1. IEEE PACE CTS, PAP Fawzi behmann f.behmann@ieee.org IEEE Central Texas Section Spring Planning Meeting January 24, 2015 San Marcos, TX

2. 2014 – IEEE CTS PACE Projects

3. Austin, TX PACE Automation Program (PAP) 1. PoC Requirement slides was circulated to IEEE USA PACE Chairs in September. 2. Feedback method: Directly to David Iams or Via LinkedIn discussion group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IEEEUSA-PACE-Automation-Discussion-Group- 6758849?gid=6758849&mostPopular=&trk=tyah&trkInfo=tarId%3A1409890158885%2Ctas%3 Aieee-USA%20Pace%2Cidx%3A1-1-1 https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IEEEUSA-PACE-Automation-Discussion-Group- 6758849?gid=6758849&mostPopular=&trk=tyah&trkInfo=tarId%3A1409890158885%2Ctas%3 Aieee-USA%20Pace%2Cidx%3A1-1-1 3. Summary of feedback 4. Next Steps

4. Three types of Feedback Comments: 1. Strong endorsement of project automation 2. A few suggested improvements 3. One status quo position Summary of Feedback cont’d

5. Tools (cost & Support) A) Request quote from Ms. Leslie Haggerty (as per Sept. 5 th conference call) B) “RunMyProcess” tools license and development of PoC Estimate $3K-$3.5K POC Funding PACE POC Automation Project – Request of Fund is filed for approval Desired Delivery date If approval received early November, then we target Year end for delivery of PoC Else we are looking into early January 2015 Pilot Project As proposed at 2013 IEEE USA – PACE Committee meeting, R5 can be used as a pilot test bed for the Proof of Concept. NEXT STEPS

6. PACE Project Life Cycle Process Improvement Considerations & Requirements Ideas Project/Fund Request Approval Project Plan/ Execution Project Completion/ Reporting Approval/ Transfer of Fund Project Data Base/Query 1.Ideas: Build a repository of ideas useful to regions, sections and chapters. 2. Project Initiation/ Funding Request: Develop master form for the duration of the project life cycle. Web-based/app interactive entry. First segment is project entry and fund request 3. Request Approval: Smart electronic routing & approval. Built-in escalation process. 4. Project Plan/ Execution: Core elements: Milestone/timeline and status. 5. Project Completion: PACE project event completion. 6. Project Completion Approval – Transfer of Fund: Smart electronic routing & approval of actual. Built-in escalation process. 7. Archived PACE Projects for data mining Reporting, Stat and data query. 12 3 4 5 6 7

7. PACE Automation Project Tracking PACE Project life cycle tracking 2. Project Initiation/ Funding Request: 3. Request Approval: 4. Project Plan/ Execution: 5. Project Completion: 6. Transfer of Fund

8. Austin, TX