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Report for November 2019

Report Date
November 2019
Achievements in Last Period
  • Project brief and initial project plan approved
  • First project meeting held
  • First design workshop held
  • Switch requirements reviewed to identify suitable switch models
Risks/Issues
  • Project resources may not be available when scheduled
  • Service owners may reject planned migration dates
  • Full project costs still to be estimated, may exceed budget
Next Steps
  • Confirm RSS switches in scope, or otherwise
  • Finalise impacted switch inventory
  • Identify preferred switch model(s)/number/costs
  • Identify ENT and RSS impacted systems on 1GigE network
  • Prepare and present project costs for approval
Milestones
Date Milestone Stage Complete
11/10/2019 Initial review of scope and  requirements completed Plan Yes
18/10/2019 Project brief and project plan drafted Plan Yes
25/10/2019 Project brief and plan reviewed Plan Yes
01/11/2019 Project brief approved     Plan Yes
04/11/2019 End of planning Plan Yes
08/11/2019 Initial project communications issued Design Yes
13/12/2019 Draft design completed and agreed Design No
20/12/2019 Equipment costs estimated Design No
24/01/2020 Draft migration plan completed Design No
07/02/2020 Purchase order drafted against EE framework Procure No
07/02/2020 Migration plan published Procure No
21/02/2020 Order for equipment placed Procure No
20/03/2020 New switch equipment delivered Procure No
23/03/2020 Installation of switches for test started Build No
03/04/2020 Migration dates published Build No
10/04/2020 Test switches installed/configured/proved Build No
13/04/2020 Full switch installations and migrations started Integrate No
05/06/2020 All switches installed/configured/operational Integrate No
03/07/2020 Project closed Close No

 

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
GREEN
Change Status
Time
Moderate
Cost
Within Tolerance
Scope
Within Tolerance
Overall
Moderate
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Change Commentary
Delay caused by industrial action; plan revised
Activity
Approved budget
176.0 days
Activity this month
10.0 days
Activity this year
19.5 days
Activity to date
19.5 days
Estimate to complete current year
156.5 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days
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Project Info

Project
Data Centre Networking
Code
CIS015
Programme
ITI - Communications Infrastructure (CIS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Lawrence Stevenson
Project Sponsor
David Graham
Current Stage
Plan
Status
In Progress
Project Classification
Grow
Start Date
02-Sep-2019
Planning Date
04-Nov-2019
Delivery Date
05-Jun-2020
Close Date
03-Jul-2020
Programme Priority
1
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Compliance

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