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EnglishEasyIntroductionEasy English, Inc. Chinese based company specializing in Language translation

Background Translations are currently done manually by bi-lingual employees Clientele is predominately business-to-business(B2B) customers

EnglishEasyObjectivesPrimary objective is to increase translation capabilities such as speed and accuracySystem will have accuracy of over 90% and speed of at least 15 times faster than human translations

Secondary objective is to increase customer baseCustomer base can be expanded through the automation of the system

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EnglishEasyObjectivesHuman resources required for each documents will be minimizedOnly necessary for post-translation proofing

Document return time will be cut in half

Innovative product that increases company appealProvides clients with simple interface to submit documents

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EnglishEasyPersonnel OverviewPrimary project management & development team located in Hong KongDeep talent in computational linguistics

Sponsor, supporting project team and general developers located in U.S.

EnglishEasyPersonnel OverviewHong KongSystems Design Project ManagerResponsible for overall project success

Translation Design Project ManagerResponsible for overall success of the core translation system

EnglishEasyPersonnel OverviewHong Kong2 Linguistics Developers1 Technical Lead1 Functional Manager (HK Site Operations)1 Translations Quality Tester1 Database Designer

EnglishEasyPersonnel OverviewUnited StatesProject Sponsor 1 Database Infrastructure & Security Engineer1 Code Standards Manager1 Translation Design Support Staff~30 General Developers

EnglishEasyResources OverviewHong KongChinese Liaison Consulting FirmAssist in cutting red tape and acquiring resourcesOffice SpaceNetworking and Computer Equipment

EnglishEasyResources OverviewUnited StatesDevelopment Office SpaceDevelopment Environment/InfrastructureServers StorageSoftwareNetworking and Computer Equipment

EnglishEasyResources OverviewHong Kong will access U.S.-based development environment remotely over a VPNNo code or work product will be stored in Hong KongProtects Easy English from Chinas notoriously weak protection of Intellectual Property

EnglishEasyBudgetBudget for project is $18 million

Systems Design Project Manager, Chang Liu manages budget

Material and fixed costs take majority of budget at $12 million

Monthly reporting of budget, costs tracked at fifth level of WBS

EnglishEasyScheduleSystems Design Project Manager, Chang Liu is responsible for budget

Weekly status updates for schedule adjustment

Schedule control: 2 Week/One month rule, stakeholder change rule

Project due by August 31, 2013; needed in Fall project

EnglishEasyQualityGoal: 90% accuracy

Accuracy: Not just word for word translation

Periodic tests of 100 pages of documents

Constant refinement throughout project

EnglishEasyRiskIdentification:

Expert Interview: Computational LinguistRisk Assessment Meeting

EnglishEasyRiskRisk Register:

15 Risks identifiedCategorizedRankedResponses decidedRisk owners assigned

EnglishEasyRiskTop 3 risks

Intellectual rights not protectedCompletion TimeTranslation quality not reached

EnglishEasyQuestions?