January 2014

Report Date
January 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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

Additional budget has been found to allow the programme to fund the Business Data Recovery proposal.

The projected total for the year has the programme running over by 4 days, but we have 10 held in the balance row as contingency so we are still able to work towards a balanced budget.  

 

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary
AP34-041 Business Data Recovery and Storage Implementation

 

https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/planning/project/140

This proposal will implement the findings of the review of data recovery and storage requirements for IS Applications as part of a wider review by ITI. The review will have outlined the requirements for storage of business data for disaster recovery/backup, archival and replication purposes. The necessary technical infrastructure will have been provisioned during 12/13 period as a result of the review and this proposal will bring the Applications service under the revised process and facilities.

Tony Weir will be developing the brief. The work is temporarily on hold due to conflicts with other priority work, but Tony has confirmed that it will happen in first half of 2014, and that it will be a procurement followed by an installation. The IS Apps effort involved for each project needs re-estimated. Currently this is a Small budget proposal.

 

  
  

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

ITS103 (AP34-038)

Core Technology Updates.

Category : C

 

Milestones

 

24-Jan-201413-Jan-2014APPS Development Environment Complete
14-Feb-201430-Jan-2014ASOR NEWSLIVE
19-Feb-201413-Feb-2014Deploy NEWSLIVE
03-Mar-201403-Mar-2014ASOR APPSLIVE
06-Mar-201428-Jan-2014Deploy APPS LIVE
31-Mar-201413-Feb-2014DSOR
07-Apr-201417-Feb-2014Closure

 

 

RAG Status

GREEN

 

Report completed by Stevie Conlon for January 2014
 
Achievements This Period.

 

  • APPS has been tested and signed off by Applications Management
  • UCD is the favoured name for the new database instance and will contain BOXICMS, DIRECT and Calum McLean.
  • The NEWS TEST instance has been migrated successfully to the new infrastructure.
 

Issues

  • The route for upgrading SMART is not yet clear. It currently appears to be that the SMART project will take over the creation of the UCD instance .
  • WIS have requested Dev teams review APPS database migration.

 

Next Steps

  • Close off the APPS Dev environment.
  • Migrate APPS TEST
  • Complete testing in NEWS TEST and Achieve ASOR for NEWS
  • Work with the SACS PM, Franck Bergeret to determine scope,budget and timescales of the SMART enhancement project .

 

INF104 Application Infrastructure Upgrade Project

Category: Complience  

Milestones

Target dateTitle
07-Feb-2014Delivery (Strategy Document Complete)
21-Feb-2014Closure

 

RAG Status

AMBER

Report completed by Adam Wadee for Jan 2014

Achievements in Last Period

  • A final review meeting to discuss the strategy document took place on 4th Feb.  A small number of actions need to be completed before the document is signed off. 
  • Key actions are ensuring the recommendations are taken forward out-with the project and the responsibilities clearly defined.  Also a final audit of applications needing migrated, and verified by Dev Team.

Issues

  • Sign Off and Closure milestones will be revised given remaining actions to be done.

Next Steps

  • Sign off strategy document.
  • Close project

RAG status Amber as the current milestones will need to be revised.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

AP34-039

Development Tool Upgrades

Withdrawn on 30/8/13.

https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/planning/project/141

This was due to impact on programme budget from carry over 12/13 projects.

However, we hope to be able to bring the project back into the 13/14 programme if budget, priority and new estimates allow.

 

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:

JIRA

JIRA has fallen a few version behind latest version, so it may be this upgrade is required. Whether a proejct is required remain to be re-assessed.

 

Greenhopper

This is a small task to be done under APP004

 

Bamboo

This is a small task that should be covered by current Support arrangements.

 

 

ITS100

Implement New Database Tier

Report by David Watters

This project was closed on 13th September 2013

Please see the Completion Report for further information.

 

ITS101

SAN Migration

Report by Karen Stirling

This project was closed on 29th November 2013

Please see the Completion Report for further information.

ITS095

Upgrade of Oracle SOA Suite

Report by Stevie Conlon

The project was closed on the 7th November

Please see the Completion Report for further information.