Begin northern operations: Plan 31 Mar. 1997 Actual 20 Apr. 1997 Survey Strategy CDR: Plan 15 Jan. 1997 Actual 4-5 June 1997 (2MASS Science Team meeting) 2MAPPS Ops. readiness review: Plan 15 Mar. 1997 Actual 4-5 June 1997 (2MASS Science Team meeting) External Review Board 7-8 July 1997 Mt. Hopkins Telescope upgrade: New dec and r.a. bearings Aug. 1997 IPAC checkout of telescope/ 19 Apr. 1997 camera performance: - June 1997 (proposed) 2MAPPS Intensive Analysis and 19 Apr. 1997 parameter tuning - 10 Jan. 1998 (proposed) IPAC Processing of Calibration Observations for every night: 30 June 1997 (proposed) Final 2MAPPS System Delivery: Plan 1 June 1997 Actual 10 Jan. 1998 (proposed) (9 months after receipt of 3-channel data) 2MAPPS Integration and Testing: 13 Jan. 1998 - 26 Jan. 1998 (proposed) Full processing of survey data: 26 Jan. 1998 (proposed) South telescope delivery: 1 Jul. 1997 Complete south camera: 5 Aug. 1997 South IPAC hardware purchase: 1 Nov. 1997 Begin southern operations: 21 Apr. 1998 Release first data products: TBS 1999 (and every six months) Finish southern operations: Sep. 2000 Finish northern operations: Dec. 2000 Release reprocessed products: Dec. 2002