Report for June 2018

Report Date
June 2018

IS Applications Infrastructure Programme Report for Programme Owner Stefan Kaempf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Overall Programme RAG: GREEN

Programme remain on target to deliver and close projects in this year, although we have agreed that a couple will now deliver in 2018-19.  

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started  

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary
  All projects started

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

INF121

Migrate Core Databases to Oracle 12c

Milestones

14-Sep-2018 AppsDEV build sign off
05-Oct-2018 Test environment build for AppsTEST complete
26-Oct-2018 AppsTEST integration sign off
09-Nov-2018 AppsTEST Acceptance sign off
23-Nov-2018 Live environment build for AppsLive complete
04-Dec-2018 AppsLive deploy to LIVE
17-Dec-2018 AppsLive deployment sign off
25-Jan-2019 Closure

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

BLUE

 

Project Suspended until August

INF127

LAMP / WIMP Platform Upgrade

Milestones

Date Milestone
20-Jul-2018 Acceptance Test of Other Migrated Applications
27-Jul-2018 Deploy Migrated Applications
31-Jul-2018 Deployment Review and Close

 

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

Green

Report by Anne Mathison for June 2018

Achievements :

  • HR Reward Calculator has been added to the Web-Proxy deployments
  • HR Reward Calculator completed in DEV
  • HR Reward Calculator completed and signed off in TEST
  • Talks  and Talks Reminder had bugs identified
  • Talks  and Talks Reminder has been fixed
  • WebPA has been progressed
  • The migrated remaining 3 WebProxy applications have been signed off in TEST
    • Campus Maps, Tour Booking Apps, HR Reward Calculator

Issues

  • None

Next Steps :

  • Six web-proxy Applications to Go Live on on July 3rd (Bamboo deployment  -at risk only)
    • July 3rd - PG Degree Finder had an issue, so all applications back to where they were
    • Looking into issue with PG Degree Finder
  • Unidesk calls  to be created for
    • DRPS, WebPA, and Talks and Talks Reminder
  • Alerts to be created for
    • DRPS, WebPA, and Talks and Talks Reminder
  • Talks and Talks Reminder to be Tested
  • Talks and Talks Reminder to be Signed off
  • Talks and Talks Reminder to Go Live in July
  • WebPA to be complete in DEV
  • WebPA to be complete in TEST
  • WebPA to be Tested
  • WebPA to be Signed off
  • WebPA to Go Live in July (2-Aug)
  • DRPS to be set up in Live
  • DRPS to Go Live 1-2-Aug
  • Closure to be written
  • Plan to complete project by 3-August

Rag Status of GREEN

 

 

INF128

Annual Infrastructure Rationalisation Decommissioning 17/18

Milestones

Project will close in July - delayed because of leave

 

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

Amber

 

Report by David Watters for June 2018

Achievements

  • Individual servers decommissioned - more 2008 servers switched off & removed from network
  • Migration of Grid database completed
  • Project completion report drafted

Issues

  • Unused effort returned to programme

Next steps

  • Project closure to be completed

 

 

 

INF129

Database Resilience 17-18

Milestones              

  

31-Aug-2018 Phase 1- WIKi App Tier to metro stretch cluster - Delivery Complete
07-Sep-2018 Phase 1- - Closure
26-Oct-2018 Phase 2 - Stage 1 Database move to VM - Delivery Complete
14-Dec-2018 Phase 2 - Stage 2- Wiki Database to MSC - Delivery complete
21-Dec-2018 Project Close complete

                                                                             

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

 AMBER

 

 

  Report by Maurice Franceschi for June 2018

 

Achievements This Period

  • Decision and timescale for Network Brocade fabric completion to allow replanning. - not achieved

  • Service Management team should be able to move the Wiki DEV and TEST back onto the Metro Stretch Cluster. - not achieved

  • Dev Tech resource assigned in July to work on Design for the metro stretch cluster for Databases

Issues

  • RISK 15 - Issue with networks proved a 'blocker' for the application to move to LIVE.  Network issues have resulted in the DEV and TEST environment being removed from the Cluster. Plan to move back when the issues are resolved.

Next Steps

  •  Decision and timescale for Network Brocade fabric completion to allow replanning.

  • Service Management team should be able to move the Wiki DEV and TEST back onto the Metro Stretch Cluster.

  • Design document for stretched cluster for databases

  • New PM assgined

 

   

INF130

Annual DR Test and Review 17-18

Milestones

Date Milestone
29-June-2018 Planning Review    
31-July-2018 Transfer Critical Systems Documentation To SharePoint
31-July-2018 wiki.ed.ac.uk  DR Test in Development Environment
31-July-2018 DR Cascade List
03-August-2018 Project Closure

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

GREEN

 Report by Craig Moore for June 2018

Achievements

  • Requirements gathered and agreed by project team
  • project brief approved by WIS

Issues

  • No major issues at this time

Next Steps

  • Monitor and control implementation of deliverables

 

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

INF123

16-17 Provisioning of Python environment

Closed

INF126

Bamboo Recovery

Closed

INF132

Application Monitoring Procurement

Withdrawn - no sponsor funding