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philosophy, judgments and actions to be taken over the course of the project. The PEP will outline the methods used for project controls related to: Quality Control, Risk/Issue/Change Management, and Communications. In conjunction with the development of the PEP, an integrated, milestone driven Microsoft project schedule will be developed to include work by all vendors. Project Management activities will include: maintaining the overall project schedule; working with all project participants to monitor progress and adjusting the work plan as needed to stay on schedule; facilitating regular project progress and other meetings; creating project status reports as required with input from the City; working with the City to monitor the scope of work of each vendor; identify, report, and track project issues and risks; and, track project budget. Activities will include: • Preparation and dissemination of periodic update reports an AMI vendor's progress • Providing clarifications and answers to AMI vendor's requests for information as needed • Providing direction and technical assistance in resolving installation issues in the field • Providing direction and technical assistance in resolving technology commissioning issues that may arise Deliverables: Project Execution Plan, Integrated Project Schedule, Monthly Status Reports, Meeting Agendas, Meeting NoteslAction Items The RFPs requested implementation Program Management Services is fairly limited in scope, UtiliWorks experience has been that utilities implementing AMIIMDM, in most cases, need more extensive .support and expertise. As such the following sections layout typical Program Management Services our teams normally provide to clients as "Optional Services" We would lave the opportunity to discuss with Santa Ana if appropriate. Implementation Program Management Optional Services The City's Implementation Plan will ultimately drive the deployment schedule, but the UtiliWorks' approach assumes the project will have two primary phases: Proof of Concept (POC) Phase and Full Deployment Phase. UtiliWorks offers proven Implementation Program Management Services beyond basic Project Management surrounding this deployment approach. The business process and software integration activities fall under the POC phase. The intent of the POC phase is to minimize the risk to the City's day-to-day operations, with deployment of a select number of AMI meters, stabilization of the AMI network and end -to -end testing in all meter -to -cash related processes. Our optional services are presented for the City's consideration and are summarized below: POC Planning - UtiliWorks will guide final POC implementation planning, accounting for final contracts and any changes to the AMI implementation roadmap. The POC implementation plan will finalize project details on meter quantities, equipment acquisition, required materials, mass meter/endpoint installation, testing and training. Systems Integration Workshop - UtiliWorks' Integration SME will lead a workshop with the City and the designated vendor personnel to identify and confirm the systems specific integration methodology and ensure alignment between each underlying interface. Systems Integration Oversight- UtiliWorks' Integration SME will coordinate and oversee the systems integration effort that will occur during the POC. The intent is to have the pre -identified systems interfaces designed, developed, tested and automated prior to 171Page