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
- 4/13 - 9/13: Identify business drivers (local and federated) and determine some preliminary cost models.
- 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
- 4/13 - 9/13: Identify preliminary expected set of affected business processes (e.g., identity vetting, credentialing).
- 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)