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The PSERN team indicates that developing the standard language has taken longer than expected, involving coordination with numerous county entities and outside consultants, including the Facilities Management Division, Risk Management, the PSERN project staff, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, outside legal consultants, and council staff.
This is a major radio issue? How many attorneys does it take to screw up a legal document? Thank God they've got the County Council staff involved. /sarcasm.
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Cost and accountability risks are increased by the PSERN project team’s decision to move forward with a construction contract despite having only preliminary cost estimates and before baselining the project.
I think some of the internal issues here were solved this past Friday.
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The PSERN project reporting does not provide the County and its stakeholders with up-to-date status information in a format facilitating decision-making and oversight.
Jesus. More paper. Everyone interested in the project, and those who have seen a radio at any point in the past need a daily executive summary of every detail.
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The PSERN project team has not yet established a project baseline, creating an accountability risk since no clear basis for evaluating scope, schedule, and budget performance is available....The Project Review Board, an oversight body for IT projects, does not plan to require the PSERN project team to establish a baseline at this time
In my uneducated opinion, would that be a PSERN issue or an "Project Review Board" issue?
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The PSERN project team intends to use a fast track approach known as work order contracting for tower site construction which, while providing greater flexibility, also increases the risk of paying more for construction compared to other contracting methods.
So, something
may happen? Hasn't yet, but
may? What about meteor strikes and global warmi- er, global cooli- er,
climate change?
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FBOD participated in the PSERN project team’s decision to use work order contracting for this project.
So, to summarize that portion, something bad
may happen, even though a completely separate county agency assisted in the decision-making process to use WO contracting?
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Before seeking bids on a work order construction contract for the radio tower sites, the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network project team and Finance and Business Operations Division should evaluate the relative benefits, costs, and risks specific to each site of inclusion in a work order contract or a traditional design-bid-build contract. This evaluation should be documented and result in a recommended approach for each individual site for consideration and approval by the project sponsor.
Hurry up, hurry up! The system isn't on track to make it's deadlines! To solve this issue, the PSERN people should take as many additional steps as possible!
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However, through mid-October, 38 of the locations Motorola identified were found by the County to have unacceptable flaws, such as leasing issues, radio signal problems, and permitting or construction obstacles. At this time, 22 radio tower site locations have been confirmed, 14 locations may be deemed usable after resolving minor issues, and the County is waiting for Motorola to identify replacement sites for six radio tower sites.
Let me see if I understand this correctly. One month ago, there were 38 unacceptable flaws. Now (report date of 10NOV15), there are 6. This is a bad thing?
BTW, if Ron can't tell the difference between SeaTac Airport and the real location issue, 50 road miles east, I cannot wait to see how he projects that whole Vietnam thing is going to work out for us.
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