Task 2: Preliminary Transition Analysis Q: What work will be accomplished during Task 2, Preliminary Transition Analysis?
• Preliminary Analysis of Cost, Value, and Risk and • Preliminary Transition Issues Report and Plan. Q: How will the Analysis of Cost, Value and Risk be developed? A: Completion of the Cost-Value-Risk Analysis involves developing a framework and a process to evaluate the life-cycle costs, benefits and risks for each architecture alternative, ranging from doing nothing (i.e., status quo or as-is architecture), to implementing the “to be” NG9-1-1 architecture. It includes a qualitative estimate of non-financial value that may not be accounted for in traditional cost/benefit analysis, allowing for a more rigorous comparison of alternatives. Q: How will the Transition Plan be developed? A: The transition plan will identify critical system deployment issues, including a variety of operational, regulatory, institutional, governance, funding, and public policy issues critical to successful transition to a next generation IP-based architecture. Working with stakeholders, the Final Transition P
