| MSF Application Development | 295 days | 1/1/2007 | 2/15/2008 | | |
| Project Kick-Off | 6 days | 1/1/2007 | 1/8/2007 | | Product management |
| Form Team | 6 days | 1/1/2007 | 1/8/2007 | | |
| Define team roles | 2 days | 1/1/2007 | 1/2/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Identify required skills | 2 days | 1/1/2007 | 1/2/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Identify resources | 2 days | 1/3/2007 | 1/4/2007 | 3,4 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Assign roles to resources | 2 days | 1/5/2007 | 1/8/2007 | 5 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Team formed | 0 days | 1/8/2007 | 1/8/2007 | 6 | |
| Envisioning | 44 days | 1/9/2007 | 3/9/2007 | 7 | Product management |
| Define preliminary business requirements (ongoing) | 29 days | 1/9/2007 | 2/16/2007 | 7 | Program management,Product management |
| Risk management | 1 day | 1/9/2007 | 1/9/2007 | 7 | |
| Define Project Structure | 9 days | 1/9/2007 | 1/19/2007 | 7 | |
| Define project tracking process | 5 days | 1/9/2007 | 1/15/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Define problem resolution process | 4 days | 1/9/2007 | 1/12/2007 | | Program management,Development,Testing |
| Define issue tracking process | 3 days | 1/9/2007 | 1/11/2007 | | Program management,Development,Testing |
| Define change control procedures | 4 days | 1/12/2007 | 1/17/2007 | 14 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing |
| Define accountability and expectations | 2 days | 1/18/2007 | 1/19/2007 | 15 | Program management,Product management |
| Project structure determined | 0 days | 1/19/2007 | 1/19/2007 | 12,13,16 | |
| Research and Gather Assumptions | 25 days | 1/9/2007 | 2/12/2007 | | |
| Conduct preliminary user interviews | 2 days | 1/9/2007 | 1/10/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development |
| Define usage scenarios | 10 days | 1/11/2007 | 1/24/2007 | 19 | Program management,Product management,Development |
| Develop preliminary user profile | 5 days | 1/25/2007 | 1/31/2007 | 20 | Product management,User education |
| Develop preliminary vision statement | 1 day | 2/1/2007 | 2/1/2007 | 21 | Product management |
| Establish design goals | 8 days | 1/25/2007 | 2/5/2007 | 20 | Program management,Product management,Development |
| Develop preliminary solution concept | 5 days | 2/6/2007 | 2/12/2007 | 22,23 | Program management,Development,Customer |
| Develop Preliminary Project Scope | 19 days | 2/13/2007 | 3/9/2007 | 22,24 | |
| Define critical success factors | 2 days | 2/13/2007 | 2/14/2007 | | Product management |
| Define success metrics | 1 day | 2/15/2007 | 2/15/2007 | 26 | Product management,Testing |
| Define major deliverables (preliminary) | 3 days | 2/16/2007 | 2/20/2007 | 27 | Program management,Product management |
| Draft vision/scope | 3 days | 2/21/2007 | 2/23/2007 | 28 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Review vision/scope | 2 days | 2/26/2007 | 2/27/2007 | 29 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Update vision/scope | 3 days | 2/28/2007 | 3/2/2007 | 30 | Product management |
| Buffer | 4 days | 3/5/2007 | 3/8/2007 | 31 | |
| Perform milestone review | 1 day | 3/9/2007 | 3/9/2007 | 31,32 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Vision approved | 0 days | 3/9/2007 | 3/9/2007 | 10,17,28,33 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Planning | 59 days | 3/12/2007 | 5/31/2007 | 34 | |
| Update risk assessment | 1 day | 3/12/2007 | 3/12/2007 | 34 | Program management |
| Conduct user interviews | 10 days | 3/12/2007 | 3/23/2007 | 34 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Functional Specification Creation | 31 days | 3/13/2007 | 4/24/2007 | | |
| Develop functional specification - drop 0 | 5 days | 3/13/2007 | 3/19/2007 | 37-90 % | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Develop functional specification - drop 1 | 5 days | 3/20/2007 | 3/26/2007 | 39 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Develop functional specification - drop 2 | 5 days | 3/27/2007 | 4/2/2007 | 40 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Develop functional specification - drop n | 5 days | 4/3/2007 | 4/9/2007 | 41 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Functional specification baseline | 0 days | 4/24/2007 | 4/24/2007 | 42,48 | Program management |
| Development Plan | 29 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/25/2007 | | |
| Create Development Plan | 28 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/24/2007 | | |
| Conduct conceptual design | 10 days | 3/16/2007 | 3/29/2007 | 39SS+3 days | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing |
| Conduct logical design | 15 days | 3/22/2007 | 4/11/2007 | 46SS+4 days | Program management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Conduct physical design | 19 days | 3/29/2007 | 4/24/2007 | 47SS+5 days | Program management,Development,Testing |
| Develop development schedule | 5 days | 4/18/2007 | 4/25/2007 | 48SS+75 % | Development,Testing |
| Test Plan | 35 days | 3/16/2007 | 5/3/2007 | | Testing |
| Develop test plan | 30 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/26/2007 | 39SS+3 days | Program management,Testing |
| Develop test schedule | 5 days | 4/27/2007 | 5/3/2007 | 43,51 | Program management,Testing |
| User Education Plan | 36 days | 3/16/2007 | 5/4/2007 | | User education |
| Develop user education plan | 30 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/26/2007 | 39SS+3 days | Product management,Testing,User education,Customer |
| Develop user education schedule | 6 days | 4/27/2007 | 5/4/2007 | 54 | Program management,Product management,User education,Customer |
| Logistics Plan | 48 days | 3/12/2007 | 5/16/2007 | | Logistics management |
| Develop Logistics Plan | 43 days | 3/12/2007 | 5/9/2007 | | |
| Perform infrastructure analysis | 15 days | 3/12/2007 | 3/30/2007 | | |
| Develop security plan | 2 days | 3/20/2007 | 3/21/2007 | 39 | Product management,Logistics management,Customer |
| Develop deployment plan | 27 days | 4/3/2007 | 5/9/2007 | 39-3 days,48SS+3 days,58,59 | Testing,Logistics management,User education,Customer |
| Order components | 15 days | 4/17/2007 | 5/7/2007 | 60SS+10 days | |
| Logistics plan complete | 0 days | 5/7/2007 | 5/7/2007 | 59,61 | |
| Create logistics schedule | 7 days | 5/8/2007 | 5/16/2007 | 62 | |
| Product Management Plan | 18 days | 3/12/2007 | 4/4/2007 | | |
| Develop product management plan | 14 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/4/2007 | 39SS+3 days | |
| Develop product management schedule | 5 days | 3/12/2007 | 3/16/2007 | | Program management,Product management |
| Program Management Plan | 41 days | 3/16/2007 | 5/11/2007 | 39SS+3 days | |
| Create program management plan | 21 days | 3/16/2007 | 4/13/2007 | 39SS+3 days | Program management |
| Create program management schedule | 20 days | 4/16/2007 | 5/11/2007 | 68 | Program management |
| Project plan baseline established | 0 days | 5/16/2007 | 5/16/2007 | 44,50,53,56,64,65,67 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Consolidate Project Plans | 11 days | 5/17/2007 | 5/31/2007 | 70 | |
| Review aggregate plan | 4 days | 5/17/2007 | 5/22/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Create aggregate schedule | 2 days | 5/23/2007 | 5/24/2007 | 49,52,55,63,66,69,72 | |
| Buffer | 4 days | 5/25/2007 | 5/30/2007 | 73 | |
| Determine ship date | 0 days | 5/30/2007 | 5/30/2007 | 74 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Vision/scope frozen | 0 days | 5/30/2007 | 5/30/2007 | 75 | |
| Perform milestone review | 1 day | 5/31/2007 | 5/31/2007 | 76 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education,Customer |
| Project plan approved | 0 days | 5/31/2007 | 5/31/2007 | 36,71,77 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Developing | 82 days | 5/31/2007 | 9/21/2007 | | Development |
| Update risk assessment | 1 day | 5/31/2007 | 6/1/2007 | 78 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Equipment for development/proof of concept arrives | 0 days | 5/31/2007 | 5/31/2007 | 78 | Logistics management |
| Set up development environment/lab | 5 days | 6/1/2007 | 6/7/2007 | 81 | Logistics management |
| Internal Release #1 | 24 days | 6/1/2007 | 7/4/2007 | | Development |
| Develop target components | 9 days | 6/1/2007 | 6/13/2007 | 78 | Development,Logistics management |
| Test individual components | 5 days | 6/8/2007 | 6/14/2007 | 82 | Development,Testing |
| Test integrated application | 6 days | 6/12/2007 | 6/19/2007 | 85SS+2 days | Development,Testing |
| Develop performance enhancement materials | 4 days | 6/1/2007 | 6/6/2007 | 78 | User education |
| Test and review materials | 3 days | 6/7/2007 | 6/11/2007 | 87 | Testing |
| Develop distribution procedures | 9 days | 6/12/2007 | 6/22/2007 | 88 | Testing,Logistics management |
| Create distribution product | 2 days | 6/20/2007 | 6/21/2007 | 85,86 | Program management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Distribute to appropriate parties | 1 day | 6/22/2007 | 6/22/2007 | 90 | Program management,Logistics management |
| Buffer | 8 days | 6/25/2007 | 7/4/2007 | 91 | |
| Internal release #1 complete | 0 days | 7/4/2007 | 7/4/2007 | 83,92 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Review results from internal release | 2 days | 7/5/2007 | 7/6/2007 | 93 | |
| Perform post-release review | 1 day | 7/9/2007 | 7/9/2007 | 94 | |
| Internal Release #n | 24 days | 7/5/2007 | 8/7/2007 | | Development |
| Develop target components | 10 days | 7/5/2007 | 7/18/2007 | 93 | Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Test individual components | 4 days | 7/5/2007 | 7/10/2007 | 93 | Testing |
| Test integrated application | 5 days | 7/5/2007 | 7/11/2007 | 93 | Testing |
| Develop performance enhancement materials | 4 days | 7/10/2007 | 7/13/2007 | 95 | User education |
| Test and review materials | 3 days | 7/16/2007 | 7/18/2007 | 100 | Testing |
| Develop distribution procedures | 3 days | 7/19/2007 | 7/23/2007 | 101 | Logistics management |
| Create distribution product | 4 days | 7/24/2007 | 7/27/2007 | 97,98,102 | Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Buffer | 6 days | 7/30/2007 | 8/6/2007 | 103 | |
| Distribute to appropriate parties | 1 day | 8/7/2007 | 8/7/2007 | 99,104 | Program management,Product management,Logistics management |
| Internal release #n complete | 1 day | 8/8/2007 | 8/8/2007 | 96,105 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Review results from internal release | 2 days | 8/9/2007 | 8/10/2007 | 106 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Functional specification freeze | 1 day | 8/13/2007 | 8/13/2007 | 107 | |
| Final feature development | 10 days | 8/14/2007 | 8/27/2007 | 108 | Development,Testing |
| Final logistics development | 9 days | 8/14/2007 | 8/24/2007 | 108 | Testing,Logistics management |
| Final performance support development | 5 days | 8/14/2007 | 8/20/2007 | 108 | Testing,User education |
| Feature complete | 0 days | 8/27/2007 | 8/27/2007 | 109,110,111 | |
| Update Plans and Schedules | 13 days | 8/28/2007 | 9/13/2007 | | Program management |
| Update development plan | 4 days | 8/28/2007 | 8/31/2007 | 112 | Development |
| Update testing plan | 3 days | 8/28/2007 | 8/30/2007 | 114SS | Testing |
| Update logistics plan | 13 days | 8/28/2007 | 9/13/2007 | 114SS | Logistics management |
| Update program management plan | 3 days | 8/28/2007 | 8/30/2007 | 114SS | Program management |
| Update product management plan | 3 days | 8/28/2007 | 8/30/2007 | 114SS | Product management |
| Update user education plan | 6 days | 8/28/2007 | 9/4/2007 | 114SS | User education |
| Buffer | 3 days | 9/14/2007 | 9/18/2007 | 114,115,116,117,118,119 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Perform milestone review | 2 days | 9/19/2007 | 9/20/2007 | 120 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Scope complete | 1 day | 9/21/2007 | 9/21/2007 | 80,113,121 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Stabilizing | 73 days | 9/24/2007 | 1/2/2008 | | Logistics management |
| Update risk assessment | 1 day | 9/24/2007 | 9/24/2007 | 103,122 | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education,Support organization,Customer |
| Beta Release 1 | 32 days | 9/24/2007 | 11/6/2007 | | |
| Develop beta plan | 3 days | 9/24/2007 | 9/26/2007 | 103,122 | Program management,Logistics management |
| Solicit and select users | 2 days | 9/27/2007 | 9/28/2007 | 126 | Program management,Product management |
| Prepare beta package | 8 days | 9/27/2007 | 10/8/2007 | 120,127SS | Program management,Development,Testing,Logistics management |
| Begin beta | 0 days | 10/8/2007 | 10/8/2007 | 128 | |
| Provide beta support | 8 days | 10/9/2007 | 10/18/2007 | 129 | Development,Logistics management |
| Gather user feedback | 7 days | 10/19/2007 | 10/29/2007 | 130 | |
| Close beta support | 0 days | 10/29/2007 | 10/29/2007 | 131 | |
| Fix bugs | 10 days | 10/24/2007 | 11/6/2007 | 132-4 days | Program management,Development,Logistics management,User education |
| End beta | 0 days | 11/6/2007 | 11/6/2007 | 130,133 | |
| Beta release n | 1 day | 11/7/2007 | 11/7/2007 | 134 | |
| Fix bugs | 10 days | 11/8/2007 | 11/21/2007 | 135 | Program management,Development,Testing |
| Bug convergence | 1 day | 11/22/2007 | 11/22/2007 | 136 | |
| Fix high priority bugs | 10 days | 11/23/2007 | 12/6/2007 | 137 | |
| Zero bug release | 0 days | 12/6/2007 | 12/6/2007 | 138 | Program management |
| Perform final bug triage | 5 days | 12/7/2007 | 12/13/2007 | 139 | |
| Release Candidate 1 | 7 days | 12/14/2007 | 12/24/2007 | 140 | |
| Development team evaluation | 2 days | 12/14/2007 | 12/17/2007 | | Program management,Product management,Development,Testing,Logistics management,User education |
| Customer/user evaluation | 2 days | 12/18/2007 | 12/19/2007 | 142 | Product management,User education |
| Support evaluation | 3 days | 12/20/2007 | 12/24/2007 | 143 | Program management,Logistics management,Support organization |
| Release candidate n | 6 days | 12/25/2007 | 1/1/2008 | 144 | |
| Golden release | 0 days | 1/1/2008 | 1/1/2008 | 145 | |
| Release | 1 day | 1/2/2008 | 1/2/2008 | 124,146 | |
| Post project review | 2 days | 2/14/2008 | 2/15/2008 | 147+30 days | |