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First Draft ofTechnical Proposal

Michael MooneyColorado State University

Single-Phase TPC Electronics Consortium Meeting

February 26th, 2018

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A Step Toward the TDRA Step Toward the TDR

♦ Reminder: Technical Proposal (TP) is an intermediate milestone toward the TDR – principal focus is TDR

• Plan structure of TDR first, TP follows same structure

• TP to have nearly identical section headings as TDR, but in compressed format (approx. five times shorter)

• More information here

♦ Overall TDR Editors:• Tim Bolton

• Sam Zeller

♦ First draft of TP submitted to Sam and Tim• Today: brief overview of remainder items

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TDR VolumesTDR Volumes

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Overall TP StructureOverall TP Structure

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Schedule for TPSchedule for TP

♦ Major milestones for TP:• January 12th – finalize table of contents (section

heading level)

• February 23rd – first rough draft of TP due

• March 16th – second rough draft of TP due– Drafts will be sent to external reviewers for comment

• April 13th – final version of TP due

• May 11th – TP submitted to LBNC

♦ First rough draft is submitted – now is the time to get feedback from the consortium as a whole

• Please read over draft (attached to Indico page), send comments no later than Friday, March 9th (EOB)

• First, discuss some remainder items in these slides

DONE

NEXT GOAL

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TP High-Level OverviewTP High-Level Overview

♦ Most major material is there

♦ Missing:• QC section

• Calibration subsection in integration section

• WBS, cost and schedule subsections in organization section

♦ In total, 37 pages• Goal: 30-40

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Points for Discussion (1)Points for Discussion (1)

♦ Need to polish up references/citations in next round• Easier to reference other chapters in TP moving forward

• Should not cite Doc DB, only external documents – interface/requirements documents? Need to address

• That being said, TP should be “self-contained” …

♦ What is our QC strategy? MSU dewars? Large-scale testing at one or more sites? Both? Need to address (in TP and in general)

♦ Calibration discussion in TP requires interfacing with Calibration Task Force

• Mike M. will serve as interface between groups

• May leave discussion for separate TP chapter

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Points for Discussion (2)Points for Discussion (2)

♦ Tim/Sam mentioned that we should not focus on WBS or in-depth details about cost/schedule

• Instead, should have high-level discussion of “goal posts and decision points” – a very rough timeline

• Currently missing in TP, need to address this, and should include timeline for deciding between baseline and alternative option

♦ Initial text looks good, but one thing pointed out by Sam and Tim was the need to have “good introductions” for a non-expert audience

• Tried to address in system overview

• Should also address in each section/subsection – pivot to clear, non-technical explanations when possible

♦ Ensure consistency throughout chapter

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Moving ForwardMoving Forward

♦ First draft of TP submitted, and looks good so far• Still some missing sections – will address in next round

• Needs some additional discussion in consortium, at least for QC strategy

♦ Next goal post: second draft of TP due Friday, March 16th

♦ Please send comments/suggestions about TP rough draft by EOB of Friday, March 9th

• Provides time for Mike to make updates to draft

• Sam and Tim will also be looking at draft concurrently

• As far as I know, no external reviewers involved until after second version of TP draft is in

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BACKUPSLIDES

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TP GuidelinesTP Guidelines

♦ Rough page length constraint is 150-200 pages for TPC Electronics section of TDR

• Factor of five: 30-40 pages for TP

♦ Given these section headers to follow if possible:• System Overview

• System Design

• Production and Assembly

• Interfaces

• Quality Control

• Installation, Integration, and Commissioning

• Safety

• Organization and Management

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Preliminary TP OutlinePreliminary TP Outline