| Project Info | Project Manager's Commentary |
| INF105 (AP45-053) Decommission Obsolete Infrastructure Category: Core Funding Milestones RAG Status/ RAG change during last month Project status is GREEN. | Report by David Watters for May 2016Achievements this Period- Further monitoring of CF migrations - most completed; all now planned or under way
- Related wiki pages and reports updated
IssuesNext Steps- Continue to monitor final round of planned migrations
- Some applications to be migrated by Technology Management team
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INF110 (AP56-004) Install Oracle 12c Category: Compliance Milestones RAG Status/ RAG change during last month Project status is GREEN | Report by David Watters for May 2016Achievements this Period- Build of TEST servers completed
- Build of LIVE servers completed
- Workshop/handover to Production arranged
Issues- Bug detected in DEV backup - patch applied after consultation with Oracle
Next Steps- Completion of handover
- Project closure to be carried out
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INF111 (AP56-006) New SQL Server Database Tier Replacement Category: Compliance Milestones RAG Status/ RAG change during last month Project status is AMBER | Report by Karen Stirling for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - Comms Care SQL technician provided SQL Analysis Report received from XMA on 3rd May
- Review meeting held on 12th May to review report and discuss new solutions and next steps
- Agreement to opt for dedicated virtual host clustered servers
- Project Sponsor to complete current cost baseline for management of existing SQL infrastructure this is to be used to compare against other options proposed by XMA
- Produce draft TAD for host servers
Until the new SQL server DB tier is complete, we have built 4 new shared SQL servers using the same format as our existing SQL infrastructure, these are now with Tech Man team to support with assistance to be provided by Dev Tech team
Issues - Delay in delivery of host specification and costings from XMA - this is being chased for information as currentlyXMA are unable to receive information from Dell due to mini tender between UoE and Esteem. This has been raised to George Reid at Procurement for assistance. XMA have now provided an alternative solution recommendation and costs these have been forwarded to the project team to discuss next steps.
- Draft TAD cannot be completed until host specification details regarding licences is provided
- Review Consultancy and Design together with Closure milestones to ensure project closure remains on target to complete by end of June.
Next Steps - Decision on server purchase to be agreed
- Present TAD to ITI via framework
The project current status is AMBER due to delay in receipt of host server specification to allow purchase decision to be made. |
INF113 (AP45-067) System Monitoring Pilot Category: Discretionary Milestones RAG Status / RAG change during last month AMBER | Report by Colin Watt for for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - The 3rd party tool SquaredUp has been evaluated and confirmed to provide a workaround to the restriction to Internet Explorer previously reported as a showstopper; the tool also provides superior dashboard capability; sample dashboards have been provided for review by project stakeholders - feedback to be incorprated into the recommendations.
Issues Next Steps - Review budget considering availability of project team and stakeholders.
- Consolidate feedback on SquaredUp sample dashboards.
- Write recommendations report.
The project current status is AMBER due to delay revisiting and reviewing the Pilot Service 2 milestone. |
INF115
Python Development Platform Implementation D Milestones RAG Status GREEN | Report by Adam Wadee for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - At the end of May, Iteration 7 has been completed.
- In total, 25 user stories have been completed (69 story points).
- Resourcing with Software Dev is progressing well, no conflicts to report.
Issues - The request for additional budget / extended timeline has been approved.
Next Steps - Continue project into June/July and complete the required stories for Release 1.
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INF116
ASTA Upgrade 15/16 C Milestones RAG Status RED | Report by Nikki Stuart for May 2016Achievements:- ASTA confirmed that there is no need to move the DB from the current server
- IS Apps Project Team agreed that the DB will not be moved in this project (supporting PICCL outstanding)
- Dev Tech resources secured for mid June TEST upgrade and mid July LIVE upgrade
- Discussion initiated with ASTA to consider remote upgrade by supplier
Issues:- Dev Tech resources not available to start TEST upgarde until mid June. This means that the earliest that July could be upgraded by Dev Tech is mid July, which is risky with the Apps end/start of year activities at the end of July. Discussions are underway with ASTA to determine whether they could remotely undertake the upgarde to reduce the risk and the timescales. As it may not be possible to reduce the timelines due to ASTA admins unavailability early July and therefore there is a risk that the upgarde will be delayed to 16/17.(see risk 5)
Next Steps:- Confirm upgrade resourcing approach and replan project
- Agree TEST and LIVE upgrade dates with ASTA, regardless of approach to upgrading the application they need to undertake a remote upgrade of the DB
- Update TAD
- Undertake TEST upgrade
Milestones (are provisional and provided for information only awaiting decision regarding Risk 5 and the upgrade approach) RAG Status is RED due to delivery date being changed by more than one month. |
INF118 (AP56-005) JIRA Upgrade 2016 Category: Compliance Milestones RAG Status / RAG change during last month AMBER | Report by Chris Konczak for for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - Planning signed off.
- TAD complete
- New DEV server build complete, ORACLE 12c and data now in DEV
Issues - Project will run into the 16/17 year for deployment resulting in no JIRA upgrade for the 16/17 year.
- New milestones planed as project sponsor was on sick leave followed by annual leave resulting in the project being AMBER
Next Steps - Server for TEST and LIVE built and JIRA installed
- 12c database created in TEST and LIVE
- DEV JIRA configuration
The project current status is AMBER. |
INF119 (AP56-047) Service Resilience Capability Category: Discretionary Milestones RAG Status / RAG change during last month GREEN | Report by Karen Stirling for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - Planning activities commenced
- Project brief drafted and reviewed at meeting held 18th May to discuss planning and estimation including resource required to work on project.
Issues - From first planning meeting it was clear that we needed key stakeholders to attend a further planning meeting to understand requirements, deliverables etc. from this project. This is to ensure that we have clearly defined and contained scope to take forward.
- A PICCL has been raised and submitted/approved by WIS to extend the project brief milestone to 17/06/16 this will allow estimation and allocation of resource to project to be confirmed, Project Sponsor and Programme Manager advised of change to project brief submission
Next Steps - Estimation agreed and Resource assigned
- Identify key stakeholders, risks
- Project brief approval
The project status is GREEN |
INF120 Disaster Recovery for Priority Services Category: Discretionary Milestones RAG Status / RAG change during last month GREEN | Report by Karen Stirling for May 2016 Achievements in Last Period - Planning activities completed following review of project brief, plan and estimates
- Stakeholder and Risk Logs created
- High level review of disaster recovery plans available for Top and Medium priority services to assist completion of project brief
- Project brief signed off by project team and approved at WIS on 03/06/16
- Resource allocated from Dev Tech and Tech Man
- Project team meetings set up for every 2 weeks
Issues Next Steps - Commence Analysis activity to review all applications & components which make up the Top and Medium priority services (27 in total)
- Review storage options for a master DR document which can be stored off site
The project status is GREEN |
