MCatalog/Phases of Delivery

Phases of delivery/Technology Readiness Levels(TRLs)

Web-based Smart Contract Demonstration

The first three levels of TRL will use Smart Contracts and Ethereum-based account classification to perform LKPP-defined product catalog data update and publication business process. This includes the following features:

TRL 1

Demonstrate that each Programmable Account represents a self-contained LKPP-specified business process, each business process would involve a set of explicitly defined roles, such as buyers/vendors/administrators, who are identified by Externally Owned Accounts.

TRL 2

Demonstrate how each Programmable Account can ensure transparency and non-corruptibility with respect to the security model of blockchain-based Smart Contracts.

TRL 3

Document the data types and data content categories in terms of what must be made public and what must be encrypted or stored privately. This will be the foundation for establishing a guideline for implementing the evolving business models as they are to be defined incrementally by LKPP when new requirements and needs reveal themselves.

Technology Demonstration and Deployment Process

TRL 4

Refine and ensure all code base can switch between public and self-hosted Ethereum-compatible blockchains, and works on generic web-based human-machine interfaces.

TRL 5

Based on data types defined in TRL 3, present repetitive control structures in LKPP-defined business processes as standardized templates in Smart Contracts. These standardized templates should be initially written in the programming language Solidity, and they are defined to enhance software reusability and reduce the complexity of business process verification and validation.

TRL 6

Establish a full stack programming protocol (from raw data to user interfaces) for LKPP's blockchain catalog system. Starting from the beginning of the project, working with LKPP to define the look and feel of web interfaces, and incorporate UI/UX designers to create an adequate user experience that matches the expectation of stakeholders. The UI/UX code base will incrementally converge with the Smart Contracts that are being developed in parallel, many design decisions will affect the code integration efforts and influence data service deployment processes.

System/Subsystem Integration, Test and Product Launch

TRL 7

Develop working prototypes of modularized catalog data publishing and updating web services. Work with an initial group of actual buyers/vendors/administrators as early adopters to validate the workflow. Create automated or semi-automated test processes to load a significant amount of test data to stress test the system.

TRL 8

Based on the programming protocol defined in TRL 6, demonstrate that LKPP-defined business processes (relevant to catalog data publishing and editing), can be organized as modularized building blocks, so that data sources and their control structures can have clear accountability based on a Single source of truth, validated through blockchain time-stamps.

TRL 9

Starting from the beginning of the project, working with LKPP to define the look and feel of web interfaces, and incorporate UI/UX designers to create an adequate user experience that matches the expectation of stakeholders. The UI/UX code base will incrementally converge with the Smart Contracts that are being developed in parallel, and the testing and deployment process will start at this stage.