Report for July 2018

Report Date
July 2018

IS Applications Infrastructure Programme Report for Programme Owner Stefan Kaempf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Overall Programme RAG: GREEN

Projects closed, part from projects planned to carry forward into  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-Aug-2018 Acceptance Test of Other Migrated Applications
23-Aug-2018 Deploy Migrated Applications
14-Sep-2018 Deployment Review and Close

 

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

Amber

Report by Anne Mathison for July 2018

Achievements :

  • Six web-proxy Applications were planned to Go Live on on July 3rd (Bamboo deployment  -at risk only)
    • PG Degree Finder had an issue, so all applications back to where they were
    • PG Degree Finder issue resolved and retested.
    • All 6 web-proxy applications were successfully re-deployed on 10-July
  • Unidesk calls  created for
    • DRPS, WebPA, and Talks and Talks Reminder
  • Alerts created for
    • DRPS, WebPA, and Talks and Talks Reminder
  • Project replanned and agreed will continue into August
  • Talks and Talks Reminder tested and signed off 30-July
  • Issue with archive DRPS has been resolved 3-Aug

Issues

  • None

Next Steps :

  • Talks and Talks Reminder to Go Live in August
  • WebPA to be complete in DEV
  • WebPA to be complete in TEST
  • WebPA to be Tested and signed off
  • WebPA to Go Live in August
  • DRPS to be tested
  • DRPS to be set up in Live
  • Closure to be started

RAG Status of Amber

 

 

INF128

Annual Infrastructure Rationalisation Decommissioning 17/18

Milestones

Project is now closed

 

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

BLUE

 

Report by David Watters for July 2018

Achievements

  • Project closure completed

Issues

  • None

Next steps

  • None

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

 GREEN

 

 

  Report by David Watters for July 2018

 

Achievements This Period

  • New PM assigned

  • Project team visited Heriot Watt to gain further understanding of options and solutions

  • Project team discussed options and prepared documentation covering this

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.
  • Decision and timescale for Network Brocade fabric completion to allow replanning - pending information from CIS005 project
  • Service Management team should be able to move the Wiki DEV and TEST back onto the Metro Stretch Cluster - not yet achieved
  • Design document for stretched cluster for databases - not achieved

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 to be finalised

 

 

   

 

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
   

INF130

Annual DR Test and Review 17-18

Closed