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... 32 CHAPTER 4 PHASE II RESEARCH PLAN A draft of the Phase II research plan for the development of an e-transit reference enterprise architecture is provided below. The tasks are based upon the discussion of the systems engineering process and enterprise architecture in Chapter 3.
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... 4.4 TASK 4: TRANSIT INDUSTRY INFORMATION COLLECTION This task provides for the collection and analysis of information from the transit industry. It includes • Review of literature and ongoing parallel efforts from the transit industry, • Final refinement of the data collection plan, • Development of survey instruments and other collection tools, • Collection of transit industry information, and • Compilation and analysis of the information.
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... The contractor will first conduct Internet searches, scans of trade publications, and a literature review. This will include reviewing material from e-government, IT, and industrytracking online communities and e-zines, as well as searches of Gartner and other industry-tracking services.
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... technology architecture and represent them in Metis or another chosen enterprise architecture tool; • Carry out system engineering to define the evolution requirements from the As Is "Transit Today" to the future and evaluate different system configurations and e-transit applications to get there; and • Add the resultant To Be "Transit of the Future" business model, current systems and technologies, information architecture, applications architecture, and technology architecture to the enterprise architecture. The resultant e-transit enterprise architecture tool will be provided to the project panel for review after the creation of the As Is "Transit Today" architecture and again when it is completed and includes the To Be "Transit of the Future" architecture.
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... potential funding opportunities, availability of knowledgeable staff and resources, organizational concerns, and other characteristics suggested by the project panel in order to rank the options and make a recommendation to TCRP. The contractor will provide summary options, analysis, and recommendations in a technical memorandum.

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