Report for October 2019

Project Info

Project Manager's Commentary

INF135

CF10 Updates

Milestones

These milestones are no longer relevant. Will be updated when we are sure CF2018 is working - or not

RAG Status RED

Report by Sue Woodger for October 2019

Achievements in last period

• Developer now making progress with Windows build but will be affected by issues affecting Linux build

Issues

• Both showstoppers issues have been lodged with Adobe but they are not engaging well with the issues . A patch has been supplied for the ORM issue w/b 4 Nov but it is not working as expected.

Next Steps

• Developer is working on the patch supplied by Adobe to see if he can get it working
• If after two week this has not been resolved a decision will be made on whether we upgrade to another version

Description: Project is RED. The ColdFusion upgrade to version 2018 has encountered two showstoppers. Both showstoppers are bugs with the current ColdFusion version 2018. One of the show stopper has been addressed by a work around (Too many open files filling up the VM), while the other showstopper is still being worked on with Adobe (Oracle sequences not existing (Oracle sequences not existing ).

Plan: If the outstanding showstopper cannot be resolved in the next 2 weeks, a review will take place if we should stop upgrading and remain on the current ColdFusion version or upgrading to another version is an option. In addition an additional task of 5 days has been added to the project. The additional task is to get a review of all ColdFusion applications and what the lifespan for each application is. These issues have impacts on timescales, budget and scope.

Impact: This impacts the security of existing applications as CF10 has been out of core support since 16 May 16 with end of life at May 2019

INF142 (18-19 Project)

Move IS based Oracle databases to VMs and stretched cluster

Milestones

RAG Status: Overall status is AMBER because of delays to getting plans for migrations, although the milestones have not yet been impacted. Also, the current PM will be handing this project over to a new PM so there is an associated risk round this.

Report by David Watters for October 2019

Achievements

• Build of more databases using model finalised
• Testing and documentation of database servers (for Wiki)
• Planning for build and migration phases started

Issues

• Some tasks have taken longer than anticipated
• Plans for migration still to be finalised

Next steps

• Build of Wiki LIVE to be finalised
• Testing and documentation of database servers (for Wiki) to be completed
• Plans for build and migration to be finalised

INF143 - MySQL Environment Migration

Milestones

Report by Tim Gray for October 2019

Achievements in Last Period

• Project Management handed over from Maurice Franceschi to Tim Gray
• EdWeb successfully deployed to LIVE
• DEV environments for CAM, Blogs and MGen applications successfully migrated over to Maria DB
• TEST environments successfully migrated over  to Maria DB for CAM, Blogs and MGen applications 
• UAT started on CAM, Blogs and MGen
• Comms to CAM, Blogs and MGen applications' users ongoing
• Dates for LIVE migration for CAM, Blogs and MGen applications agreed

Issues/Risk

• Several issues,/after work remain must be completed on EdWeb before the Deployment review can be signed off. One of these issues, with the master/slave configuration after the EdWeb deployment resulted in the postponement of the EdWeb monthly module update. This issue has now been fixed. 

Next Steps

• Complete outstanding issues with EdWeb
• Migrate TRAIN environment for Edweb
• Continue with comms to CAM, Blogs and MGen applications' users
• Start planning the remaining work

INF146 Migration of SVN to GIT

Milestones

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3. RAG Status

4. GREEN

Report by Karen Stirling for October 2019

Achievements since last report

• Project initiated
• Project website created and project manager assigned
• Pre-planning meetings held with Dev Services and Application Management
• Project Sponsor confirmed

Issues

• None

Next Steps

• Draft project brief
• Actions from pre-planning meetings

The project status is GREEN

INF150 - AP90-014

AppsUtil OS EOL build Centos 7 version

Milestones

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Anne Mathison for October 2019

Achievements

• Sponsor added incorporation of JAVA work and Penetration testing to project
• Re-estimated project
• Agreed project estimate 
• Agreed project budget and how it will be funded
• Agreed how the split up of servers
• Requested servers 22-24 October
• Brief signed off

Issues

• No issues

Next Steps

• Complete Infrastructure Design for project
• Agree and complete TADs
• Progress setting up servers
• Review Project Estimate

Green RAG status this month

INF152

ColdFusion Upgrades CF11

Milestones

RAG Status RED

Report by Sue Woodger for October 2019

Achievements in last period

• Project brief was approved by team members by 17 Oct

Issues

• Project brief has not been submitted to WIS yet as the showstopping issues with CF2018 in INF135 will also apply to INF152. Project has been suspended until INF135 issues are resolved.

Next Steps

• Project suspended until end of Jan 2020

Description: Project is RED. This project is a follow on project of INF135 (INF135 upgrades all ColdFusion version 10 applications, while INF152 upgrades all ColdFusion version 11 applications). Due to the issues encountered as part of INF135, this project has been suspended. Depending on the outcome of INF135, the INF152 will either be re-started later on, or withdrawn.

Impact: This impacts the security of existing applications as CF11 has been out of support since 30 April 2019

INF153 ASTA Upgrade

Compliance / Core Funded

Report by Karen Stirling for October 2019

Achievements since last report

• Project initiated
• Project website created and project manager assigned
• Initial meetings held with:
  • PMO - actions list created
  • Dev Tech and Tech Man - to discuss upgrade paths
• Meeting with Elecosoft arranged 7th November
• Draft project brief issued out o PMO and Project Sponsor for initial review and comment

Issues

• Project already aware of EOL for Infrastructure e.g. Windows Server and SQL Server, advised Application v13 support end of October 2019
• Head of Production Management has asked for the project team to discuss options for moving to Cloud Solution if not within this project then possibly an annual planning proposal
• Due to meeting with supplier not until 7th then planning milestone will have to be moved out to 15th November from 5th November to accommodate discussions and upgrade options

Next Steps

• Arrange technical workshop
• Project brief approval and submission to WIS
• Project plan and resource assigned

The project status is GREEN

INF154 - AP90-015

Annual Upgrade of Development Tools + frameworks 19/20

Milestones

RAG Status GREEN

Report by Anne Mathison for October 2019

Achievements

• PMP Acceptance milestone was withdrawn (not required as agreed to deliver the PMP versions that were successfully tested in the project - INF139 
• PMP successfully delivered to Live (9-Oct)
• Puppet master 4, that included 2 years of, patching work completed 

Issues

• No issues

Next Steps

• Review delivery plan
• Work with ITI to see if P2 to migrate puppet master 4 to puppet master 5 can be started 
• Have quick catchup meetings with project sponsor this year, while little work to report on. 

Green RAG status this month

INF155: Annual Infrastructure Rationalisation Decommissioning

Milestones

RAG Status GREEN

Report by David Watters for October 2019

Achievements

• Registers in Abacus updated with more EOL information
• Updates to Wiki and comms round outstanding migrations

Issues

• None

Next steps

• Continuation of work from EOL Registers
• Ongoing maanagement of soon-to-be redundant systems & updating of records

Closure Report

Project Closed 2-Aug-2012

Closure Report

Project Closed 8-Aug-2019