In the Time Table Plan there are 7 Tasks identified. This is a brief explanation of each task:
1) Preparatory Work: In this phase several committees work on the plan for advertising and the media, coordination with GCC countries, questionnaire content and design, definitions and instructions, classification manuals, mapping needs, printing needs, training plans, hiring plans, publication tables design, and the Time Table Plan. Although much of this work is done early in the process the documentation committee continues to work until the census is completed.
2) Redistribution: This is the phase where municipality and zone boundaries are update based on information from other Ministries, With 7 municipalities and almost 100 zones in Qatar the work is very tedious and must be done with precision. This is the basis for complete coverage of the country. No boundaries can overlap and no areas are allowed to be in two zones.
3) Prior Experiment: This is the Pilot Census. The Pilot Census is conducted approximately one year before the Census in order to test maps, training, procedures, questionnaires, edits, tabulations and in essence every aspect of the work that will be done in the actual Census. This test is meant to show problems that need to be resolved before the census.
4) Data Collection: In this phase all buildings are listed, housing units and establishments are identified, and data are collected for all households and institutions. The listing work will begin late in 2009 with Census Day on April 20, 2010. All field work and data collection will be completed within three weeks of Census Day.
5) Office Review: Data from the field work are reviewed for consistency and quality, and coding is done for educational specialization, occupation, and industry.
6) Results Extraction: Summary data are tabulated and the results reviewed. Publication tables are prepared.
7) Automatic Provision: This stage includes the programming required to support the many operations of the Census and begins with very early planning. In the end summary results are posted on the QSA website and final tables are sent for printing of the Census Publications.
