Message-ID: <12063688.1075848226170.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: marie.hejka@enron.com To: george.wasaff@enron.com Subject: Information Management Weekly Milestones Report Cc: beth.perlman@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com, rick.buy@enron.com, richard.causey@enron.com, cindy.olson@enron.com, philippe.bibi@enron.com, karina.prizont@enron.com, maureen.mcvicker@enron.com, sharron.westbrook@enron.com, peggy.mccurley@enron.com, karen.heathman@enron.com, kathy.mcmahon@enron.com, cherylene.westbrook@enron.com, andrea.yowman@enron.com, anthony.mends@enron.com, debbie.brackett@enron.com, allan.sommer@enron.com, joe.wong@enron.com, allen.elliott@enron.com, brandon.rigney@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: beth.perlman@enron.com, steven.kean@enron.com, rick.buy@enron.com, richard.causey@enron.com, cindy.olson@enron.com, philippe.bibi@enron.com, karina.prizont@enron.com, maureen.mcvicker@enron.com, sharron.westbrook@enron.com, peggy.mccurley@enron.com, karen.heathman@enron.com, kathy.mcmahon@enron.com, cherylene.westbrook@enron.com, andrea.yowman@enron.com, anthony.mends@enron.com, debbie.brackett@enron.com, allan.sommer@enron.com, joe.wong@enron.com, allen.elliott@enron.com, brandon.rigney@enron.com X-From: Marie Hejka X-To: George Wasaff X-cc: Beth Perlman, Steven J Kean, Rick Buy, Richard Causey, Cindy Olson, Philippe A Bibi, Karina Prizont, Maureen McVicker, Sharron Westbrook, Peggy McCurley, Karen K Heathman, Kathy McMahon, Cherylene Westbrook, Andrea Yowman, Anthony Mends, Debbie R Brackett, Allan Sommer, Joe Wong, Allen Elliott, Brandon Rigney X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_June2001_5\Notes Folders\Knowledge management X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf =20 Information Management Weekly Milestones Report =01) 02/09/01 Portal.=20 Portal development work continues for respective BU/FUs under Joe Wong's=20 direction. This work is based on information collected from portal surveys= . =20 Brandon Rigney's team committed to delivering the portal graphical treatmen= t=20 by 2/16/01. A new portal name is being discussed. The decision for the=20 portal "look and feel" and the portal name will be made next week. A=20 "progress before perfection" approach is planned for releasing the portal. "Killer" or "sticky" applications for the new portal are being identified a= nd=20 prioritized. All task force members are required to identify five "killer"= =20 or "sticky" applications by next week's IM Task Force meeting. Some features of Hewlitt Packard's benchmark portal are being discussed and= =20 targeted for development. =20 Tibco 2.0 version targeted as a requirement to provide personalized color= =20 treatments for portal. Allen Elliott to confirm licensing agreement for=20 Tibco 2 is in place. Single sign-on capability will require changes to the producer portal=20 applications. The single sign-on security task force has developed and=20 proposed a strategy to make this happen. The portal development is working= =20 this issue to ensure the eventual release of a single sign-on entry point f= or=20 the portal. Philippe Bibi was provided a project update. Philippe re-emphasized the ne= ed=20 to unveil a best practices portal that is simple, wanted by users, and=20 value-added for users. =20 UDM/ESE.=20 Inktomi and Verity appear to be the choice contenders. Since Autonomy=20 requires an obtrusive amount of work on individual employees, interview=20 results predict users would not support this product type. Consequently, t= he=20 task force does not expect to pilot Autonomy. Business Analyst Paul Timberlake collected high level pricing for each=20 vendor. Below is a table of that information. Paul is working with GSS's= =20 Peter Goebel to gain additional pricing support. Note, Paul's final report= =20 will have extensive licensing information for each vendor.=20 Vendor=09Initial Cost=09Annual Support & Maintenance Autonomy=09$3,000,000=09$540,000 / year support Inktomi=09$1,375,000=09$206,250 / year support Verity=09$682,500 =09($487,500 + $162,500 + $32,500)=09$130,000 / year support IM Strategy Proposal. Steve Kean attended the weekly IM Task Force meeting to get an update on th= e=20 IM Strategy Proposal. Although the task force was suggesting an executive= =20 point person be identified, Steve reminded the task force of the value of= =20 grassroots efforts. The task force will remain focused on identifying and= =20 developing sticky portal applications to improve the flow of information=20 which ultimately should increase the flow of revenue. Steve's message to I= M=20 Task Force: do what it takes to make it happen. During the discussion with Steve, the task force reviewed HP's best practic= es=20 portal. Steve would like to view the HP demonstration of their best=20 practices portal. =20 The Task Force team met with EES' Knowledge Management team to discuss a ON= E=20 Enron approach to information management. EES emphasized need for executiv= e=20 management to encourage BU/FU IM/KM coordination.