Group, $100K Cost in FY 2004, $100K Cost in FY 2005, $100K Cost in FY 2006, Q2 of FY 2004
    • Award Contract – Butler Group, End of Q1, FY 2004
    • Milestones – Q1 of FY 2005 to Q3 of FY 2007
      • Provide Professional Input to achieve IFTWG Goals – IANNA Group, Q1 of FY 2005 to Q3 of FY 2007
      • Maintain a list of IFTWG Members – IANNA Group, Q1 of FY 2005 to Q3 of FY 2007