October 2014

Report Date
October 2014

Infrastructure Programme Report for Programme Owner David Smyth

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Section Three: Projects In Progress

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

 

With the last project planed for calendat year 2014 initiated, the project delivery and budget remains good.

There is a slight concenr over the delay in getting INF105 under way, and the resulting lower burn rate than expected, but we will review the development at the end of November by when we expect to see the project fully under way.

No concerns over INF107 or INF106.

Budget estimate is a handful of days over, but this is not a concern given the number of days relative to the programme size and contingency available.

There are a number of actions from the INF104 for the programme to progress. These are listed in a dedicated page. https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/programmepage/30193

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started  

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary
Annual upgrades of development tools (JIRA, Bamboo, etc)    

The Division has built up reliance on a number of key products over the years to assist in project and service delivery.

This project would apply relevant upgrades to the following products as required:

JIRA

JIRA Agile

Bamboo

ASTA

We will look to upgrade to latest stable and supported versions of the products above. This will not review new functionality and only concentrate on software upgrades.

 

Current feedback is that

There will be no ASTA Upgrade this year

The JIRA upgrades are not required until April.

Bamboo Upgrade will also start in April.

This project will now start in April.  

Automated Server Builds

This project is to take forward the recommendations of the current 13/14 project to produce a proof of concept. This project will provide the necessary production infrastructures required to deploy new environments and will produce a list of environments that can be managed under the service. The project would also produce recommendations for future projects and how to incorporate new services into the automated build system. The project wil be managed by the new project manager starting in November.

This project will start on 10th November. INF108. Clon Watt as project manager.

 

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
INF105 (AP45-053)

Decommission Obsolete Infrastructure

Category: Core Funding

 

Milestones

Target dateTitleStage
07-Nov-2014End of PlanningPlan
27-May-2016DeliveryDeliver
01-Jul-2016ClosureClose

 

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by David Watters for October 2014

Achievements this Period

  • Project brief prepared for submission to WIS
  • Further meetings with stakeholders to establish parameters of project

Issues

  • Planning sign-off moved because of sickness absence and leave (PM)

Next Steps

  • Project brief to be submitted to WIS
  • Work to commence on cataloguing obsolete elements in infrastructure

 

INF106 (AP45-032)

New Application Tier Replacement

Category: Core Funding

 

Milestones

Target dateTitle
07-Nov-2014Build Review
14-Nov-2014Acceptance Review
24-Nov-2014Delivery
10-Dec-2014Deployment Sign Off
19-Dec-2014Closure

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Adam Wadee for October 2014

 

Achievements in Last Period

  • The build phase is in progress and the example application Calum Maclean, has been migrated to the new infrastructure.
  • Final testing is in progress before the Dev environment is signed off.

 

Issues

  • Current resource estimates show the project slightly over the 50 day estimate, however there is sufficient contingency within the programme to cover this.

 

Next Steps

  • Complete Build stage review.
  • Build Test infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

INF107 (AP45-067)

Environment Monitoring System

Category: Core Funding

 

Milestones

 

17-Nov-2014Confirm Site Visits with other Institutions
17-Nov-2014Prepare Questions and Model Answers
19-Dec-2014Visit Three Institutions and write up outcomes
15-Jan-2015Optional - Visit a fourth institution write up outcomes
23-Jan-2015Recommendation after Visits to Institutions
06-Feb-2015Accepted Solution
13-Feb-2015Closure

 

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Maurice Franceschi for October 2014

With team members from ITI established, and Sheffield confirming a visit, and team members having good availability, project now on sure footing and looking good to achieve its aims.

No concerns at present from anyone in the team.

Achievements in Last Period

  • Capture feedback from Sheffield Hallam - Achieved
  • ITI colleagues confirmed
  • Set up two visits for October - Not Achieved

Issues

  • no issues
  • Two Amber risks - last reviewed end of September

 

Next Steps

  • Complete Questions, Answers and Scenarios for Visits
  • Visit Sheffield in November
  • Visit Imperial by early December
  • Confirm third institution to visit by end of the Year
  • Review EG's 'Single Pane of Glass' product via virtual presenation from US

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
No projects closed 

 

 

Programme Info

Not available.

Documentation

Not available.