At this point of the OA process, flexibility is the key requirement. Using Microsoft Word in a table format, we can transmit draft task lists all over the world, and get rapid feedback. This first use of the HTML protocol for data and text transfer spawned a flurry of OA tool advancements. We use RED for Duty Title text. Some users may wish to use columns for nouns or verbs to allow resorting of tasks based on those grammatical dimensions.
Author then formats detailed survey script files.
These script files define survey content, branching, and protocols for survey administration when fed into the survey engine called OASurv. . The final script had to be repeatedly hand-edited and tweaked to meet new requirements and to take advantage of the new options being added to OASurv . The same Master Task List used for the job incumbents was also used in the 8 TE surveys. Each TE survey required only a few background questions along with the ECST Master Task List. The Enlisted Common Soldier Task Project used a diskette-based survey to collect data.