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Patient Network Website Development (1)

Description: Project to develop and launch the website for the new FDA Patient Network, a program that will serve as the portal for the patient advocacy community to engage with the FDA. The primary objectives of the program (and website) are to provide educational resources to the patient community, as well as facilitate engagement between the FDA and its patient stakeholders.

Briefing Status: ON HOLD

Prior Briefing Status: ON TRACK

Milestone Description	Milestone Date	Milestone Status	Milestone Completion Date
A. Develop project plan for research and development of website	10/20/2010	Completed	10/20/2010
B. Complete research to determine the needs and behaviors of patient audiences	1/10/2011	Completed	1/26/2011
C. Organize the site structure and content based on the results of the user research	2/21/2011	Completed	2/14/2011
D. Develop and have user-tested prototypes of the site	4/4/2011 (7/31/2011)	Completed	7/26/2011
E. Select a final design for the site, including community engagement features	6/4/2011 (8/31/2011)	Completed	8/21/2011
F. Gain internal FDA Information Technology (IT) approval to begin development	9/30/2011	Completed	10/10/2011
G. Set up the hardware and software infrastructure to host the site	6/23/2011 (10/31/2011)	Completed	10/25/2011
H. Develop and populate the site with content	9/30/2011 (1/25/2012)	Completed	1/20/2012
I. Site Launch	10/7/2011 (2/1/2012)	On Hold

Foot Notes

(1) The date in italics under the milestone due dates are revised milestone due dates which had to be updated due to real-time delays. The milestone status reflects the revised due dates.

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On Hold	Milestone - On hold, but deadline for completion has not passed. Quarter status - Project is on hold, based on overall milestone status.
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