COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL SAFE PROGRAM WITH PROPOSED APPROACH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001703130053-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: July 28, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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EDD/A Re3istry '
DDI A W
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Comparison of Original SAFE Program with
Proposed Approach
In response to your request earlier this week, attached is a
brief report which compares the original SAFE program, as
modified by Audit findings, with the Software Integration
approach which we now propose to take fo devd?lop these essential
services.
Distribution:
Orig - DCI (by hand)
1 - DDCI
iY- EXDIR
1 - DDI (by hand)
1 - DD/DIA" "
1 - Little (DIA) (by hand)
1 - D/ODP
1 - D/CSPO
1 - DDA Subj
1 - DDA Chrono
1 - HEF Chrono
1,-~35-0-
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Comparison of SAFE Schedules and Cost
The attached Chart (Attachment A) indicates the schedule and
costs for the following:
1. Original program (Major software development on
Burroughs) as projected by the Consolidated SAFE Project
Review (PDR) in January 1982.,
2. The projection by the SAFE Audit Team as contained in
the Audit Report dated May 1982.
3. The Integrated Software option generated by the CSPO
after the Audit Report was submitted to senior CIA and
DIA management. This option is described in TAB A of
the SAFE status report submitted to the DCI and
Director, DIA, on 27 July. 1982.
The original direction prescribed for SAFE in the 1979 DCI
guidance indicated a program costing $75 million for FY 80-84
(adjusted for inflation to $94 million) and a delivery schedule
of December 1982 for CIA and December 1983 for DIA. As a result
of the Preliminary Design Review on the initial CIA delivery
completed in January 1982, the CSPO believed STAT
significantly behind schedule and overrun in cost. Projections
at that time were that the program would cost $157 million to
complete and provide CIA an initial delivery in fourth quarter Cy
1983 (approximately one year slip from original dates). CIA
deliveries would be completed in fourth quarter CY 1984. The
initial DIA delivery would also have been in 4th quarter CY 1984
with final delivery in.first quarter CY 1985.
As indicated in the Audit Report and further reported in
TAB A of the 27 July 1982 SAFE Status Report, the Audit Team
found serious technical and management difficulties with the SAFE
development and projected that if the program were to continue on
its current course it would cost at least $200 million to
complete, with initial CIA delivery not available until second
quarter 1985. DIA delivery would slip to mid CY 1986
(approximately a two year slip from original DCI dates).
The Audit findings resulted in the CSPO being directed to
identify an option which could reduce the risk, provide early
capability for both agencies, ensure more effective management
and provide a mechanism for containing cost. The option recom-
mended by the CSPO is shown at the bottom of the attached chart
(below hashed line). .
The CSPO option is an integrated software approach which
maximizes the use of off-the-shelf software in an IBM-compatible
environment. This approach utilizes packages which are available
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in CIA and the marketplace. It reduces the risk of software
development by accepting software already developed and assumes
risk for integrating software packages into a SAFE system
design. It also provides the advantage for meeting future requirements with flexibility available through a great variety
of software packages in the IBM-compatible. software marketplace,
and it provides an early capability beginning in 1983. The cost
to complete the integrated software approach is $135-150 million,
not including approximately $50 million in costs already .
incurred.
capabilities and cost accumulation. The integrated software'.
approach (IBM-compatible) provides early capability (EC-1) for
CIA in March 1983 and for DIA in May 1983. The initial delivery
of an integrated capability for CIA and DIA (IC-1) occurs in
fourth quarter 1984, and there are integrated capability
deliveries for both agencies in the fourth.quarters of CY 1985
and CY 1986 with final integrated capability available for CIA
and DIA in the fourth quarter of 1987.
The original SAFE program, on the schedule projected by the
Audit, would have delivered in FY 85 to 460 CIA users (230
concurrent) the same services which are projected for that year
in attachment B. Service to DIA, and conversion of DIA's
targeting, order of battle and crisis management files would not
be available until 1986. What would be totally lacking, of
course, would be the early capabilities-(EC-1-and EC-2) which the
new approach will be able to deliver to both agencies in FY 83
and 84. -?
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CALENDAR YEARS 1982 1983 1984 19851986 1987 COST
ORIGINAL PROGRAM
CSPO PROJECTED
ON BURROUGHS
INITIAL CIA INITIAL DIA
DELIVERY DELIVERY
AUDIT
SCHEDULE
PROJECTION
REDIRECTED
PROGRAM
CSPO OPTION:
INTEGRATED
APPROACH
(IBM Compatible)
EARLY I INT
CAPABILITY INI
INITIAL
CIA
DELIVERY
million
DIA
DELIVERY
CIA IOC
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 SAFE FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY/FUNDING PROFILE FY.-83 THRU FY-87
FY-83 (EC-1)
FY-84 (EC-2)
FY-85 (IC-1)
? USE EXISTING SOFTWARE
? INTEGRATE 8/W AND
? ENHANCEMENTS:
TO PROVIDE:
ENHANCE:
- MAIL ANALYSIS
MAIL DISSEM
-TEXT PROCESSING
- INTEGRATED USER
-- ROUTE
ON-LINE TEXT SEARCH
INTERFACE
- PRIVATE INDEX FILES
MAIL DISSEM
-- INVERTED INDEX
- SAVE FILES
INTRODUCE SUL
SEARCH
- INVERTED TEXT
BEARCH
? EXPAND CIA PM0 USERS TO
300/150 CONCURRENT
? PROVIDE DIA MAIL TESTBED
? EVALUATE/SELECT SAFE-D
DBMS('S) AND BEGIN
,AUGMENTATION
? EXPAND USERS TO 500/250
CONCURRENT
30.37
? CONVERT
- TARGETJNG
- ORDER OF BATTLE
- CRISIS MGMT
- CENTRAL INDEX
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SAFE FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY/FUNDING PROFILE (CONT.)
FY-83 THRU FY-87
FY?88 (IC?2) FY-87 (IC-3, 4)
ENHANCEMENTS: ?ENHANCEMENTS:
- COMBINED INDEX/TEXT FILE - TOTAL SAFE FUNCTIONALITY
SEARCH
FULL SUL
? EXPAND USERS TO 1000/500
CONCURRENT
? CONVERT:
- COLLECTION MCMT
- LIBRARY REFERENCE
24-27 17
118-133 135-150