Report for November 2018

Report Date: November 2018

During November,

Current project activity - the main focus has been on the Kx Infrastructure Upgrades project. As a result of unexpected issues with the new primary Application Webserver during both the build and the subsequent user acceptance testing, the project is around 3 weeks behind schedule

Discussions

regarding the project to host the ACE VOIP messaging server have concluded that this project should be managed under ITI
regarding the strategy around the Delivered Catering procurement is on-going

Forward Look

Resource Position

Section Two: Projects Not Started

The scheduled projects for 2018-19 are:

Project Info

Programme Managers Commentary

AP89-901

Salto Door Access

Funded

Planning: February 2019

Delivery: t.b.c.

Plan

This project has been declared as part of the annual planning process for 2018-19

Dependencies:

- On the availability of the ACE technical lead

- will require input from IS Applications Development Technology and IS Applications Production Management

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

ACS041

Kx Infrastructure Consolidation

Category: Discretionary

Sponsor Funded

Milestones will require to be re-planned after the issues with the primary Application WebServer has been resolved

Milestone	Due Date
Design Sign-Off	02-Nov-2018
Sign-Off Build of Test Webservers	07-Dec-2018
Sign-Off Build of Live Webservers	14-Dec-2018
Go-Live with new Webservers	11-Jan-2019
Sign-off build of Test Database server	25-Jan-2019
DSOR new Webservers	25-Jan-2019
Sign-off build of Live Database servers	15-Feb-2019
Go Live with new Database servers	22-Feb-2019
DSOR for new Database servers	08-Mar-2019
Project Closure	15-Mar-2019

RAG Status: Amber

Report by Andy Stewart for November 2018

Achievements in the last period

Application WebServer build was completed
User Acceptance Testing
- Test strategy and timetable prepared
- User Acceptance testing scheduled
- User Acceptance Testing commenced on the primary Test Application WebServer
  - Kx Parcels - successfully tested
  - Kx Calendar - successfully tested
  - Kx Registration - successfully tested
  - Kx Inspections - successfully tested
  - Internal B&B - - still to test (issue with MyEd resolved on 30/11/18)
  - External B&B - successfully tested
  - Kx Proposals - still to be tested
  - Student Web - still to be tested till to test (issue with MyEd - still to resolved)
- JIRA has been well utilised to track issues and tasks
Discussions held with KSL regarding load balancer configuration

Issues

Refresh of Test database from live took longer than anticipated
Build of Application WebServers was elongated due to subsequent requests from supplier after servers handed over
- IIS updated with .NET3.5 Features on both test servers
- Java Development Kit (JDK) v1.6 or above
Due to lack of IP addresses, there has been the requirement to use Server Name Indication which enables the server to host certificates for multiple sites under a single IP number. However, this has resulted in a number of unexpected issues to be worked through
Unexpected issues were encountered which has delayed testing with regards to
- Delivered Catering via MyEd - still outstanding
- Accommodation Booking via MyEd - now resolved and awaiting to be tested
- Kx Inspections - unable to download application to android device - now resolved and awaiting to be tested
Load Balancer configuration
- Discovery that there is no health check page for each website.

Next steps

Complete UAT on the new Test primary Application WebServer
Complete UAT on new Test secondary Application WebServer
Commence build of new Live Application Webservers
Load Balancer configuration -
- requirement to determine if KSL can create individual health pages for each website.
Re-plan project once the issues have been resolved on the Primary application WebServer
Update Technical Architecture Document after the primary Test Application WebServer has been successfully tested

RAG Commentary

The project is currently running three weeks behind schedule due to the level of unexpected issues encountered with the new Application Webservers. The delay is not impacting on the business and the project will be re-planned

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

Section Five: Programme Risks

Date Updated	Risk Ref.	Programme Risks	RAG Status	Risk Owner
07/12/18	7	Completion of Programme Activity within 2018-19	Green	Andrew Stewart
07/12/18	8	Programme Management budget for 2018-19 being exceeded	Amber	Andrew Stewart

Section Six : Programme Meeting Minutes

The minutes from the programme meetings since July 2018 can be located on the Accommodation Catering and Events SharePoint site

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This article was published on Dec 7, 2018