Report for August 2012
- Report Date
- August 2012
Report compiled by Andy Stewart (IS Programme Manager) for David Smyth (Programme Owner)
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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects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
Work has been on-going with regards the projects carried over from 11/12, in that
- ITS088 - SAN Replacment Procurement has been closed
- ITS089 - Windows 7 managed Desktop is all but complete with the project closure meeting scheduled for 13th September
- ITS076 - ColdFusion 9 Upgrade for EVES has been deployed to the live production environment on 6th September and it is anticipated that the project will closed within the month
There is however a concern regarding ITS095 - SOA Upgrade as this project is still suspended due to lack of Development resource. Any delays in this project will have a serious impact on subsequent in-year projects looking to either undertake a SOA Upgrade or utilise SOA
Due to the unplanned carry -over from 11/12, the programme budget is currently in deficit and it is currently not possible to complete the programme for 12/13 with the current budget. It is currently envisaged that the time scale for the project for the Sotware Licences and Agreements mananagement may require to be extended through into 12/13. This will be discussed with the programme owner at the next programme meeting.
Section Two: Projects Not Started
| Project Info | Programme Manager's Commentary |
AP23-009 SAN Migration Compliance Planning October 2012 Delivery December 2012
RAG Status GREEN | Plan Resulting from a meeting held with IS Apps and ITI Unix, it has become apparent that one of the benefits of the recent SAN Procurement project is that the existing data stored on the 9985 disks will be able to be migrated onto the new SAN infrasatructure through mirroring whilst the application continues to function. As a result it is anticipated that this will be a shorter project than initially anticipated at the annual planning stage. Once the initial process has been tested, the main objective of the project will be to plan and coordinate the data migration with the various business areas and the technical teams. The progarmme manager will further discuss planning at the programme meeting with the programme and portfolio managers
Dependencies Whilst there are no specific dependancies on this project, the technical view is that it would be preferable to migrate the data to the new SAN prior to the new database tier becoming operational |
AP23-010 Card System Migration Compliance Planning December 2012 Delivery May 2013
RAG Status GREEN | Plan Commence the project late November to enable the planning phase to be completed before the Christmas holidays
Dependencies Coordination will be required with Card System changes associated with Distance Learning It should also be noted that all functional requirements and testing is currently coordinated through one individual in Card Services |
AP12-008 Oracle 11g Database Estate Upgrade Compliance Planning January 2013 Delivery March 2013
RAG Status GREEN | Plan This remaining databases associated with this project relate to the follwoing two databases; IDM - The project manger will consult with programme owner of the Communications programme to ascertain if the database upgrade could be incorporated into the project 'Migrating IDM to Oracle SOA Suite 11g'. If acceptable, arrangements will be made to transfer 50% of the budget, namely 27 days to Communications programme. ERI
Dependencies Requirement to contact the supplier InfoEd to determine the if the current application supports Oracle 11g |
| AP12-027 Software Licences and Agreements Management Compliance Planning March 2013 Delivery October 2013
RAG Status RED | Plan Due to current budget limitations it will not be possible to complete this project this year and as a result will be started end of the 3rd quarter and will require to be carried forward into 13/14
Dependencies Sufficient budget to complete required project development |
Section Three: Projects in Progress
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ITS076 (AP number) ColdFusion Upgrade - EVES
Category:Compliance
Milestones -
RAG Status GREEN
| Report by David Watters for August 2012 Achievements in Last Period The issues regarding the test logins for the nominated staff were resolved to enable testing to progress
Issues None Next Steps
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ITS089 (AP12-904) Win 7 Managed Desktop Rollout
Category:Compliance Milestones
RAG Status GREEN | Report by Andrew Stewart for August 2012 Achievements in Last Period During the month, work has been on-going with roll-out in phase 3 With regards phase 3 (Schools without computing officers) (i) The rollout has continued during this month (ii) The current status can be viewed on the wiki (iii) The latest details from the wiki can be summarised as follows (iv) USD have advised that any remaining pc's after mid-September will be dealt with by IS helpline
Issues None Next Steps Closure meeting is scheduled for 13th September
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ITS095 (AP12-031) Upgrade of Oracle SOA Suite
Category:Discretionary Milestones N/A RAG Status RED | Report by Stevie Conlon for August 2012 Achievements in Last Period The project remains suspended Issues It has not been possible to secure any resource from Development to commence the system desigh Next Steps Project remains suspended due to unavailablity of Development resource. Further discussions to be held with Development Team.
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ITS099 (AP12-008) EUPS Databases Upgrade Category: Compliance Milestones N/A RAG Status RED | Report by Stevie Conlon for August 2012 Achievements in Last Period The project has not yet started due to time spent by the PM on other deployments Issues Other work of a higher priority, namely ITS098 Polopoly Database Upgrade, has hampered any progress. Next Steps
Plan in project kick-off as ITS098 now deployed.
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ITS100 (AP23-008) EUPS Databases Upgrade Category: Compliance Milestones
RAG Status AMBER | Report by David Watters for August 2012 Achievements in Last Period During this period,
Issues During the estimation process a number of questions have arisen regarding the patching strategy requirements / deliverables within the project.. Due to holidays and diary conflicts it has been possible to clarify these matters with the project sponsor and as aresult, the planning phase has been unexpectedly delayed. A meeting has now been arranged for Friday 7th September. Next Steps
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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary |
Project Code: AP12-907 Project Title: New SAN Infrastructure Procurement
Discretionary | Report by Andrew Stewart This project was closed on 24-08-12 Please see the Completion Report for further information
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