DDT Update JBM 05

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DDT UpdateJBM 05

• Presented by Ty Wilson

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DDTs Mission

• Facilitate easy access
• External and internal customers
• Better and more integrated tools
• Existing and future technology

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Team Roster

• Helen Beresford SRS Knoxville, TN
• Jock Blackard RMRS Ogden, UT
• Gary Brand NCRS St. Paul, MN
• Carl Bylin SRS Knoxville, TN
• Tom Frieswyk NERS Newtown Sq., PA
• Wim Ibes UNLV St. Paul, MN
• Laurie Klevgard UNLV Las Vegas, NV
• Barb Knight NCRS St. Paul, MN
• Bryan Lanier WO Fort Collins, CO
• Chuck Liff RMRS Ogden, UT
• Pat Miles NCRS St. Paul, MN
• Brian Pankey UNLV Las Vegas, NV
• Ron Tymcio RMRS Ogden, UT
• Karen Waddell PNWRS Portland, OR
• Ty Wilson NCRS St. Paul, MN

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The Present FIA Applications
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The Present Development Environment

• Ad hoc development
• Difficult to customize
• Much common functionality
• No integration

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The Present Stand-alone Applications
Spatial Data Access
Attribute Data Access
Other Functionality
Desktop
FIA Applications
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The Future FS Application Developers Guide
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The Future IRM Restructuring

• Information Solutions Organization
• Server consolidation (10 Data Centers)
• Standardized hardware and software
• Impacts application design

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The Future Web Services

• Web Services
• use Internet protocols
• based on XML
• self-describing
• Permits loose coupling of agents
• Building blocks for distributed computing
• The LEGO of software

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The Future Integrated Applications
Spatial Data Access
Attribute Data Access
Other Functionality

• Different
• Programming languages
• Programming models
• Programmers
• Data access methods
• Plus
• Web Services
• Equals
• Simpler integration

FIA Applications
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Estimation Engine

• Challenge Cost Share Agreement
• PI Prof. Tom Burk, U of MN
• Project Team Burk, Hansen, Wilson, Sinha, Ibes
• Statistics Band procedures (v11, v14.1)
• Oracle Java Stored Functions
• Also deploy as Web Service

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Timeline

• Phase 1 Outline  
• Project initiation October '03
• Organize and staff Project Team December '03
• Complete inventory of current applications Janu
  ary '04
• Begin identification of system requirements by
  meeting with customers at JBM February '04
• Begin macro design of system architecture March
  '04
• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes using
  proposed architecture June '04
• Draft Project Plan and request approval/funding
  July '04
• Phase 2 Development  
• Initiate contract for micro design and
  programming of statistical module June '04
• Initiate contract for micro design and
  programming of core modules July 04
• Evaluate development tools August '04
• Begin release cycle iterations for core
  system November '04
• Begin release cycle iterations for statistical
  module February '05
• Complete statistical module July '05
• Complete core modules February 06
• Project closeout (?) May 06

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