XML Working Group Joan Ugljesa NDIA PMSC May 3,

May, Topics Background Review development steps and current plan Current work product Current events List of URLs

May, Background What’s the purpose? Replace the existing ANSI X12 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction sets (806 and 839) with an XML equivalent Provide means to exchange schedule, cost, and related auxiliary data in a standard format Address formal government contractual requirements Facilitate data exchange for all parties – subcontractors, prime contractors, customers, program offices, internal management

May, What’s the End Objective? A library of XML schedule, cost, and auxiliary data components (XML schemas) that can be used by the project management community Formal, published international standard (ISO, UN/CEFACT) that can be cited in contracts and requirements Software vendor neutral format Prevent new projects from reinventing the wheel – use standards based XML components in a web services environment Consistent, standard approach means you save time and money

May, 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 ** - In UN/CEFACT review process

May, 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 Complete 3/06 UN/CEFACT Business Requirements Specification Complete Presented at 3/13-17/06 UN/CEFACT meeting UN/CEFACT Requirements Mapping Specification Draft XML schema for trial use ready for implementation verifications Draft schemas available now Implementation Verifications – Boeing, NG, others to be determined Began 3/06 Complete by 9/06 UN/CEFACT Published Schemas10/06 or 3/07 UN/CEFACT Meeting

May, Current Work Products Business Requirements Specification (BRS) – approved Report approved status to XML.gov* Requirements Mapping Specification (RMS) – detail data model, beginning harmonization process Initial review – May interim meeting Subsequent review – August interim meeting * Purpose of XML.gov is to support the directives in the E-Government Act of 2002, means the schemas will eventually be part of their federal database of registered components

May, BRS - Business Process The Participants: Customers Government Agency Contractor Internal Management Data Sources Supplier Contractor Government Agency Program Office Types of data exchange: interactive, data subsets, and complete set

May, BRS/RMS - Information Areas Produce targeted schemas for specific data exchange purpose Can be used alone or combined Includes: Schedule data – activities, milestones, relationship details, resource assignment details Cost data - Budget, actual, earned value, estimate (cumulative/at complete or time phased) Contract and project summary data Funding data Auxiliary data – reporting structures, calendars, resources, thresholds

May, Current Events Have conducted in depth reviews of the Business Requirements Specification and data model contents with various project management software vendors* including: Artemis Business Engine (MPM) C/S Solutions Dekker Welcom/Deltek Also provided draft schemas for review and comment * Primavera is scheduled for May 11

May, Current Events AIA eBusiness Steering Group (eBSG) Monitoring progress of standards development, proof of concept activities Offering assistance with adoption and implementation Normal process for this group: Identify standards that the industry can use Recommend adoption Provide guidelines or recommendations on use* * NDIA PMSC has the opportunity to assist in the development of these guidelines

May, AIA EEIC Standards Development “Radar Screen ” As at Monitor external development Participate in external development Adopt existing standard AIA development Active AIA Project AIA Guidelines Supplier UID X12 EDI Candidate Track GTPA Template Adopted UDEF Supplier UID Clickable GTPA PM/EVM Boost Aero STEP PLCS FIPS 201 RFID IADFA Certipath PKI SAML TSCP ebXML Position of unadopted blips is provisional GECA Template EIA-927

May, Resources XML.govxml.gov xml.gov/cop.asp (community of practice) AIAwww.aia-aerospace.org 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