XML Working Group

1. XML Working Group Joan Ugljesa NDIA PMSCMay 3, 2006 949-609-2999jugljesa@aimcorp.biz

2. Topics • Background • Review development steps and current plan • Current work product • Current events • List of URLs

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. Development Plan

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. AIA EEIC Standards Development “Radar Screen ” FIPS 201 Active AIA Project EIA-927 TSCP Adopt existing standard SAML AIA Guidelines IADFA • Supplier • UID PLCS Certipath Monitor external development Position of unadopted blips is provisional STEP PKI X12 EDI GECA Template RFID GTPA Template Supplier UID UDEF ebXML PM/EVM Adopted Clickable GTPA Participate in external development AIA development Candidate Boost Aero Track As at 2006-02-27

13. Resources