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Description of Lines 163 to 181

Tasks 163 to 181 of the 2003 to 2007 Work Plan of the Electronic Freight Manifest

The graphic represents tasks on lines 163 to 181 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:

EFM Foundation Elements (continued)

  • EFM Business Case (continued)
    • Develop Deployment Test Plan (continued)
      • Milestones (continued)
        • Conduct EFM proof of concept with "The Limited" and their Supply Chain partners (continued)
          • Proof of Concept Implementation – Battelle Group, Q3 through Q4 of FY 2005
          • Final Report – Battelle Group, Q1 of FY 2006
        • Evaluate EFM proof of concept – Q2 of FY 2005 through Q2 of FY 2006
          • Develop Evaluation Plan – Battelle Group, Q2 of FY 2005
          • Detailed Test Plan – Battelle Group, Q2 of FY 2005
          • Data Collection – Battelle Group, Q3 through Q4 of FY 2005
          • Final Evaluation Report – Battelle Group, Q1 of FY 2006
      • Deliverables – Q3 of FY 2005
        • System Level Design Document – Battelle Group, Q3 of FY 2005

EFM Deployment Test – Q3 of FY 2005 through Q3 of FY 2007

  • Conduct Deployment Test – $1000K Cost in FY 2005, $4000K Cost in FY 2006, Q3 of FY 2005 through Q4 of FY 2006
    • Prepare SOW (The Limited) – Limited and Partners, Q4 of FY 2005
    • Award Contract – Limited and Partners, Q1 of FY 2006
    • Milestones – Limited and Partners, Q1 through Q4 of FY 2006
  • Evaluate Deployment Test – $200K Cost in FY 2005, $800K Cost in FY 2006, Q3 of FY 2005 through Q3 of FY 2007
    • Prepare SOW (SAIC) – Peters Group, Q3 through Q4 of FY 2005
    • Award Contract – Peters Group, Q1 of FY 2006
    • Milestones – SAIC, Q1 of FY 2006 through Q2 of FY 2007
    • Deliverables – SAIC, Q3 of FY 2007