From the OASIS Human Factors Team

The OASIS Human Factors Team met in St. Louis on the week of June 11, 2001. On June 15 the Team produced a new OASIS installation waterfall with consideration for all known factors that impact the production and deployment of the OASIS system. The consideration for a deployment of OASIS included factors such as availability of functionality, traffic volume and complexity, FAA management and NAATS union input, closure of FSDPS facilities, and other factors.

1. SEA	21. JBR	41. SJT	61. CLE
2. AND	22. RDU	42. MIV
3. STL	23. IPT	43. BGR
4. RAL	24. PNM	44. DRI
5. ABQ	25. BDR	45. DEN
6. DAY	26. JNU	46. IKK
7. AOO	27. ENA	47. MLC
8. BTV	28. FAI	48. CPR
9. BNA	29. OAK	49. MIA
10. BUF	30. PIE	50. HON
11. GRB	31. HNL	51. ICT
12. RNO	32. SJU	52. MKL
13. GTF	33. DCA	53. GFK
14. CXO	34. FTW	54. OLU
15. HUF	35. LAN	55. GWO
16. LOU	36. MCN	56. CDC
17. COU	37. PRC	57. RIU
18. HHR	38. EKN	58. ISP
19. GNV	39. ANB	59. FOD
20. MMV	40. SAN	60. BOI

Notes: Due to budget at this time the full production installation that begins with STL will not begin until November 2002. After that systems will be installed at a rate of 2 per month, with some possible exceptions like the the Holidays possibly having a schedule impact, or special requirements for Alaska with the need to install at the FSSs. The Alaskan FSSs will be installed when their parent facility is installed.

The first software upgrade after the installation of AND is very tentatively scheduled for November 2002, which would coincide with the start of full production installation.

The Team made two decisions around the waterfall. The first is that the system would have data restoral capability available by November 2002. Currently it takes FSDPS approximately two hours to completely reload all weather products from scratch. We want to have the capability to reload weather data easily in OASIS, and we want much quicker load times. Details on this remain to be worked with Harris Corporation.

Second, the Team decided that OASIS must have full operational capability no later than the installation of the BDR system. Testing of this full capability can potentially take place at any of the seven sites following BDR.

There is still a lot of work to be done to figure out details of schedule, system functionality throughout the course of installation, and test activities. New information could cause some movement within the waterfall, but such moves are expected to be minimal.

The OASIS Human Factors Team deserves recognition and thanks for the effort they have put in this week. It was a long and difficult meeting, but it was very productive and the Team is proud of what they have accomplished.

Jeff Barnes
OASIS National Representative