Charge for Director’s Preliminary Review

of the

NOvA Project

July 18-20, 2005

Will cover the Technical / Cost / Schedule / Management aspects of the “project” to the extent plausible or sensible. It is recognized that this review is being conducted at a very early stage of the NOvA project, thus it is a “preliminary” review and material presented may not (will likely not) be developed to the level of sophistication or detail of a more mature project.

Technical

• Are the physics requirements stated? The physics justification has been reviewed and Stage 1 approval was recommended by the Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee (PAC).
• Have these physics requirements been translated into technical performance requirements / specifications?
• Can the design be built? Does the design meet the meet the technical specifications? Is it a reasonable design?

Cost

• Has a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) been developed or other listing of cost elements been prepared?
• Do the cost estimates for each WBS (or cost) element have a sound basis and are they reasonable?

Schedule

• Is there a schedule for the project?
• If, so are the activity durations reasonable for the assumed resources?
• Has the schedule been “resource loaded?”

Management

• Is there an appropriate management organizational structure in place or proposed to accomplish the design and construction?
• Have responsibilities been assigned or have they been proposed?
• Are there adequate staffing resources available or planned for this effort?
• Is there a funding plan available or proposed to meet the resource requirements to realize the detector?

The Director’s Review Committee is asked to present findings, comments, and recommendations in a closeout session with the NOvA Collaboration and Fermilab Management at the end of the review and in a written report soon thereafter.