Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) Implementation guide - IATA

StB Bar Coded Boarding Pass Implementation Guide
4.7. Timeframe
We provide the following timeframe as guidance only (see fig. 17). The objective of this time
chart is to help BCBP project managers get a vision of the timeframes of the project in order to
book resources in advance.
Phase Time Tasks / steps / achievements
Estimated
average
length
Start T=0 Start reading, planning, building team 1 month
Evaluate T+1 months Project team ready
Start evaluations
Plan T+3 months Evaluations ready
Start cost-benefits analysis
Decide T+5 months Plan ready
Decision making process
2 months
2 months
1 month
Develop &
Deploy
T+6 months Decision made – project launched
Start upgrading infrastructure
Development and testing of TE 3 months
Certification TE
2 weeks
Deployment TE
1 week per site
1 year for 50
sites
Train Training staff 2 days per site
T+12 months BCBP is in production
Develop and test interline BCBP
3 months
T+21 months Run site surveys 2 months
Publish results
1 month
T+24 months Project done
Figure 17 - Example of timeframe for a BCBP project
4.8. Best practices
During meetings with stakeholders we have collected stories about implementations, some of
which we have decided to publish in this guide. We hope it will help more stakeholders to start
implementing and provide us with additional stories for our next edition.
4.8.1. Contingency plans
Once an airport removes all the ATB equipment, it still has to deal with passengers in transit who
may still hold traditional boarding passes.
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