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[Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

Good.  Then you just need an explanation for why you didn't take that 
labor from the future work that will now need to add less functionality. 
 (We don't need to document it now, but you'll need it when this gets 
audited.)

Best,

Gustaaf

On 1/6/21 8:21 PM, John Parsons wrote:
> As I discussed with Mike on the phone, I would say this is not a scope 
> increase, but is just including more of the final required functionality 
> at an earlier stage of the prototyping.  That provides mitigation 
> against the usual "increased complexity" risk we include in the RR, by 
> getting to see earlier what sort of problems we might encounter when we 
> scale up to the full channel count.
>
>          John
>
> On 1/6/21 8:41 AM, Michael Tuts wrote:
> > Good point, let's see what they say...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:15 AM
> > To: Michael Tuts <tuts AT pmtuts.net>; 
> > us-atlas-hllhc-pmgmt-l AT lists.bnl.gov; 
> > usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l AT lists.bnl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [Us-atlas-hllhc-pmgmt-l] Answers to NSF questions re BCP 
> > 1033 and updated addendum text
> >
> >
> > Hi Mike, all,
> >
> > Regarding:
> >
> > 6.4.1 Optical Link Development:
> > The following statement seems to be enhancement due to the opportunity 
> > from delay.  “Given the extended design time, the functionality was 
> > expanded so that more information can be learned once testing can 
> > begin.”  Was this additional effort included in this BCP?  The 
> > justification should make that clear.
> > Answer: Yes, this additional effort was included in the BCP. We have 
> > added language in the Addendum to make that clear.
> >
> > ==> The issue is that this is then a scope increase.  That’s 
> > explicitly not allowed in the BCP.  This scope increase will probably 
> > need to be separated out.  Let's see what NSF says.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Gustaaf
> >
> > On 1/6/21 1:42 PM, Michael Tuts wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Attached are the answers to the questions NSF raised regarding the
> > > narrative text to accompany the BCP information (the addendum which is
> > > also attached). The responses have been incorporated into the addendum
> > > text (as well as some earlier comments). We will present this to NSF
> > > today at our 10am chat with them, and hopefully that is what they need
> > > to sign-off on the COVID BCP 1033. If you have any last minute
> > > comments/corrections, let me know asap.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Mike
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