December 2019 report

Report Date

December 2019

Achievements in Last Period

• Project brief drafted and signed off

• Student recruitment completed and induction undertaken

• Tasks assigned and project team assembled

• Initial identification of sensor devices completed

• Prototype sensor rig specified

Issues/Risks

• The project deadlines cannot be met due to the volume or work and/or lack of skilled or available resources that need to be assigned
• Due to insufficient support from third-party teams, there is a risk this may impact on the work that can be achieved by the core project team, which would result in delays to the project milestones
• Due to insufficient funding beyond the 60 days allocated from the ITI Enterprise Services Section project budget, there is a risk that no additional budget will be found which could result in the project not being able to complete.
• Estates are unable to provide a control interface to the air handling units and chiller controls
• The control of the temperature set point and air handling fan speed fails resulting in datacentre cooling failure 

Next Steps 

• Prototype sensor rig components procured

• Prototype sensor rig build