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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?