predict outcomes absence of the real person) Flexibility Only fulfils the stated requirements, no data Required uses plus other uses Data can be mined for multiple extra uses with very little additional cost – acts as a data “library” (possibly unforeseen at this point) Ongoing capability Get experts in to do it all and then they go home Get trained by experts, who transfer their knowledge and can act as consultants in the future The project develops the expertise and it stays with the survey project group Thinking time Don’t need to think because you copy Mixture of both – use lessons learned from other sizing survey, and problem solve what is best for this project Needs problem solving from scratch and this requires time
Number of scans – postures. Quality control procedures for the survey process and processing and managing data. These would include measuring the inter-rater reliability between team members for both traditional and body scanning measurement methods. Time Paperwork station Get changed/landmarking and scanning Manual anthropometry Approx. 20 mins Subject 1 Approx. 20 mins Subject 2 Subject 1 Approx. 20 mins Subject 3 Subject 2 Subject 1 Etc etc Subject 3 etc Subject 2 etc 9: The flow of subjects through the different measurement stations and the time frames. Source Robinette This might be a starting point for the costing. So one person takes an hour to cycle through the stations, but we have 3 stations going simultaneously. We anticipate best case scenario of 15 people per day, worst case of 10 people per day, thus a costing could be estimated on 12 people per day. Data collection: Demographic station: paperwork involves, meet and greet, signing forms, filling in questionnaires etc. One person in the room could handle this on the day. Manual anthropometry needs a 2 person team. Landmarking and scanning can be done by two people. Total of 5 people per hour. should be costing allowance for another administrative person who is responsible for recruiting and also phones the person the day before and confirms all arrangements to minimise “dead time” caused by a participant not being on time or failing to turn up for their appointment. This resource might be sought as a partner contribution, but in the meantime could be costed at a fixed price per unit – a call centre rate of say $1.50 per phone call. Potential cost savings/efficiencies should be explored such as the possibility of an on-line booking system and an on-line demographic survey to maximise This might allow the proportion of time allowed for face-to-face paperwork to be substituted for additional measuring time. Data processing and quality control of the 3-D scans should be costed separately and would depend on the type of scanner, software used and the number of scans collected. Data processing for CAESAR took approximately 15 minutes per scan and there were 3 scans per person measured.
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