Report for December 2018

Project Info

Project Manager's Commentary

INF121 (17-18 project)

Migrate Core Databases to Oracle 12c

Milestones

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by David Watters for December 2018

Achievements this Period

• Migrations completed to new LIVE environment
• User checks completed
• Bamboo checks finalised

Issues

• Extra effort required - to be drawn from Programme contingency

Next Period

• APPS LIVE environment to be 'tidied'
• Project closure

INF129 (17-18 Project)

Database Resilience 17-18

Milestones              

RAG Status

 AMBER - replan of milestones to be approved.

Report by David Watters for December 2018

Achievements This Period

• Regular meetings between project team to discuss to solution

• ITI staff continuing to build VMs according to agreed requirements

• Project budget secured for additional design work

• Design stage progressing

Issues

• Project milestones to be reviewed and replanned

Next Steps

• Review and replan outstanding milestones

• Continue with design work and establish a re-usable solution

INF135

CF10 Updates

Milestones

RAG Status GREEN

Report by Sue Woodger for December 2018

Achievements in last period

• Project brief submitted to WIS 4 December 18
• Version of ColdFusion to upgrade to agreed by project team, on advice from Dev and DevTech, as ColdFusion 2018

Issues

• None this month

Next Steps

• Final list of projects to be upgraded agreed
• Investigate whether the dev and test environments require any work

INF137

Annual Infrastructure Rationalisation Decommissioning

Milestones

RAG Status

 GREEN

Report by David Watters for December 2018

Achievements

• Work completed on updating EOL registers
• Cross-checking with ENT023 project ongoing

Issues

• None

Next steps

• Continuation of work on server listings
• Identification of soon-to-be redundant systems & updating of records

INF139 Annual Upgrades of Development Tools + frameworks 18/19 (18-19 Project)

AP89-018

Milestones

RAG Status

 GREEN

Report by Anne Mathison for December 2018

Achievements

• Python upgraded to DEV
• Python local software development environment completed
• Python - Bamboo scripts have been progressed

• ASTA supplier conference discussion took place
• ASTA requirements completion  delayed until February to allow time for discussions with supplier
• ASTA - new milestone dates have been agreed with the ASTA programme

Issues

• No issues

Next Steps

• Python - Bamboo scripts have been completed
• Python software development complete
• Python upgrade to TEST

• Dev Tech to apply Python to Test mid Jan

• Puppet Code will go in first (Dev Tech) and Bamboo plan follows after that (Software Dev)

• To complete Python in Test in early January (Bamboo plan)

• Hand over Python work to Apps Support

• Sign off Python Acceptance Testing in January

• Deploy Python before the end of January

• Set up Alerts for Go Live

• Set up Request for Change re Go Live for Python deployment in January

• Complete 2  NEXUS reports
• Review Nexus and update test coverage

• ASTA versions to be discussed with the supplier
• ASTA requirements will be completed in February
• ASTA JIRAs to be set up for the tasks required

GREEN RAG status

INF140 - Middleware Patching Process

Milestones

07-Dec-2018       M2: Patch Register Complete

12-Feb-2019       M3: Patch Strategies Complete

01-Mar-2019      M4: Initial Patch Cycle Complete

19-Apr-2019       M5: Delivery

03-May-2019      M6: Project Close

RAG Status

Green

Report by Chris Lawford for December 2018

Achievements in Last Period

• Creation of Middleware patching register in progress.

Issues

• PM is leaving UofE 31/1/2019.  Replacement PM required.

Next Steps

• Complete Middleware patching register.
• Start planning for patching strategies.

The project is reporting GREEN.

INF141 (18-19 Project)

Milestones

RAG Status

Green

Report by Nigel Binns for December 2018

Achievements this period

• project brief completed and approved - achieved
• project plan in place - achieved
• resources booked - not totally
•  

Issues

• N/A

Next Steps

• compile draft list of apps
• meeting to review and prioritise list

INF143 - MySQL Environment Migration

Milestones

02-Nov-2018      End of Planning 05-Jun-2019        Deployment Sign-off 26-Jun-2019        Project Close

Milestones

RAG Status

Green

Report by Geoff  Cropley for December 2018

Achievements in Last Period

• Application Register has been built
• TAD has been completed and awaits design sign-off

Issues

• None

Next Steps

• Obtain Dev Tech approval for Maria DB
• Obtain TAD design sign-off

INF144 (18-19 Project)

Milestones

RAG Status

Green

Report by Ken Miller for December 2018

Achievements

• Project brief completed and approved
• Project plan in place
• End of Planning milestone signed off at WIS on 21/12/2018.
• Meetings/conference calls with regards PwC information gathering undertaken.
• Initial draft report received from PwC and released to stakeholders and those interviewed by PwC for review.

Issues

• Initial draft report feedback has not been as positive as would have been hoped.

Next Steps

• Initial draft report review feedback received.
• Feedback reviewed, collated and raised with PwC.
• PwC to produce final report taking into account UoE feedback.

INF127 (17-18 Project)

LAMP / WIMP Platform Upgrade

Closure Report

Closure Milestone