Project Info
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Project Manager's Commentary
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INF135
CF10 Updates
Milestones
RAG Status AMBER
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Report by Sue Woodger for December 2019
Achievements in last period
- The showstopper issue has now been resolved and work can re-commence on the CF10 to CFf2018 applications
- Revised milestone dates have been agreed and submitted to wis
- Discussions on end of life held for the following applications: VRS, EVES, Event Booking, PADS, Bookable rooms
Issues
Next Steps
- All applications working on Dev
- Further discussions regarding managing end-of-life of applications to be held (meetings booked on 7 and 23 Jan)
- Commentary: Project is AMBER: the showstopper issue has been resolved and we have re-planned the milestones for the project and Dev and DevTech resource is confirmed however we now need to look at the budget for the revised milestones as the original budget has now been exhausted. Revised costs submitted to programme manager and sponsor for consideration.
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INF142 (18-19 Project)
Move IS based Oracle databases to VMs and stretched cluster
Milestones
RAG Status: AMBER
Overall status is Amber for now. The overall time and cost will be amended in January after WIKI service migrated. After WIKI service is migrated there are still 7 or 8 different services that need to be migrated to the new Virtual server solution. A new plan will be agreed to migrate each remaining service and this will confirm extra budget needed. The project has 35 days remaining in the current budget(10 days was incorrectly booked last month so we have actually gained a few days back in the budget this month). I would guesstimate another 100 days in total would need to be allocated to this project. The project was initially due to complete around June 2020, it is likely to slip a few months at least and will enter the 2020-2021 financial year(August). A WIS/PICCL will be getting raised to justify budget change and the shift in major milestones. The Programme Manager and Sponsor have been informed of the forthcoming budget increase and the project being pushed back a few months. This will be put through in late January.
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Report by Mark Downey for December 2019
Achievements
- Test Service for WIKI migrated
- Engagement with ITI begun around some of the issues with backups and scheduling for VMs
Issues
- Ongoing issues with backups and scheduling for new VMs - meeting setup with dev tech and ITI to discuss and plan to resolve.
- Migration of WIKI service has taken longer than expected with some issues in the automation.
- Plans for all migrations still to be created and finalised
- Major issues with VMs working the way the technical teams expect in the Metro stretch cluster environment. As this is not the priority at present, getting the production issues with backups and the actual migrations done is, it may well be that the Metro stretch cluster is descoped at some point in near future. Awaiting further feedback from Technical staff looking into these issues.
Next Steps
- Live services for WIKI service to be migrated and tested and signed off as working
- Updated documentation for dev, test and live database migrations for WIKI and finalised
- New updated plan for project to be created and put in place with new guesstimates to cost, time and dates for when each service can be moved to Virtual Server solution.
- A request for more budget and to move the project back by probably 3 months will be made after full WIKI service migrated.
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INF143 - MySQL Environment Migration
Milestones
RAG Status
GREEN
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Report by Tim Gray for December 2019
Achievements in Last Period
- CAM, Blogs and MGen all successfully deployed to LIVE
- Deployment Review for CAM, Blogs and MGen achieved
- Limited planning for remainder of work
Issues/Risk
- Planning for remainder of work delayed due to availability (strike and staff illness)
Next Steps
- Complete planning for next stage, i.e. breaking down larger DBs and moving them onto individual VMs
- Secure budget and resources for remaining work
- Replan remaining milestones
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INF146 Migration of SVN to GIT
Milestones
RAG Status
GREEN
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Report by Karen Stirling for November 2019
Achievements since last report
- Meeting held with Elecosoft on 7th November to discuss options for upgrade and reviewing server details to understand if in place upgrade could be an option and understand where supplier can support upgrade activity
- Costs provided for supplier engagement during upgrade
- Draft estimates and review task activity
Issues
- Elecosoft advised that although there is a cloud solution available they have not yet tested Timesheet application in the cloud. As this is currently outstanding we would not be able to move to the Cloud.
- Production Management have been advised that for this project a move to a Cloud Solution is deemed not in scope
- Due to limited PM availability due to annual leave, other project commitments and also technical resource not available due to Industrial action the planning milestone has been revised and approved
Next Steps
- Arrange technical workshop
- Project brief approval and submission to WIS
- Project plan and resource assigned
The project status is GREEN
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INF150 - AP90-014
AppsUtil OS EOL build Centos 7 version
Milestones
RAG Status
GREEN
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Report by Anne Mathison for December 2019
Achievements
- Limited progress in December due to the industrial action and holidays
- All 6 frameworks have been set up
- Completed migrated bisso DEV server work (BOBBISSO)
- Bisso puppet code has been created and the existing service has been migrated over and run
- there is an issue with the load balancer
- Completed migrated Static Web DEV server work (STATICWEB)
- Static Web puppet code has been created and the existing services have been migrated over and run
- Office 365
- MyEd
- there is an issue with the load balancer
- JAVAIFACE is part way through
Issues
- Issue with load balancer for bisso and static web
- The load balancer is problematic due to a netscaler issue and
- there is no health check traffic (I191211-264 both issues are with ITI)
Next Steps
The Project RAG status is Green
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INF151
Encryption at Rest Rollout (Multiyear 1 of 2)
Discretionary
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Plan
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13-Jan-2020
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Deliver
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31-Mar-2021
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Close
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15-Apr-2021
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RAG Status
GREEN
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Report by Sue Woodger for December 2019
Achievements in last period
- Stefan Kaempf confirmed as project sponsor
Issues
Next Steps
- First draft of brief to be circulated and team brought together to discuss
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INF152
ColdFusion Upgrades CF11
Milestones
RAG Status PROJECT SUSPENDED
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Report by Sue Woodger for December 2019
Achievements in last period
- Project suspension extended to 1 May 2020 as new closure date for INF135 confirmed as 17 April 2020
Issues
Next Steps
- Suspension completes 1 May 2020
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INF153 ASTA Upgrade
Compliance / Core Funded
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Report by Karen Stirling for November 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 to 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
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INF154 - AP90-015
Annual Upgrade of Development Tools + frameworks 19/20
Milestones
RAG Status GREEN
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Report by Anne Mathison for December 2019
Achievements
- Completed Sentry upgrade
- Delivered Sentry upgrade
Issues
Next Steps
- Meeting with project sponsor to agree sequence of Development tools upgrades plans
- Replan development tools upgrades as agreed
- P2 to migrate puppet master 4 to puppet master 5 is likely to start early this year
Green RAG status this month
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INF155: Annual Infrastructure Rationalisation Decommissioning
Milestones
RAG Status GREEN
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Report by Mark Downey for December 2019
Achievements
- Updates to WIKI and new round of communications to owners of servers and services affected with End of Life dates emphasising repeatedly the end of life date of 14th January 2020 for Windows 2008 servers
- Few more servers now have definitive decommission dates and/or mitigation plans. Updated Wiki and working with technical resources to create Unidesk tickets for these switch off of servers events.
- Updated Abacus database with information.
Issues
- Not all service owners are providing mitigation or indeed feeding back. I am escalating this through the sponsor.
Next Steps
- Continuation of work with servers and databases on the End of Life lists. A few more plans or mitigation required. Working with Sponsor and service owners to look at potential for extended security updates cover for individual servers without plans
- Look into Linux server list for decommission more thoroughly as to date have been concentrating on the Windows 2008 servers, which are more pressing.
- Organise decommission of any additional servers highlighted as unused from feedback from email communications.
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