XML Working Group Joan Ugljesa NDIA PMSC January 31,

January, Topics Review development steps and current plan Current work product Introduce Business Requirements Specification (BRS) content Current events List of URLs

January, UN/CEFACT Development Steps 1.Project definition* 2.Use Case Description (participants, process)* 3.Use case as UML model (basis for data model), UML activity diagram (sequence of events)* 4.Business Requirements Specification with high level data models** 5.Requirements Mapping Specification (detailed data description)*** 6.Add any missing core components (ISO standard) 7.Harmonization 8.Schemas generated based on CEFACT design rules * - Complete ** - Draft ready for review *** - Draft in process

January, Development Plan UN/CEFACT Project ProposalComplete – Presented 9/05 UN/CEFACT Business Process Use CasesFirst edition complete – Presented 9/05 DCMA/Boeing St. Louis Proof of Concept Initial draft XML schema for trial use Began 11/05 - Phase I complete in 1 st quarter ‘06 UN/CEFACT Business Requirements Specification Complete by 3/3/06 Present at 3/13-17/06 UN/CEFACT meeting UN/CEFACT Requirements Mapping Specification Draft XML schema for trial use ready for distribution with implementation documentation Preliminary – 1 st quarter ’06 Updates – 2 nd quarter ‘06 3 Implementation Verifications – Boeing, others to be determined Begin 3/06 Complete by 9/06 UN/CEFACT Published Schemas9/06 or 3/07 UN/CEFACT Meeting

January, Current Work Products Items to be presented at interim January UN/CEFACT TBG6 (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) working group meeting Draft Business Requirements Specification (BRS) US Delegation includes: GEFEG and DCMA France, UK, and Japanese delegates are active participants in development work

January, Business Requirements Specification

January, BRS - Contents

January, BRS – Business Operation Map

January, BRS – The Actors

January, BRS – Create Project Use Case

January, BRS – Report Project Performance Use Case

January, BRS – Provide Error Notice Use Case

January, BRS – Provide Update Notice Use Case

January, BRS – Reset Project Baseline Use Case

January, BRS – Update Project Within Baseline

January, BRS – Cancel or Complete Project Use Case

January, BRS – Information Areas Foundation for detail data model (requirements mapping specification) Identifies data entities (class diagrams) Produce targeted schemas for specific data exchange purpose Can be used alone or combined Includes: Schedule data Cost data Contract and project summary data Funding data Auxiliary data

January, BRS – Schedule Data

January, BRS – Cost Data

January, BRS – Contract and Project Summary Data

January, BRS – Funding Data

January, BRS – Auxiliary Data

January, BRS – Auxiliary Data

January, Current Events XML.gov* Community of Practice (CoP) February 15 meeting hosted by Microsoft in Washington, D.C. Meeting is open to anyone who wishes to attend DCMA has submitted project to the XMLCoP and will be presenting at the meeting DCMA representatives: Mike Williams (CIO), John Van Dinther, Peter Amstutz Likely results: NIST** will invite DCMA to participate in a federal Data Reference Model test bed to include project management data XML.gov will establish an EVM CoP as a result of OMB initiatives, DCMA activities, and UN/CEFACT standards development work * Purpose of XML.gov is to support the directives in the E-Government Act of 2002 ** NIST is responsible for establishing the framework for information technology standards for the federal government

January, Resources XML.govxml.gov xml.gov/cop.asp (community of practice) xml.gov/agenda/ htm (February 15 meeting details) UN/CEFACTwww.unece.org/cefact/index.htm UN/CEFACT TBG6http://webster.disa.org/cefact-groups/tbg/wg/tbg6_main.cfm Working group documents Available on the DAU web site: Note: you must be a member of the Earned Value Community of Practice to access the web site