August cost performance results were reviewed with Rich last week. Follow-up actions required:

• 1406, winding R&D:  Expedite completion of materials properties tests, e.g., torsion and fatigue. Meeting planned for Friday, Oct. 1 at 1:00 with Tom Kozub to plan remaining tests. Action: Brad announce meeting, Hutch contact Tom Kozub for a heads-up.
• 1403, modular coil design:  complete tests to resolve winding pack shear issue in the next 1-2 weeks. Action: Brad.
• 1407, winding facility: Facility readiness review in October should close out this job. How to handle outstanding tasks (3rd winding line, VPI equipment)? Separate job? Action: Ron follow up with Jim C.
• 1406, winding R&D: Make twisted racetrack fabrication a separate job? Action: Ron follow up with Jim C.
• In future planning, keep jobs smaller and shorter in duration to improve control. Action: Ron.
• Frequent changes to the performance measurement baseline since CD-2 have masked true performance. We need a way to measure performance against the “original” (e.g., beginning of the FY) baseline that we can use to help improve perfromance. Action: Ron and Hutch
• Job status needs to be tracked more frequently than monthly to stay on schedule. Wayne’s Monday 10 a.m. Meetings will be used to track critical-path jobs, review cost and schedule issues, identify actions. One-on-one interactions with job managers are needed. Action: Wayne, Hutch.
  

• 14-1.   Modular coil design cost and schedule risks
  
  • Planning needs to identify and address cost and schedule issues, e.g. shear capacity issue, fabrication and installation of parts, Pro/E frustrations.  Incorporate into FY-05 plans. Raise issues with SIT.  Action: Brad.
    

• Quality concerns have prompted consideration of in-house fabrication of TF coils. A peer review is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 1:30 to come up with a recommendation. Issues are cost comparison (Chrzanowski, Kalish) and availability of staff to meet the project’s schedule (Ron).
  

• FY-05 planning input is due to Ron this week. Follow-up meetings will be re-scheduled due to a conflict. Action: Ron.
• September status meeting is planned for Wednesday morning, October 6.