Co-Provider Industry Industry Team Meeting Distribution Package

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Co-Provider Industry Industry Team
MeetingDistribution Package
800 a.m. -- 1200 p.m. Wednesday, October 20,
1999

• Prepared by Christel Wolberg
• cwolber_at_uswest.com
• 303/965-4419

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Agenda

• Introductions/Roll Call
• Review Issues/Actions Status from Previous
  Meeting
• Review Co-Provider Change Request Status Log
• U S WEST Release Notifications Status Log
• Present and Review 12 Month Targeted Release
  Schedule
• EXACT, TELIS, HEET, Product Database for
  Co-Providers, Wholesale Billing Interfaces
• Review CICMP for Process Improvement
• Review/Adjust Team Monthly Meeting Schedule
• Review Updates to Meeting Issues/Action Log

Please note no new Co-Provider CRs were
submitted for Other Systems (e.g., non IMA)
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Review Issues/Actions Status from Previous
Meeting -- Open
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Review Issues/Actions Status from Previous
Meeting -- Closed
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Review Status Issues/Actions from Previous
Meeting -- Notes
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Review Co-Provider Change Request Log
IMA GUI
IMA Common (i.e., EDI/GUI)
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U S WEST Release Notification Log
CTAS
IMA Common (i.e., EDI/GUI)
IMA EDI
IMA GUI
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CTAS RN -- Detail
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Present and Review 12 Month Targeted Release
Schedule

• Presented by Marilyn K Hall, Wholesale Systems
  Technical Project Manager
• EXACT and TELIS
• HEET
• Product Database for Co-Providers
• Wholesale Billing Interfaces

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12 Month Target Plan

• EXACT/TELIS
• Generally schedules two releases per year based
  on ATIS direction
• Only one release planned by ATIS for 2000 in
  November
• Additional information on ATIS and releases can
  be found at WWW.ATIS.ORG
• HEET
• Two releases are targeted for 2nd and 3rd
  quarter 2000
• Content of the releases are currently being
  evaluated
• Product Database for Co-Providers
• Currently evaluating potential changes for 2000
• Will schedule releases when requirements are
  complete

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12 Month Target Plan Continued

• Wholesale Billing Interface Schedule
• IABS targeting releases every 6 to 8 weeks
  dependent upon release scope
• CRIS is targeting monthly releases in 2000, with
  the exception of January, April, July, and
  October

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Review CICMP for Process Improvement

• Clarify categories of CRs for appropriate user
  prioritization participation
• GUI, EDI, and Common
• Discuss prioritization matrix to facilitate
  process
• Discuss Draft CICMP-Escalation document (See
  Attachment A)
• Discuss Sprint Provided Change Management Leading
  Practices (See Attachment B)
• etc.

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Co-Provider Industry 12 Month Meeting Schedule

• Third Wednesday of the Month
• 4 hours -- 800 a.m. -- 1200 p.m.
• Alternating agendas
• Odd Month -- IMA, MEDIACC, and CTAS
• Even Month -- Other Systems
• Proposed Schedule
• Exception, Thursday, November 11, 1999 (coincide
  with IMA Industry Forum)
• December 15, 1999
• January 19, 2000
• February 16, 2000
• March 15, 2000
• April 19, 2000
• May 17, 2000
• June 21, 2000
• July 19, 2000
• August 16, 2000
• September 20, 2000
• New -- October 18, 2000