PROGRAM BUILD PLAN (PBP) FOR THE FBIS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

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• Document Release Date: May 31, 2012
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• Publication Date: January 3, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROGRAM MUTT-am PLAN ( P BP )
F 0 R THE
FBI S MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
CONTRACT NO. 84X*927700*000
ESL INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRW
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
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PROGRAM BU I LIB PLAN ( P B P )
FOR THE
FBI S MODERNIZATION PRO GRAM
CONTRACT NO. 84X*927700*000
03 JANUARY 1985
ESL INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRW
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
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Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Design Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.1.1
2.2.2
2.2.2.1
2.2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.3.1
2.2.3.2
2.2.4
2.2.4.1
2.2.4.2
2.2.4.3
2.2.4.4
2.2.5
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH . . . . . . 4
Implementation Interdependencies . . . . . . . . 6
Design Building Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Information Processing Subsystem . . . . . . . 9
Phase I ? 9
Daily Operations Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 11
Phase I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Translation Services Subsystem . . . . . . . 13
Phase I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Analytical Services Subsystem . . . . . . . . 15
Phase I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Phase III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Phase IV . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multi-Lingual Capability . . . . . . . . . . 18
Phased Operational Modes . . . . . . . . . . 18
Phase I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Phase III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Phase IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.0 FBIS PROGRAM PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.1 CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS . . . . . . . . 20
3.2 Summary of Program Activities . . 22
3.3 FMS Program Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.0 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
APPENDIX A MODIFIED BUREAU DESIGN DESCRIPTION
APPENDIX B MODIFIED HEADQUARTERS DESIGN DESCRIPTION
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List of Figures
1.
Figure 1-1:
FMS Subsystems
2.
Figure 2-1:
Building Block Implementation Interdependencies
3.
Figure 2-2:
IP Subsystem Phased Design
4.
Figure 2-3:
DO Subsystem Phased Design
5.
Figure 2-4:
TS Subsystem Phased Design
6.
Figure 2-5:
AS Subsystem Phased Design
7.
Figure 3-1:
FMS Summary Program Schedule
8.
Figure 3-2a:
FMS Program Inter-Relationships
9.
Figure 3-2b:
FMS Program Inter-Relationships
10.
Figure 3-2c:
FMS Program Inter-Relationships
11.
Figure 3-3a:
FMS Detailed Program Schedule
12.
Figure 3-3b:
FMS Detailed Program Schedule
13.
Figure 3-3c:
FMS Detailed Program Schedule
14.
Figure 4-la:
FMS Development Schedule
15.
Figure 4-lb:
FMS Development Schedule
16.
Figure 4-lc:
FMS Development Schedule
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The FBIS Modernization System (FMS) comprises the
computer-assisted text processing, archive, retrieval, and
management system that satisfies the modernization requirements
stated by FBIS.
1.1 Purpose
This document describes the plan to design, implement,
and deliver the FMS. The description includes discussions of the
functional phasing, program and development schedules, and program
interdependencies.
1.2 Desicn Summary
The subsystems in the ESL design for the FMS have not
changed since the last briefing, except that the Collection
Subsystem at the bureaus has been deleted in response to
requirements changes. The FMS consists of four subsystems, one
for the bureaus and three at FBIS headquarters. Each subsystem is
designed to support a particular user community: the staff at the
bureaus; the Daily Report production staff; the JPRS Reports
staff; and the Analysis Group and related Production Group staff.
Each subsystem shares some functions with the other
subsystems; each also supports functions specifically for its own
user community.
Figure 1-1 summarizes these subsystems with the functions
associated with each. This figure also shows the primary
communication paths between the subsystems. The heavy-drawn
arrows indicate electronic links, with a one-way-only link from
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Daily Operations to Analytical Services across the boundary from
the unclassified side of FBIS headquarters to the classified side.
The lightly-drawn arrow indicates a hardcopy (i.e., printed
output) link, with appropriate security reviews, from the
classified side to the unclassified side.
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WIRE PROCESSING
o EXTERNAL COMMU
NICATIONS
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UNICATIONS
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COMNICATIONS PROCESSING
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TEXT PING
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ANALYST SUPPORT
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o COMPOSITION
o DATA CONVERSION
o DATA BASE SERVICES (LIMITED)
o SYSTEM SUPPORT
o MULTILINGUAL TEXT PROCESSING
Figure 1-1. FMS Subsystems
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2.0 MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
The ESL approach to the FMS design and implementation
employs top-down system engineering simultaneously with bottom-up
evaluations and prototyping of key components.
Top-down systems engineering includes the detailed
analysis of system requirements, the generation of appropriate
system specifications, and results in system and subsystem
designs.
The bottom-up evaluations include the detailed survey and
evaluation of existing, off-the-shelf hardware and software
products, and prototyping of the man-machine interface and
critical hardware and software components. This process defines
the realm of possible solutions that satisfy the system
specifications resulting from the systems engineering.
After the best solution has been selected, system
engineering continues to develop the plan to build the system in a
low-risk manner. This process has led to the partitioning of the
FMS implementation into four subsystems and up to four phases for
each subsystem.
Each of the four subsystems that comprise the FMS design
can be built separately; this structure provides the first level
of modularity to the FMS implementation approach. Each subsystem,
by itself, can provide significant improvements to the FBIS
production operation.
To provide additional program modularity, subsystems can
be built in multiple phases. A phased build of each subsystem
consists of implementing and installing partial subsystem
capabilities that cumulatively provide increasing amounts of
functionality to FBIS personnel. One such implementation phase
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was chosen for the bureau subsystem; two for the Daily Operations
Subsystem; two for the Translation Support Subsystem; and four
for the Analytical Support Subsystem. Furthermore, the
multilingual capability was defined as a separate building block.
The total number of design building blocks (ten) is thus the sum
of the number of implementation phases for the four subsystems.
The choice of the development phases was driven by the
desire to expedite the early availability of those functional
capabilities that are predominantly commercial procurements. The
phasing was also driven by the need to schedule build phases
according to functional dependencies and the desire to minimize
risks. The first development phase for the Headquarters
subsystems thus consists primarily of off-the-shelf hardware and
software, configured to suit the FBIS operation, with a minimum of
integration and software development required.
The building blocks were also selected so as to separate
the simple implementation activities from the more difficult ones.
The second set of phases thus includes the remaining development
activites, except for the product data base capabilities, which
are left to the third phase. A fourth phase was chosen to provide
the purchase of additional hardware needed to accommodate growth
of the product data base.
Building block choices were made to permit the scheduling
flexibility to incur costs when desired, or to incur costs
uniformly over the life of the program. In the case of the bureau
subsystem, it is possible to achieve this goal by developing it in
a single phase, then spreading out the installation of the field
bureaus over a period of time. (The alternative bureau
development approach is a multi-phase development and
installation, which is significantly more expensive because of the
recurring overseas travel costs for installation and training).
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A significant part of the plan is the use of a test bed
to support performance analysis, subsystem and software design,
product evaluation, and prototyping activities. The test bed is
established early and maintained throughout the program. It is a
key ingredient in the bottoms-up engineering analysis, allowing
designers to evaluate products before committing to full
procurement. The test bed also provides an environment for
architecture simulations and user interface prototyping. Some
portions of the test bed will evolve to support implementation and
test of the subsystems. The test bed will be used to provide
continuity of a development environment between acquisitions of
equipment that are delivered to FBIS.
The multilingual capability was selected as a separate
building block because of its inherently off-the-shelf and
stand-alone nature.
The set of building blocks described in the succeeding
sections satisfy the criteria described above, and also addresses
FBIS modernization priorities as ESL understands them at this
time. There are alternative methods of defining these blocks such
that other sets of priorities can be accommodated -- ESL is quite
willing to discuss such alternatives with FBIS.
2.1 Implementation Interdependencies
Figure 2-1 details the subsystem-phase building blocks
for FMS. Each building block shows the functions involved, and
the hardware to be acquired to support those functions.
The arrows in Figure 2-1 indicate dependencies among the
various building blocks. These arrows do not indicate that one
building block must be completed prior to beginning the next
building block; they do indicate that an activity within one
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block must complete prior to the initiation of the corresponding
activity within the next block. For example, the initiation of
installation during Phase II is predicated on the completion of
the Phase I installation.
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