Lower Cost status report for week of August 16, 2004

In our last meeting, we wrestled with the issue that none of
the members have enough volunteer hours available to move the work forward at a
sufficient pace to be successful.  We have decided to put together a proposal
to request funds from the Steering Committee to support this effort.  We will
look to hire a contractor to move the survey work forward.

 

The current action
item of the sub committee is to develop a cost model for PKI.  The principal
mechanism to accomplish this is a survey which will be administered within the
TC first and then taken to a larger audience outside of OASIS.  Following a
list of activities to be contracted out in support of this effort:

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Draft the survey

Work with the sub committee members
to draft a survey.  The sub committee will approve the survey before the survey
is conducted.

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Survey Phase 1

TC members will be the target of the
first phase.  The contractor will conduct the survey with all willing TC
members.

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Phase 1 analysis

The contractor will provide analysis
of the survey results and coordinate feedback from the TC on the survey itself.

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Refine the Survey

The contractor will edit and refine
the survey based on the feedback from the TC, the analysis of the phase 1
results, and guidance from the sub committee.

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Identify second phase targets

The contractor will coordinate input
from the TC as to likely candidates for the second phase survey.  The
subcommittee will approve the final list.

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Survey Phase 2

The contractor will conduct the survey
with representative on both the consumer and producer side of the PKI industry.

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Report analysis of results

The contractor will report analysis
of the results to the sub committee in a format suitable for reporting to both the
TC as well as the public.

 

 

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