FUJ00058484 - Letter from M. Twidale to M Purchase PDA, and others at PDA/POCL/ICL Pathway

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To: M Purchase - PDA From: M Twidale - PDA

B Booth - PDA

S Woolley - POCL cc D Brazear

G Siswick - POCL J Meagher

B Vaughan - ICL Pathway M Renwick

J Holmes - ICL Pathway G Palmer

A Morley - ICL Pathway

H Gillett - ICL Pathway

D Barton - ICL Pathway

18 April 1997

BA/POCL PROGRAMME
Pathway Release 2 and 3 Review Meeting (With POCL)

Please find attached the action points and notes from the Progress Review Meeting
No. 4 held on 17 April 1997 at ICL Pathway, Feltham

M Twidale
Planning & Performance Team
Programme Development Authority

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed as affecting existing contractual obligations between ICI. Pathway, the DSS and/or POCL

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BA/POCL PROGRAMME
Subject : Pathway Release 2 and 3 Review Meeting (With POCL)

Action points and notes from the Progress Review Meeting No. 4 held on 17 April
1997 at ICL Pathway, Feltham

Present : B Booth, M Twidale (PDA)
G Siswick, (POCL)
B Vaughan, J Bartholomew, D Barton, H Gillett, A Morley (ICL Pathway)

Barry Vaughan introduced John Bartholomew, who has been appointed as Pathway
Release 2 Manager.

The purpose of this meeting was to review the status of previous action points.

1.0 Notes / Action Points from the meeting held on 10 April 1997

The Notes / Action Points were agreed with the following exceptions :

Page 3, below AP 3 - 7 - Move paragraph commencing “Bob Booth warned...” from
section 4.3 Quantum to section 4.1 Talexus.

Page 3 Section 4.3 Quantum - Amend first line to read “Following problems with
Landis & Gyr re security methodologies...”

2.0 Review Of Previous Action Points

(New Actions arising from this meeting numbered AP 4 - )

API - 1 Version 0.3 of the RCD was issued. V0.4 _of the RCD will be issued on 14
April

Status: Pathways internal review of v0.4 identified the need for rework to improve

clarity and to cross refer to functional specs and not the SADD. The revised version

will be internally reviewed within Pathway on 24th April and formally issued to PDA
for review on 25th April.- action carried forward

API - 2 CAR 555.000.011 PDA responded on 4 April. With Pathway for sign-off

Status: B Vaughan to establish status - action carried forward

AP1 -8 Post Shops - PDA to clarify the situation with regards to additional service
requirements for release 2.

Status: Bob Booth to check status and report back to next meeting- action
transferred to B Booth

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API -9 Three Methods Of Working - PDA to clarify the situation with regards to
service requirements for release 2.

Status: Bob Booth to check status and report back to next meeting- action
transferred to B Booth

API - 11 Broadcasts _- G Siswick to check timetable to develop requirements with D
Waltho

Status: Not an issue for Release 2. CAR due for June. POCL may want to slip this
date. Action cleared

AP 4-1 G Siswick to ensure D Waltho actions any change on CAR date for
Broadcasts

AP 3 - 1_B Vaughan to ensure v0.4 of RCD provided to PDA for review on 14 April
or contact M Purchase if more time needed

Status: As per AP I - 1 - Action discharged

AP 3-2 D Barton to produce cost differential between Keybudget and Talexus

Status: No progress since last meeting. Action carried forward

AP 4-2 B Vaughan to clarify position re establishing cost differential by next
meeting

AP 3 - 3B Booth to provide information on Talexus change to D Cooke by 17 April

Status: Action discharged

AP 3-4 G Siswick to arrange raising of Change Request for Schlumberger tariff

structures (by 15 April

Status: Action discharged

AP 3-5 B Vaughan to chase S Warwick (re closure of CAR 555.000011) and
respond

Status: Action carried forward

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AP 3-6 _G Siswick to press for commercial response from Landis & Gyr to ensure
technical documentation released to Pathway before 30 April

Status: Preliminary discussions held. Aiming for in principle agreement by next week
Action carried forward

AP 3-7 _B Booth to arrange meeting date between Pathway and Landis & Gyr (by 18

April
Status: Action discharged

AP 3-8 B Vaughan to find out what needs to be agreed to ensure AP Client
migration is enabled in Release 2_(by 17 April)

Status: Meeting held between B Booth and B Vaughan. Pathway will enable AP
Client migration in Release 2. Action discharged

Pathway have requested to discuss their proposed solution with two or three POCL
clients to ensure that the solution will work.

AP 4-3 B Booth to prime J Bruce, PDA re taking this forward with A Ward/ R
Smethurst

Pathway confirmed that three actions were required to take AP Client migration
forward. These were a) the production of a migration strategy for agreement with
PDA, b) development of the migration process and c), production of a migration plan.
Pathway asked if PDA could produce a ‘strawman’ on the sequence of AP Client
cutover

AP 4-4 B Booth to discuss request with J Bruce, PDA

AP 3-9 B Vaughan to speak to B Booth re data timings to HAPS outside of this
meeting

Status: Pathway will produce the data timings. Action discharged
AP 4-5 Pathway to produce data timings to HAPS to B Booth by 24th April

AP 3-10 B Vaughan to organise meeting between Pathway Release 2 manager and
POCL to produce a plan to agree EFTPOS requirements

Status: Action discharged

AP 3-11 _S Woolley to prime I McClay and S Thomas re meeting to produce plan
for EFTPOS

Status: Action discharged

AP 3-12 __B Booth to produce draft plan (for Inventory Management) by 17th April

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Status: First draft plan (covering EFTPOS, SAPP/ADS and National Savings)
produced by Dominic Barton. Bob Booth to review. Bob Booth will discuss the plan
within POCL. Action discharged

AP 4-6 A Morley to add responsibilities to plan and provide elctronic copy
when agreed to M Twidale for circulation to PDA/POCL attendees

AP 4-7 D Barton to respond to POCL on commercial proposals for various
options under EFTPOS by 2nd May

AP 4-8 B Booth to discuss the plan with POCL and report at next meeting

AP 3 - 13_ B Vaughan to check current activities to agree Mobile Configuration
solutions, and what (if anything) needs to be agreed for Release 2 RCD.

Status: Pathway have produced a proposed solution for mobile configurations which
is subject to commercial discussions with POCL. Action carried forward

AP 3-14 M Twidale to copy latest high level release 2 plan to PDA/POCL attendees

Status: Action discharged

AP 3 - 15 A Morley to provide draft Release 3 definition plan by 17 April

Status: Action discharged

AP 3-16 M Purchase to consolidate PDA view on interim milestones for Release 2
and 3, based on Pathway’s plans and development method

Status: Action carried forward

3.0 Any Other Business

POCL sought information on an issue raised via TIP project ina memo from S
Woolley to M Purchase. It was POCL understanding that from Release 2 Pathway
would receive cash account mappings via POCL reference data to be used to generate
the cash account. POCL is seeking confirmation that this functionality is in Release 2
and included in the RCD. A copy of the minute was provided to J Bartholomew.

AP 4-9 J Bartholomew to respond on cash account issue by 24th April

4.0 Date of Next Meeting

Thursday 24th April 4.00 - 5.00 at ICL Pathway, Feltham

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