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Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners [Apri1200J] 1.3 Project Scoping [February 2002] Project Seoping Once FEMA has decided to initiate a Flood Map lProject, the following steps are to be undertaken during the Project Scoping phase: . Conducting background research and community outreach; . Determining what effective data can be used in the analyses and/or transferred to the new FIRM and FIS report; . Identifying other data needed to complete the Flood Map Project and sources of those data (e,g., base map, topography, cross sections, transects); . Establishing priority levels for flooding sources to be analyzed and mapped; · Making FIRM format decisions (e.g., countywide or community-based, digital or manual); · Developing schedules and cost estimates of the components of the Flood Map Project; and · Assigning project tasks to Mapping Partners and developing appropriate contracts or agreements for completion of assigned work. As described in Subsection 1.1.6, each Flood Map Project will have a FEMA Lead assigned to manage the project through its entire lifecycle. The FEMA Lead will oversee the project's scope, schedule, and budget and coordinate the activities of the various Mapping Partners participating in the Flood Map Project. In particular, the FEMA Lead's responsibilities include determining the scope of a Flood Map Project and assigning tasks to members of the Flood Map Project Team. At the direction of the FEMA Lead, Mapping Partners will typically provide support in researching the information necessary to make scoping decisions, developing scoping documents, and managing the scoping process, For each Flood Map Project, the FEMA Lead, in coordination with the Project Management Team (see Subsection 1.3.1.1), will determine the specific level of participation for each Mapping Partner in the scoping process. 1-25 Section ],J