PLCS Implementor Forum February 25, 2010. Topics Objectives How the PLCS-IF will work Membership and Organization.

PLCS Implementor Forum

February 25, 2010

Topics

Objectives

How the PLCS-IF will work

Membership and Organization

PLCS-IF Objectives

Provide a neutral and open environment

to accelerate development and

implementation of PLCS adapters

Establish a vendor independent forum

Ensure that user's requirements are

satisfied through real world scenario

based testing

How the PLCS-IF Will Work

Initially three rounds of testing per year to

accelerate development

Round of Testing activities

Software development

Test data preparation

Pre-processing

Syntax and structure validation

Post processing

Semantic analysis and evaluation

Results documentation and presentation

How the PLCS-IF Will Work

Each round starts and ends with a meeting

Meetings will be two to three days in duration

Analysis and discussion of results

Discussion and preparation for next round

Open forum presentation of summary results and

plan

In between meetings, regular communication via e-

mail, conference calls, and collaboration web site

Results of Testing

• Participant specific testing results will not be

provided outside the Implementer Forum

• The results of testing a particular scenario may be

sufficient so that it does not need additional testing

• Testing results may require that a scenario is tested

again in future rounds.

Results of Testing

• Issues with the standard may be uncovered that

require changes or extensions to the standard.

These will be communicated to the appropriate

standards body.

• It may not be clear to participants how to implement

a specific part of the standard, and recommended

practices may need to be developed or modified to

guide implementations.

PLCS-IF Membership

The PLCS-IF will be open to any organization that has

adapters to the PLCS standard and is sponsored by

any of the organizations supporting the PLCS-IF.

Participants may include, but are not limited to: Various branches of the Department or Ministry of Defense

OEM software vendors

First and lower tier commercial and defense contractors

Middleware software vendors

Ongoing Forum operations and maintenance will be

supported through a Membership and Participant fee

structure

PLCS-IF Organization

PLCS-IF Forum Director

Technical Infrastructure & Support

Management Infrastructure &Support

PLCS-IF GoverningBoard

PLCS-IF Advisory Board(e.g., rep. from PDES, Inc.,

OASIS TC, ASD, AIA)

PLCS-IF Key Roles

Governing Board – Made up of key stakeholders; provides strategic guidance and operational direction to the forum

Forum Director – Responsible for organizing and facilitating the testing activities of the forum, and internal and external communication and marketing

Advisory Board – Provides tactical advice and recommendations to the forum; source of requirements and scenarios;

Management Infrastructure and Support Supports Forum Director by providing program cost and schedule

reports Provides day to day support to the Forum Director

Technical Infrastructure and Support Development and maintenance of testing tools and infrastructure Data model expert to provide guidance to implementors

Initial timeline

Inception Phase

Sustainment Phase

3 Months 12 Months

•Develop syntax & structure checker•Create data sets•Integrate RDL•Develop semantic analyzer•Develop statistics and results module•Develop and prioritize use cases•Develop initial testing documentation

Meetings

For each round of testing:•Check files for proper syntax & structure •Create data sets•Regular conference calls•Reconfigure semantic analyzer•Reconfigure statistics and results module•Develop and prioritize use cases•Develop testing documentation•Develop or modify recommended practices•Meeting to wrap up one round and commence the next round

PLCS-IF Web Portal

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PLCS IF Software Framework

For More InformationContact:

Phil Rosche(843) 760-3593

[email protected]