SKA Pre-Construction Phase Progress Report

1. CASS, MarsfieldPhil Diamond4 October 2011 SKA Pre-Construction Phase: Where we are, and what we’re trying to achieve?

2. Outcomes from recent SKA Founding Board • Met at LHR on 29 September • FB appointments: • Michiel van Haarlem (ASTRON) Exec Officer until legal entity est. • Select Interim Director by 1 November • Proceed with appointment of D-G, but will not appoint until after site decision • Site Selection Advisory Cmte: • Evaluation plan approved • Legal Entity: • Incorporation by mid-November 2011 • Members, at minimum: UK, NL, IT, AU, NZ, RSA, CA, China • Resourcing: • Committed cash for SPO < required (16.6MEuro vs. 27.5MEuro) • Enough for Year 1 plan • Work on basis others will join and funding will ramp up • Business Plan group draft a revised plan to reflect expected growth in membership

3. Outcomes from recent SKA Founding Board • SPO Building: • To be located at Jodrell Bank • Planning application to be submitted on 14 Oct • Contractor appointed by 31 Jan 2012

4. PEP Overview CSIRO: PEP

5. Stage 1 engineering work in the Pre-Construction PhaseSPDOFB meeting, 29 September 2011

6. Context for Pre-Construction Phase PEP Stage 1 PEP Stage 2

7. Stage 1: System and Element Work in 2012-3 SPDO/SPO Planning Science Requirements Technical Requirements 1 SRR System level Stage 1 Stage 2 Work Package definition and contracting Stage 2 Detailed Work Breakdown Structure 4 3 WPCs Apr12 Q4/12 2 Planning RFP Bid Contract Stage 1 Element Work Finish CoDRs Element SRR Element level Stage 1

8. Conceptual Design Reviews in 2011 • 23-25 Feb System delta-CoDR on SKA1 • 14-15 Apr Signal Processing • 19-20 Apr Aperture Arrays • 28-30 Jun Signal Transport & Networks • 13-15 July Dish and Dish Arrays • 2-3 Feb CoDR Dish Verification Antenna #1 • 5-7 Oct PDR Dish Verification Antenna #1 • 9-11 Nov Monitor & Control • DecSoftware & Computing

9. Allocation of Requirements from System to Element level System Level (SPDO/SPO) System RR • 1st allocation is science requirements, operations requirements (Instrument Requirements Review). • Later allocations are extensibility requirements and non-functional requirements. 1 Element Level (WPCs) Element SRR 2 Pre-Stage 1 Q4/12 (resource dependent) Apr/12

10. WPC Element Work in 2012-3 Pre-Stage 1 Stage 1 Element Requirements, WBS Development and Design studies Allocated Requirements Planning CoDR => SRR Work (See next slide) Element SRR Analysis of CoDRs Verification Work

11. Assembling Element Level RFPs for Stage 1 Work Assemble Work Package Contractor Consortia Pre-Stage 1 Planning Element 1 CoDR-SRR Work Stage 1 Element Contracts Define Top-level WBS SoWs RFPs Bid Planning Element 2 CoDR-SRR Work Planning Element N CoDR-SRR Work Develop Stage 1 Legal, Bid Policy, T&C Contract Templates Apr/12 Nov/11

12. Pre-Stage 1 : Planning Element CoDR-SRR Work • Purpose of Work • Planning next phase – to Element SRR • What needs to be done? • Which options are to be carried forward? • How much effort? • How much time? • What is the outcome to be presented at the SRR? • Preparation of Statement of Work to reach SRR. • Contract Phases and Milestones • Familiarisation with tasks and inputs • Analysis of input data, identify gaps • 1st draft plan • Presentation and review • Decisions on how to handle gaps and missing information • Finalize plan • Final presentation, review and delivery. • Deliverables • Reports • Scope of requirements analysis for the element level. • Consolidation and recommendation of viable technical options • Architecture documents for viable options. • Outline of work to be done on requirements, and other items identified in the SEMP for the SRR level. • Identification of resources and time to complete actual work to SRR. • Preliminary estimate of work needed to complete detailed design. • Review of gaps or missing information needed to proceed. • Prepared Statement of Work for the period up to SRR.

13. Assembling Element Level RFPs for Stage 1 Work Assemble Work Package Contractor Consortia Pre-Stage 1 Planning Element 1 CoDR-SRR Work Stage 1 Element Contracts Define Top-level WBS SoWs RFPs Bid Planning Element 2 CoDR-SRR Work Planning Element N CoDR-SRR Work Develop Stage 1 Legal, Bid Policy, T&C Contract Templates Apr/12 Nov/11

14. Assembling Element Level RFPs for Stage 1 Work Assemble Work Package Contractor Consortia Pre-Stage 1 Planning Element 1 CoDR-SRR Work Stage 1 Element Contracts Define Top-level WBS SoWs RFPs Bid Planning Element 2 CoDR-SRR Work Planning Element N CoDR-SRR Work Develop Stage 1 Legal, Bid Policy, T&C Contract Templates Apr/12 Nov/11

15. Resources for Planning, Requirements Development, WBS, Stage 1 work • Pre-Stage 1 Planning (Nov11-Apr12) • Assuming 5-8 Elements • 3 people/element from PrepSKA Lead Institutes => 15-24 persons for 5 months (75-120 PMs) • SPDO/SPO Domain specialists at 30% (5 persons) (8 PMs) • System Requirements Development (Nov11-Oct12) • SPO Domain specialists at 30% (5 people) (20 PMs) • Three additional System Engineers at SPO, assumed available immediately (36 PMs) • SPDO/SPO will need TBD assistance with specific tasks during the SRR preparation • Element level Requirements Development (Apr12-Mar13, PEP Table 2) • WPC s: 15 FTE/ WP on average (total: 90 FTEs)

16. Where are we, and what are we trying to achieve? • Still at planning stages • SPDO/SPO plan for process is solidifying • Method of interaction with SPDO/SPO not yet established • Key triggers: • Appointment of Interim Director • Possibly allows formation of consortia • Site decision: • Releases funding • D-G appointed • We establish a model for Australian participation • We talk to international partners about the formation of potential consortia • We be ready to go as soon as possible.

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