Introduction  Easy English, Inc. Chinese based company specializing in Language translation  Background Translations are currently done manually by bi-lingual employees Clientele is predominately business-to-business(B2B) customers

Objectives  Primary objective is to increase translation capabilities such as speed and accuracy  System will have accuracy of over 90% and speed of at least 15 times faster than human translations  Secondary objective is to increase customer base  Customer base can be expanded through the automation of the system

Objectives  Human resources required for each documents will be minimized  Only necessary for post-translation proofing  Document return time will be cut in half  Innovative product that increases company appeal  Provides clients with simple interface to submit documents

Personnel Overview  Primary project management & development team located in Hong Kong  Deep talent in computational linguistics  Sponsor, supporting project team and general developers located in U.S.

Personnel Overview  Hong Kong  Systems Design Project Manager  Responsible for overall project success  Translation Design Project Manager  Responsible for overall success of the core translation system

Personnel Overview  Hong Kong  2 Linguistics Developers  1 Technical Lead  1 Functional Manager (HK Site Operations)  1 Translations Quality Tester  1 Database Designer

Personnel Overview  United States  Project Sponsor  1 Database Infrastructure & Security Engineer  1 Code Standards Manager  1 Translation Design Support Staff  ~30 General Developers

Resources Overview  Hong Kong  Chinese Liaison Consulting Firm  Assist in cutting red tape and acquiring resources  Office Space  Networking and Computer Equipment

Resources Overview  United States  Development Office Space  Development Environment/Infrastructure  Servers  Storage  Software  Networking and Computer Equipment

Resources Overview  Hong Kong will access U.S.-based development environment remotely over a VPN  No code or work product will be stored in Hong Kong  Protects Easy English from China’s notoriously weak protection of Intellectual Property

Budget  Budget for project is $18 million  Systems Design Project Manager, Chang Liu manages budget  Material and fixed costs take majority of budget at $12 million  Monthly reporting of budget, costs tracked at fifth level of WBS

Schedule  Systems Design Project Manager, Chang Liu is responsible for budget  Weekly status updates for schedule adjustment  Schedule control: 2 Week/One month rule, stakeholder change rule  Project due by August 31, 2013; needed in Fall project

Quality  Goal: 90% accuracy  Accuracy: Not just word for word translation  Periodic tests of 100 pages of documents  Constant refinement throughout project

Risk  Identification:  Expert Interview: Computational Linguist  Risk Assessment Meeting

Risk  Risk Register:  15 Risks identified  Categorized  Ranked  Responses decided  Risk owners assigned

Risk  Top 3 risks  Intellectual rights not protected  Completion Time  Translation quality not reached

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