OntologPlanning 2004/PeterInput

Input to the 2004-01-08 Planning Session by PeterYim    (9VT)

• Ontolog Forum Planning    (9VU)

•    (9VV)
  • Articulate Goals (1 to 3 years)    (9VW)

Task: Draft at least two goals (projects, to do items) & 2 measurable objectives (deliverables) for each goal Time: 7 minutes to work independently & 3 minutes to review    (9VX)

•    (9VY)
  •    (9VZ)
    • Goals    (9W0)
      • Be the foremost international open forum on Business Domain ontology -- attracting, retaining, [and invigorating] the best minds in this field as members of the community    (9W1)
      • be running major projects in collaboration with other organizations in the business ontology domain    (9W2)

•    (9W3)
  •    (9W4)
    • Deliverables    (9W5)
      • have at least 5 to 10 active participants in all of the key facets of a community of practice    (9W6)
      • number of projects going in 1 year - 3 ; 2 years - 10 ; 3 years - 30    (9W7)

(ran out of time) ... moving on    (9W8)

• UBL Ontology Project Planning    (9W9)
  • What timeframe?    (9WA)
    • be able to release a first ubl-ontology (alpha-1) by May 2004    (9WB)
    • be at beta stage by end Dec. 2004    (9WC)
  • 2 goals    (9WD)
    • get funded so we actually have resources to get this work done    (9WE)
    • team up with others -- standards group (UBL, UN/CEFACT, NIST, ...) and users organizations, so that our deliverables can be validated and applied    (9WF)
  • deliverables    (9WG)
    • SBIR proposal by January 15    (9WH)
    • get awarded at least 1 SBIR grant by Jun 2004    (9WI)
    • start 3 pilot implementations after alpha is available    (9WJ)
    • have a demo for each of our 3 use cases    (9WK)

• Constraints - top 4    (9WL)
  • not properly organized    (9WM)
  • don't have an action plan    (9WN)
  • not yet funded    (9WO)
  • not properly trained to implement the methodology adopted    (9WP)

• Strategy    (9WQ)
  • get organized    (9WR)
    • form a proper team, with committed leadership    (9WS)
  • put together an action plan    (9WT)
    • do KIF training (core player should all know how, even if not proficient)    (9WU)
    • then assemble pairs of ontologist+domain experts and then formalize in natural language first    (9WV)
    • get funded (and hire students to code after the process above)    (9WW)
    • post a project plan / gantt chart ... (the whole works) ... and keep that refreshed    (9WX)

•    (9WY)
  • also, we should have started with core components, not documents (like purchase order or invoice)    (9WZ)

• 3 issues under [Gap Analysis] - description, resolution strategy & 2 measurable objectives each: (session: 2004.02.05)    (9X0)

•    (9X1)
  • (1) Lack of solid project plan -- as a project, maybe because this is a distributed ad hoc working group, we still lack the very basic organization and project life-cycle planning and management processes that ordinary projects of this sort would have started out with.    (9X2)
    • Strategies --    (9X3)
      • what we are doing now (OntologPlanning 2004) is good, let's keep that up, and get more people involved    (9X4)
      • appoint project managers and start to manage the UblOntology project like a "real" project, with regular and structured meetings (virtual or f2f), deliverables and deadlines.    (9X5)
      • alloting one weekly session per month to do planning (as we are doing now) is great!    (9X6)
      • before doing that, I think we need to get some sponsorship or funding, so that core people can make this part of their "job" and a priority to get things done on time.    (9X7)

•    (9X8)
  • (2) Not properly trained to implement the methodology which has been adopted -- participating members should all be brought up to speed on the basics of formalizing a concept (say, something in UBL) and representing that in SUO-KIF.    (9X9)
    • Strategies --    (9XA)
      • do structured tutorials and have them documented for future reference and re-use    (9XB)

•    (9XC)
  • (3) Not adequately funded -- if we were to develop any sort of serious standards work, we need the resources to get things done properly.    (9XD)
    • Strategies --    (9XE)
      • form a fund-raising sub- task force    (9XF)
      • get commercial and government sponsors    (9XG)