Cohortium Work Schedule

[Note:  This work schedule is intended to provide a general outline of when various Cohortium activities will occur.  The dates, however, are approximate; they do not represent hard due dates.]

  • Business Needs Track
    • 4/13 - 9/13: Identify business drivers (local and federated) and determine some preliminary cost models.
      • Review/contrast M-04-04 and current participant risk assessments.
      • Draft preliminary results.
    • 4/13 - 8/14: Periodic discussion related to business needs and costs during project (ongoing)
    • 4/14 - 8/14: Revise draft based on Cohortium experience 
  • Technology Track 
    • 4/13 - 9/13: Identification of success factors, including integration issues (in collaboration with Shib integration project) and IAM "fit"
    • 3/13 - 12/13: Analysis of most effective integration strategies for MFA when MFA is not required for all services. 
    • 3/13: Specifications for MFA/Shib integration by InCommon Assurance Program
    • 3/13 - 12/13: MFA/Shib integration complete 
    • 3/13 - 4/13: Specifications for MFA/CAS integration
    • 3/13 - 12/13: MFA/CAS integration complete
    • 5/13 - 3/14: Analysis of issues related to multiple user device platforms, such as desktop/laptop, tablet, smart phone.
      • Can, for example, phone be both an application access platform and "something you have" for authentication?
    • 5/13 - 4/14: Analysis of Microsoft / AD integration issues for MFA, including for cloud services.
    • 7/13 - 8/14: Collect information about integration into various applications
    • 4/14 - 8/14: Writeup of experiences with respect to success factors 
  • Operations Track
    • 4/13 - 9/13: Identify preliminary expected set of affected business processes (e.g., identity vetting, credentialing).
      • Identity IT operational issues.
      • Write up preliminary notes to guide other participants.
    • 4/13 - 8/14: Discussions of operational issues throughout project. (ongoing)
    • 4/14 - 8/14: Finalize writeup of operational issues
  • Administrivia Track
    • 3/13 - 4/13: Wiki space
    • 3/13 - 4/13: Listserver
    • 4/13 - 5/13: Regular meeting schedule
    • 3/13 - 7/13: Finalize version 1 of project deliverables, tasks, schedule, then version 2 (final)
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