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Task 1.4 - Oversee/Support System(s) Training Effective and timely training for Santa Ana personnel is critical to success of the project. UtiliWorks will coordinate the timing and delivery of on -site vendor training during the POC in accordance with overall project schedule and coordinate with the City regarding the availability, suitability and readiness of a training environment and participants, It is expected that some level of system training will occur during the Alpha POC for the core project team members that will serve as Alpha testers. At a minimum, this would include training for handheld or meter installation software/hardware and basic headend system navigation. More in depth, role -based user training is expected to occur during the Beta POC. This will reinforce the team's knowledge and ownership of the newly deployed system and provide an opportunity to dive deeper into training topics. UtiliWorks will review each vendor's training plan submittal for completeness including: course descriptions; course agenda; equipment/system requirements; participants; and, proposed timing. UtiliWorks may recommend additional training and other forms of end user training to supplement vendor training. UtiliWorks will work with each respective vendor and the Santa Ana Project Manager to coordinate each training session and align the training plan with a proposed training schedule over the course of each phase of the project. Assumptions: UtiliWorks SMEs will participate on -site in vendor training activities. Task 1.4 will be conducted in phases aligned with the integrated project schedule, Key milestones included in this task are: Alpha Phase training complete, Beta Phase training complete, Fell Deployment Training complete (if required). Task 1.5 - Oversee/Support System(s) Testing Critical to evaluating the success of the AMI POC and whether Santa Ana objectives are met is the plan and methodology for testing the installed solution. At a high level, testing is expected to include: Vendor -led Functional Testing - Vendor conducted software testing to ensure agreed upon configuration of system(s) is delivered and working to specifications prior to the start of any City -led user testing Alpha Phase Acceptance Testing - City -led interim phase testing to confirm read accuracy, alert functionality, AMI system two-way communications, and other exit criteria as outlined in the POC Implementation Plan. Beta Phase User Acceptance Testing (UAT) - City -led "real world" testing that validates that the delivered system can support daily business and user requirements. Full end - to -end testing will include: systems functionality; automated systems integration/data transfer; register and interval read accuracy; new and redesigned business processes; and other exit criteria as outlined in the POC Implementation Plan. UtiliWorks will review each vendor's test plan submittal for completeness and advise the City on any proposed changes or additions. Upon delivery of the final vendor test plans, UtiliWorks will develop a single integrated test plan that wilt outline at a minimum: roles and responsibilities; testing procedures; and, entrance/exit/acceptance criteria as defined in the POC Implementation Plan. UtiliWorks wilt also oversee and support testing efforts during the POC. Specifically, UtiliWorks will: The City of Santa Ana Page 1 6