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Business-Centric Methodology (BCM) Schedule 
Enterprise Project Example 

WBS
Name
DurationStart_DateFinish_Date
1
Overall Project Planning
233 days Sep 11 '03 Aug 3 '04
1.1
Project Scope
97 days Sep 11 '03 Jan 23 '04
1.1.1
Objectives and Scope
1 day Jan 12 '04 Jan 12 '04
1.1.2
Document Scope and Process
1 day Sep 11 '03 Sep 11 '03
1.1.3
MyProject Scope Definition Paper
1 day Jan 23 '04 Jan 23 '04
1.2
Identify Stakeholders and "Get Everyone On Board"
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.2.1
Identify Internal Staffing
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.2.2
Identify External Stakeholders with Roles and Responsibilities
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.3
Overall Compliance /Requirements
143 days Sep 22 '03 Apr 7 '04
1.3.1
Identify Compliance Criteria/Requirements
1 day Sep 22 '03 Sep 22 '03
1.3.2
Identify Compliance Process/Metrics
1 day Apr 7 '04 Apr 7 '04
1.3.3
Publish Compliance Criteria/Requirements and Metrics
0 days Mar 26 '04 Mar 26 '04
1.4
Risk Management
26 days Dec 1 '03 Jan 5 '04
1.4.1
Identify Programmatic, Functional, and Technical Risks
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
1.4.2
Identify Risk Effects Analysis
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.4.3
Develop Mitigation Strategies
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.5
Portfolio Management
189 days Nov 12 '03 Aug 3 '04
1.5.1
Asset Tracking
105 days Nov 12 '03 Apr 6 '04
1.5.1.1
Gauge Content of Asset Databases
1 day Nov 12 '03 Nov 12 '03
1.5.1.2
Draft Portfolio Reports using Available Data
1 day Nov 26 '03 Nov 26 '03
1.5.1.3
Inventory and Investment Tool(s) acquired
0 days Dec 30 '03 Dec 30 '03
1.5.1.4
Deliver Preliminary System Portfolio Analysis Baseline
0 days Dec 30 '03 Dec 30 '03
1.5.1.5
Baseline the Application Life Cycle Strategy
1 day Jan 30 '04 Jan 30 '04
1.5.1.6
Implement Application Life Cycle Program
1 day Apr 6 '04 Apr 6 '04
1.5.2
Budget Formulation (assumes no discrete MyProject Spend Plan)
86 days Apr 5 '04 Aug 3 '04
1.5.2.1
Develop MyProject Budget/Spend Plan Guidance
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
1.5.2.2
Component Leads Monitor Spend Plan Development
1 day Apr 5 '04 Apr 5 '04
1.5.2.3
Component Leads Report Spend Plan Status to MyProject
0 days Aug 3 '04 Aug 3 '04
1.6
Strategic Communications and Change Management
106 days Jan 5 '04 May 31 '04
1.6.1
Portal & Collaboration Tools/Techniques
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.2
Training
106 days Jan 5 '04 May 31 '04
1.6.2.1
Develop Training Strategy
1 day May 27 '04 May 27 '04
1.6.2.2
Finalize Education and Training Plan
1 day May 31 '04 May 31 '04
1.6.2.3
Develop Materials for distribution (online, CD, etc.)
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3
Community of Interest (CoI) Functional Support - attend meetings, provide presentations, etc.
6 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 12 '04
1.6.3.1
CoI Planning
6 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 12 '04
1.6.3.1.1
Objectives and Scope
1 day Jan 12 '04 Jan 12 '04
1.6.3.1.2
Establish Linkages
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3.1.2.1
Stakeholders Set #1
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3.1.2.2
Stakeholders Set #2
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3.1.2.3
Stakeholders Set #3
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3.1.2.4
Stakeholders Set #4
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
1.6.3.1.2.5
Stakeholders Set #n
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
2
Information Services
221 days Dec 1 '03 Oct 4 '04
2.1
Information Architecture Planning (not including MyProject project content)
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.1.1
Document Process and Vision
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.1.2
Document Published
0 days Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.2
Conceptual Information Model
167 days Feb 13 '04 Oct 4 '04
2.2.1
All MyProjects - Facets/Subject Areas
1 day Feb 13 '04 Feb 13 '04
2.2.2
MyProject Focus - Facets/Subject Areas
1 day Feb 16 '04 Feb 16 '04
2.2.3
Publish Conceptual Information Model
0 days Feb 16 '04 Feb 16 '04
2.2.3.1
Initial Draft
0 days Feb 16 '04 Feb 16 '04
2.2.4
Further Refine and Identify Business Concepts
1 day Apr 19 '04 Apr 19 '04
2.2.5
Continuing Support
1 day Oct 4 '04 Oct 4 '04
2.3
Address CoI Interfaces
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.3.1
Describe Scenarios & Interfaces
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.3.2
Events to… Workflow Sequences
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.3.3
Events to… Impact On All Stakeholders
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.4
Information Foundation
100 days Dec 1 '03 Apr 16 '04
2.4.1
Develop Business Rules Base
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.4.2
Develop Events base
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.4.3
Develop Roles Base
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.4.4
Develop Security Strategy/Matrix
1 day Dec 1 '03 Dec 1 '03
2.4.5
Continue Information Foundation Support
1 day Dec 2 '03 Dec 2 '03
2.4.6
Business Objects
78 days Dec 31 '03 Apr 16 '04
2.4.6.1
Object (Atomics) Identification
73 days Dec 31 '03 Apr 9 '04
2.4.6.1.1
Atomic #1
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.4.6.1.2
Atomic #2
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.4.6.1.3
Atomic #3
1 day Mar 8 '04 Mar 8 '04
2.4.6.1.4
Atomic #4
1 day Feb 3 '04 Feb 3 '04
2.4.6.1.5
Atomic #n
1 day Dec 31 '03 Dec 31 '03
2.4.6.2
For Each Object (Atomic) Identified
6 days Apr 9 '04 Apr 16 '04
2.4.6.2.1
Identify Codelists
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
2.4.6.2.2
Develop Subset Mechanism
1 day Apr 12 '04 Apr 12 '04
2.4.6.2.3
Develop Choice Point Criteria
1 day Apr 13 '04 Apr 13 '04
2.4.6.2.4
Identify Authoritative Sources
1 day Apr 14 '04 Apr 14 '04
2.4.6.2.5
Detail & Classify Facet
1 day Apr 15 '04 Apr 15 '04
2.4.6.2.6
Develop Thesaurus
1 day Apr 16 '04 Apr 16 '04
3
Develop Solution Scenarios
161 days? Sep 5 '03 Apr 16 '04
3.1
Solution Scenario Planning
5 days Sep 5 '03 Sep 11 '03
3.1.1
Objectives and Scope
1 day Sep 5 '03 Sep 5 '03
3.1.2
Document process
1 day Sep 11 '03 Sep 11 '03
3.2
Sunset
2 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 6 '04
3.2.1
Operational/Functional Views
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.2.2
Services/System Views
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.2.3
Technical Views
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.2.4
Address Sunset Issues
1 day Jan 6 '04 Jan 6 '04
3.3
Policy Change
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.3.1
Business Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.4
Process/Organizational Improvement
20 days Mar 5 '04 Apr 1 '04
3.4.1
Information Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.4.2
Business Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.4.3
Operational/Functional Views
20 days Mar 5 '04 Apr 1 '04
3.4.4
Services/System Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.4.5
Technical Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5
Outsourcing
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5.1
Information Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5.2
Business Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5.3
Operational/Functional Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5.4
Services/System Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.5.5
Technical Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.6
Modification of Existing Procurement
2 days Mar 5 '04 Mar 8 '04
3.6.1
Information Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.6.2
Business Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.6.3
Operational/Functional Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.6.4
Services/System Views
1 day Mar 8 '04 Mar 8 '04
3.6.5
Technical Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.6.6
Prepare for Integration
1 day Mar 8 '04 Mar 8 '04
3.7
Modification of Existing System (Upgrade)
31 days Mar 5 '04 Apr 16 '04
3.7.1
Information Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.7.2
Business Services Extension
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.7.3
Operational/Functional Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.7.4
Services/System Views
1 day Apr 16 '04 Apr 16 '04
3.7.5
Technical Views
1 day Mar 5 '04 Mar 5 '04
3.7.6
Prepare for Integration
1 day Apr 16 '04 Apr 16 '04
3.8
New Acquisition Solution
150 days? Sep 5 '03 Apr 1 '04
3.8.1
Conduct Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
150 days Sep 5 '03 Apr 1 '04
3.8.1.1
Develop Tactics for AoA Effort
1 day Sep 5 '03 Sep 5 '03
3.8.1.1.1
Objectives and Scope
1 day Sep 5 '03 Sep 5 '03
3.8.1.2
Produce AoA Plan
9 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 15 '04
3.8.1.2.1
Technology Maturity
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.8.1.2.2
Technical Risk
1 day Jan 6 '04 Jan 6 '04
3.8.1.2.3
Critical Technologies
1 day Jan 7 '04 Jan 7 '04
3.8.1.2.4
Demonstration Needs
1 day Jan 8 '04 Jan 8 '04
3.8.1.2.5
Product Functionality
9 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 15 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1
Analyze Market
5 days Jan 9 '04 Jan 15 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1.1
Module #1
1 day Jan 9 '04 Jan 9 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1.2
Module #2
1 day Jan 12 '04 Jan 12 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1.3
Module #3
1 day Jan 13 '04 Jan 13 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1.4
Module #4
1 day Jan 14 '04 Jan 14 '04
3.8.1.2.5.1.5
Module #n
1 day Jan 15 '04 Jan 15 '04
3.8.1.2.5.2
Produce Product Evaluation Report
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.8.1.3
Designate Source Selection Board
64 days Jan 5 '04 Apr 1 '04
3.8.1.3.1
Selection criteria - Proposed solution configuration
1 day Apr 1 '04 Apr 1 '04
3.8.1.3.2
Perform AOA
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
3.8.2
Procure Products
1 day? Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
4
Implementation
155 days Jan 5 '04 Aug 6 '04
4.1
Further Define Scope, Business / Use / Capability Case
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
4.2
Document process
1 day Jan 6 '04 Jan 6 '04
4.3
Identify Architecture Compliance Criteria/Requirements
1 day Jan 7 '04 Jan 7 '04
4.4
Identify Compliance Process/Metrics
1 day Jan 8 '04 Jan 8 '04
4.5
Identify Internal Staffing & External Stakeholders with Roles and Responsibilities
1 day Jan 9 '04 Jan 9 '04
4.6
Review with Stakeholders
1 day Jan 12 '04 Jan 12 '04
4.7
Review of Highest Ranking Standard Systems
1 day Jan 13 '04 Jan 13 '04
4.8
Site Gap Analysis and Acceptance
1 day Jan 14 '04 Jan 14 '04
4.9
Develop Conceptual View of Interim Solution
1 day Jan 15 '04 Jan 15 '04
4.10
Implement Logistics Common Accounting Processes
1 day Apr 6 '04 Apr 6 '04
4.11
TBD (Manual vs. Automated)
1 day Apr 7 '04 Apr 7 '04
4.12
Finalize Interim Solution & Gain Approval
1 day Apr 8 '04 Apr 8 '04
4.13
Solution Defined (Design/Review Specifications)
8 days Apr 9 '04 Apr 20 '04
4.13.1
Develop CONOPS
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
4.13.2
Define Processes & Activities
1 day Apr 12 '04 Apr 12 '04
4.13.3
Define Business & Economic Events (Publish & Subscribe)
1 day Apr 13 '04 Apr 13 '04
4.13.4
Define Atomics & Constructs Per Stakeholder/Workflow/interface
1 day Apr 14 '04 Apr 14 '04
4.13.5
Define Attributes; Mandatory vs Optional Codelists
1 day Apr 15 '04 Apr 15 '04
4.13.6
Finalize Policy and Procedures Papers for Coordination
1 day Apr 13 '04 Apr 13 '04
4.13.7
Define Roles, Business Rules, and Security
1 day Apr 14 '04 Apr 14 '04
4.13.8
Draft Desk Top Procedures and Internal Controls
1 day Apr 15 '04 Apr 15 '04
4.13.9
Develop User Interface Specifications including Edits
1 day Apr 16 '04 Apr 16 '04
4.13.10
Develop any additional Reporting Specifications
1 day Apr 19 '04 Apr 19 '04
4.13.11
Communicate Design & other develop other Materials
1 day Apr 20 '04 Apr 20 '04
4.13.12
Technical Specifications Review
0 days Apr 20 '04 Apr 20 '04
4.14
Information Integration
26 days Jul 1 '04 Aug 5 '04
4.14.1
Analyze data conversion options
22 days Jul 1 '04 Jul 30 '04
4.14.2
Extension Layer to Further Develop Artifacts for Stds & Frameworks
4 days Aug 2 '04 Aug 5 '04
4.14.2.1
Perform Industry Survey of Leading Practices
1 day Aug 2 '04 Aug 2 '04
4.14.2.2
Identify Demo / Solution CoI's Specific Requirements
1 day Aug 3 '04 Aug 3 '04
4.14.2.3
Baseline Business Artifacts for Stds
1 day Aug 4 '04 Aug 4 '04
4.14.2.4
Baseline Required Technologies for Stds
1 day Aug 4 '04 Aug 4 '04
4.14.2.5
Develop Guidelines / Alignments
1 day Aug 5 '04 Aug 5 '04
4.15
Extend/Complete Information Foundation Artifacts
1 day Aug 6 '04 Aug 6 '04
4.16
Integration Artifacts
19 days Apr 9 '04 May 5 '04
4.16.1
Goals - Deliverables/Outcomes - Metrics
1 day Apr 9 '04 Apr 9 '04
4.16.2
MOA - Contract
1 day Apr 12 '04 Apr 12 '04
4.16.3
Business Model - Application Model
1 day Apr 13 '04 Apr 13 '04
4.16.4
Resource - User - Role
1 day Apr 14 '04 Apr 14 '04
4.16.5
Concept - Classification - Faceted Taxonomy
1 day Apr 15 '04 Apr 15 '04
4.16.6
Concept - Concept (Thesaurus)
1 day Apr 16 '04 Apr 16 '04
4.16.7
Concept - UID - Resource (Metadata)
1 day Apr 19 '04 Apr 19 '04
4.16.8
Application Model - Integration Model
1 day Apr 20 '04 Apr 20 '04
4.16.9
Rule - Goals and Metrics
1 day Apr 21 '04 Apr 21 '04
4.16.10
Rule - Role - Security
1 day Apr 22 '04 Apr 22 '04
4.16.11
Service - Component - Data - Rule
1 day Apr 23 '04 Apr 23 '04
4.16.12
Workflow - Event - Process - Service
1 day Apr 26 '04 Apr 26 '04
4.16.13
Pattern - Workflow
1 day Apr 27 '04 Apr 27 '04
4.16.14
Business Line - Business Pattern
1 day Apr 28 '04 Apr 28 '04
4.16.15
Target - External / Legacy
1 day Apr 29 '04 Apr 29 '04
4.16.16
Message - Communications - Topology
1 day Apr 30 '04 Apr 30 '04
4.16.17
Message - Internals (databases, etc.)
1 day May 3 '04 May 3 '04
4.16.18
CPA -Choreography - Message
1 day May 4 '04 May 4 '04
4.16.19
Collaboration Partner Agreements (CPA)
1 day May 5 '04 May 5 '04
4.17
Develop Content Assembly Mechanisms (CAM) for each Exchange
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
4.18
Reproduce/Modify CAM for Partner specifics (if required)
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
5
Training
133 days Jul 1 '04 Jan 3 '05
5.1
Analyze training options
1 day Jul 1 '04 Jul 1 '04
5.2
Validate existing training materials for applicability and completeness
1 day Aug 31 '04 Aug 31 '04
5.3
Modify existing training materials
1 day Nov 30 '04 Nov 30 '04
5.4
Develop new training
1 day Dec 31 '04 Dec 31 '04
5.5
Provide training to users
1 day Jan 3 '05 Jan 3 '05
6
Install, configure and implement one solution
475 days Jan 5 '04 Oct 28 '05
6.1
Information Conversion
89 days Jul 30 '04 Dec 1 '04
6.1.1
Clean cut-over no data conversion
1 day Jul 30 '04 Jul 30 '04
6.1.2
Develop data conversion process/tool
1 day Oct 29 '04 Oct 29 '04
6.1.3
Test conversion process/tool
1 day Nov 30 '04 Nov 30 '04
6.1.4
Convert legacy data
1 day Dec 1 '04 Dec 1 '04
6.2
Test Plan, Data, & Testing
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
6.3
Proof of Concept stood up
0 days Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
6.4
Monitor and evaluate solution
1 day Oct 28 '05 Oct 28 '05
6.5
Build to Full Demonstration
0 days Oct 28 '05 Oct 28 '05
6.6
Analysis of Phase Out of Legacy Systems
1 day Jan 5 '04 Jan 5 '04
7
Implement Automated Solutions
1 day Mar 30 '07 Mar 30 '07
7.1
Implement Internal Control, Standards & Common Processes with MyProject & Source Systems
1 day Mar 30 '07 Mar 30 '07