IEEE PACECTS, PAP

Fawzi behmannf.behmann@ieee.org

IEEE Central Texas Section

Spring Planning MeetingJanuary 24, 2015 San Marcos, TX

2014 – IEEE CTS PACE Projects

Austin, TX

PACE Automation Program (PAP)

1. PoC Requirement slides was circulated to IEEE USA PACE Chairs in September.

2. Feedback method:

Directly to David Iams orVia LinkedIn discussion group

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IEEEUSA-PACE-Automation-Discussion-Group-6758849?gid=6758849&mostPopular=&trk=tyah&trkInfo=tarId%3A1409890158885%2Ctas%3Aieee-USA%20Pace%2Cidx%3A1-1-1

3. Summary of feedback

4. Next Steps

Three types of Feedback Comments: 1. Strong endorsement of project automation2. A few suggested improvements3. One status quo position

Summary of Feedback cont’d

Tools (cost & Support)A) Request quote from Ms. Leslie Haggerty (as per Sept. 5th conference call)B) “RunMyProcess” tools license and development of PoC

Estimate $3K-$3.5K

POC FundingPACE POC Automation Project – Request of Fund is filed for approval

Desired Delivery date If approval received early November, then we target Year end for delivery of PoC Else we are looking into early January 2015

Pilot ProjectAs proposed at 2013 IEEE USA – PACE Committee meeting, R5 can be used as a pilot test bed for the Proof of Concept.

NEXT STEPS

PACE Project Life Cycle Process Improvement PACE Project Life Cycle Process Improvement Considerations & RequirementsConsiderations & Requirements

Ideas Project/Fund Request

Request Approval

Project Plan/Execution

Project Completion/Reporting

Approval/Transfer ofFund

Project Data Base/Query

1. Ideas:• Build a repository of ideas useful to regions, sections and chapters.

2. Project Initiation/ Funding Request:• Develop master form for the duration of the project life cycle. Web-based/app interactive

entry. First segment is project entry and fund request3. Request Approval:

• Smart electronic routing & approval. Built-in escalation process.4. Project Plan/ Execution:

• Core elements: Milestone/timeline and status.5. Project Completion:

• PACE project event completion. 6. Project Completion Approval – Transfer of Fund:

• Smart electronic routing & approval of actual. Built-in escalation process.7. Archived PACE Projects for data mining

1. Reporting, Stat and data query.

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PACE Automation Project TrackingPACE Project life cycle tracking

2. Project Initiation/ Funding Request: 3. Request Approval:

4. Project Plan/ Execution: 5. Project Completion:

6. Transfer of Fund

Austin, TX