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Child Support Enforcement
A Conceptual Alternative for California
Task List and Budget
        Number Staff Average Task
Task   Elapsed Staff Weeks Cost per Cost
No. Task List Weeks Assigned Required Week in 1000s
70 Review and understand system 8 6 48  $     3,000  $         144
80 Review SDU functions in Counties and states 8 4 32  $     3,000  $           96
90 Determine transaction volumes by type, by county 3 2 6  $     3,000  $           18
100 Determine statewide storage requirements 3 1 3  $     3,000  $             9
110 Design statewide Internet Architecture for CSE 12 8 96  $     3,000  $         288
120   Assess use of existing Data Center Internet hardware/software    
130   Assess use of existing Data Center communication to local offices    
140   Assess use of existing Data Center storage (warehousing) capacity    
150 Design Data warehouse strategy 4 2 8  $     3,000  $           24
160 Design Internet front-end applications 8 8 64  $     3,000  $         192
170 Design SDU functions 12 4 48  $     3,000  $         144
180 Design data conversion strategy 8 4 32  $     3,000  $           96
190 Develop on-line training and help functions 24 8 192  $     3,000  $         576
200 Develop system conversion and implementation plan 12 2 24  $     3,000  $           72
210 Develop corresponding SDU conversion and implementation plan 12 2 24  $     3,000  $           72
220 Develop Internet front-end 12 8 96  $     3,000  $         288
230 Test the Internet front-end 12 8 96  $     3,000  $         288
240 Develop SDU functions 12 6 72  $     3,000  $         216
250 Test SDU functions 12 6 72  $     3,000  $         216
260 Test SDU conversion 8 6 48  $     3,000  $         144
270 Test system conversion 8 6 48  $     3,000  $         144
280 Install the web-enabled system at data center. 2 4 8  $     3,000  $           24
290 Install production SDU functions 2 4 8  $     3,000  $           24
300 Install hardware/software/communications based on the plan 24 12 288  $     3,000  $         864
310 Train county staff 70 6 420  $     3,000  $      1,260
320 System implementation based on the plan 74 10 740  $     3,000  $      2,220
330 Begin SDU functions as each county goes on line 74 6 444  $     3,000  $      1,332
340 Project Management/Administration 156 10 1560  $     6,000  $      9,360
350                  
  Total Staff Costs only development and implementation           $    18,111
      Total staff weeks development and Installation     4477      
      Converted to staff years     93.3    
             
  Budget: Staff and equip. non-recurring costs           
            Units Unit  Total
              Cost  cost
                 in 1000s 
440   Staff cost            $    18,111
450   Operating expense and equipment          $      9,056
460   Local Office Equipment          
470   Web server configuration (County Offices)                  50  $   10,000  $         500
480     Firewall                50  $   10,000  $         500
490   Local Workstations:             2,000  $        500  $      1,000
500   Local area networks (Communications and components)                100  $   10,000  $      1,000
510   Additional Data Center hardware/storage/communications          
520   Initial Load Assumptions          
530   5,000 users; 3,000 concurrent          
540   2.5 million active cases          
550   4 million children          
560   1 megabyte per case          
570   2.5 terabytes for active storage          
580   60,000 static transactions per day          
590   3 gigabytes per day static transactions          
600   10 gigabytes per day in case download transactions          
610     Multi-node server farm          $      5,000
620     Application Servers          
630     Middle-tier data base servers          
640     Data warehouse          
650     Communications systems          $      2,000
660   Additional SDU hardware/storage/communications          
670   Initial Load Assumptions, 1.5 million payments per month          
680     Multi-node server farm          $      5,000
690     Application Servers          
700     Communications Servers          
710     Printing and distributing devices          $      5,000
720   Wide area network (Communications and components)            $      1,000
                  
  Total One-time costs          $    48,167
              
  Budget: Annual recurring costs (State costs only)          
770   System maintenance, 520 staff weeks @ $6,000                520  $     4,000  $      2,080
780   User System Support, 520 staff weeks @ $4,000                520  $     3,000  $      1,560
790   SDU system maintenance 520 staff weeks                520  $     4,000  $      2,080
800   SDU user support 520 staff weeks                520  $     3,000  $      1,560
810   Executive staff 208 staff weeks                208  $     6,000  $      1,248
820   Staff operating expense and equipment          $      4,264
830   WAN communications 100 lines @ $6,000                100  $     6,000  $         600
840   Data center equip. maintenance and replacement @ 10%          $         700
850   SDU equip. maintenance and replacement @10%          $      1,000
860   County equipment maintenance and replacement @10%          $         300
                 
  Total State recurring costs          $    15,392