Goals of demo:

Nov. 18 CIFE Demo Proposal

Here is a writeup of the proposed demo for Nov. 18. This includes a breakdown of the tasks and things we need to do for Nov. 18. Feedback is welcome (needed) particularly with respect to what you (any CIFE project participant) plan to do and when you expect to get it done.
This document includes:

Goals
Proposed Framework for Demo
Description of Scenario
To-Do/Action Items

Goals

The demo should show how the interactive workspace helps project teams to:

describe and relate spatial, temporal, contractual and other types of project information for several project management scenarios
explain rationale for a particular schedule alternative
discover, explore, visualize, and explain project constraints
show how a change propogates throughout various views and across views
show how a data model can be viewed in various forms on various devices
to compare two schedule alternatives and related project information

Technology we want to demonstrate:

dynamic content generation via database
multi-browsing
use of templates/XSL to generate various views

Proposed Framework for Integrating Data Model with Workspace Views/Devices

Description of Proposed Scenario
Scenario Context:

Meeting to discuss status of construction for Paradise Pier Portion for Disney California Adventure. The team needs to discuss some potential schedule changes and resolve some issues related to those schedule changes

	Mock-Up Scenario Description	Content Displayed	Location	Application or Mock-Up	Does content exist currently?	Key Domain Elements (link to XML)	Goals Addressed/ Issues
1	http://fourD.stanford.edu/mural/start-demo.htm on smartboard 2
1	Meeting Agenda is posted with items and issues to discuss	Meeting Agenda (preliminary version)	Wall	HTML/FLASH	Yes/No	Meeting Agenda Agenda Item	On wall and table
2	hyperlink that opens 4D app on front, schedule on smartboard 1, and budget/cost on smartboard 3, 2D layout on table with controls
2	Meeting starts with project status, showing current state of project	4D visualization, schedule, budget/cost info	Walls	4D application Primavera view of schedule Timberline or Excel view of cost/budget	Yes Yes No	Building Component (part of Building Model) Activity (part of project Schedule) ???	Show schedule on 3 screens and on table-top Where will resource information be?
3	hyperlink (either via pilot or meeting agenda) -overlays new milestones onto current schedule on smartboard 1
3	Owner informs general contractor that lagoon construction needs to be completed one month earlier to insure adequate time for ride testing.	New owner milestones (in Primavera), but would like to overlay somehow	Walls	contract, specification	No	contract milestones	Compares new milestones against current schedule and highlights activities that need to be changed
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4	Contractor suggests that the easiest way to speed up the lagoon construction is to use 2 crews simultaneously	Work assignments	Laptop, table, or wall	resource program	No	Where would we put productivity info? Thomas?	Need to work through this, how and where does contractor show current resources
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5	The contractor makes these changes adds another crew to the activities for lagoon construction	Work assignments, lagoon breakdown (2D and 3d)	wall, and table	????	lagoon components, but not breakdown	building component, laydown components	and where does contractor make changes
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6	Contractor then creates the first option:Keep same sequence but increase rate with 2 crews	4D, schedule, work assignments, productivity info	wall, and table	???	No	How do we store alternatives? What objects do we need for this?	do we need to mockup an alternative/option UI?
7	control 4D view from table
7	team reviews the option and notices that work interferes with laydown/crane pad for ferris wheel	4D model	front, table, wall?	4D tool	No		do we want to show any other interferences?
8	within 4D tool (or outside?)
8	Option 2 & 3: Work crews in 2 different directions	lagoon breakdown, crew, productivity		4D tool &	No	crews options
9	link to open up comparative view of 2 alternatives (http://.....)
9	The two alternatives are viewed simultaneously for the group to review	bitmaps of sequences of time	across 3 smartboards	mock-up	No		Show on multiple devices, but different views
10	Annotate the views		smartboard	mock-up	No		via palm pilot, or smartboard?
11	The two options are recorded along with the final decision and shown on a web page.

TO DO/STATUS:

What other issues do we want to consider related to the decision?

Microsoft Project/Schedule Content Issues

If we have to use Project instead of Primavera then:

Link is to Microsoft Project - someone needs to enter schedule data or convert from project
Test running microsoft project from command line
Install Microsoft Project, I will also need a copy since I don't have Microsoft Project
Need to make screen dump of schedule data and overlay new milestone information over schedule
Is there a way to trigger event from change in data within Microsoft Project?

Extensions to 4D tool:

Talked with Ragip and this is what we plan to get:

We'll include header file from Brad that allows us to send commands to other machines. This will allow us to initiate the 'comparative' views as well as any other information views that are related to information within the 4D model.
ability to re-sequence or manually sequence the lagoon areas
additional tool-bar items that act as commands to store options and to view alternatives (these will trigger events in the workspace to open a view to compare the alternatives)

Still needs to be resolved:

import/export XML data - what needs to be imported/exported
send commands to 4D tool while running, so that other apps can control viewpoint, or possible other types of views
connect to productivity information or where productivity information is entered
way to change navigation through 2D layout on table, may hardwire some viewpoints to change

Won't be able to do, so we'll have to mock-up (make the series of images before the demo)

export bitmap images

Linking to Primavera-Anyone?

The way to do it is with RA . I have the SDK or you can it order it from them. Someone will have to take the lead on this. If you know Visual Basic or Access, it's not hard. They have great examples on the SDK CD. The normal OLE link just won't work.

Database setup and link to server

Thomas will give update on this.

Creating executable to parse XML for various devices

What other information should we show that may be relevant to the decision? Procurement information, cost, crew info?

E-mail comments to Kathleen

Issues

Initial Meeting Page will start up 4D and Primavera-any problem with this?

Need to make the following mock-ups:

need to break lagoon into initial sections, pare down Primavera schedule-do we have any contacts at Primavera?

Explanation/Constraints on existing schedule that shows rationale for initial breakdown, show link to supplier limitations

Update crew info in Primavera then send to 4D model-discuss details of this

When do we figure out problem with supply of materials?

Playback 4D model, visually see problem