Lower Cost status report for week of August 16, 2004

["Skyberg, David" <dskyberg@rsasecurity.com>]

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:

-         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.

-         Survey Phase 1

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

-         Phase 1 analysis

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

-         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.

-         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.

-         Survey Phase 2

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

-         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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