Overview | Project Management

Scope

All active EUCLID SITS environments - DEV , TEST , LIVE, TRN & DUST are upgraded to a supported version of SITS (expected to be 9.6.0 and then 9.7.0)
Testing of other dependent downstream systems: EUGEX and other systems directly connected to SITS
Refresh of all environments from LIVE
Performance testing before and after upgrades on all environments
Enhance automation of read-only performance testing on LIVE environment
Investigate increasing coverage of automated testing

Not in Scope:

No end-to-end testing to all downstream systems fed from EUGEX, as no expected impact on EUGEX views which feed local school data feeds, feed to counselling, disability systems etc…
Load testing (other than comparison of performance before and after upgrade as above)
Update StuTalk version (current version is 2.0)

Objectives

Upgrade SITS Student Record to a supported version of SITS.
Minimise downtime for the LIVE system during upgrade
Refresh DEV, TEST, TRN, DUST from LIVE
Allow sufficient time for testing to reduce chance of critical post-go live issues
Minimise overall time duration of the upgrade project - so that there is minimal disruption to other project work (ie. quick back-to-back deployments into DEV / TEST / LIVE)

Acknowledging that Objectives 4 and 5 are in conflict with one another. The more time taken for testing in each environment, the slower the progression from DEV to TEST to LIVE, and more disruption to other projects although the testing should result in lower risk of issues in LIVE. Such testing time will be reduced by re-using automatic testing and performance scripts.

Deliverables

Refresh non live environments (DEV, TEST, TRN, DUST) from LIVE

Must

Upgrade EUCLID DEV

Must

Complete technical test of DEV. Carry out any required re-work. Obtain downtime for STAR / EUGEX

Must

Upgrade EUCLID TEST

Must

Complete regression test of TEST and any required re-work. Obtain downtime for STAR / EUGEX

Must

Upgrade EUCLID TRN

Must

Upgrade EUCLID LIVE, Complete testing and sign off

Must

Refresh TEST from LIVE after LIVE upgrade (required because of the roll over in 19/20 and need 18/19 data)

Must

Clone EUCLID DUST

Must

Review and extend automated performance and testing scripts

Should

Comparison of performance of all environments before and after upgrade

Must

Research about creating automated pre-production environments – Assess options (Dev/Dev Tech)

Could

The following JIRAs have been kept open, in order that they can be more appropriately picked up by the next SITS upgrade project in 18/19.

SAC061-45	Holding pages - jira to cover puppet feature branch for IP restrictions
SAC061-49	update imp plan to include holding pages

Must

Migrate regression tests from old spreadsheet format to TestRail

Should

Benefits

Student Record system remains within the standard support contract with SITS supplier Tribal
Access to new functionality in new version
Understanding of any impact that the upgrade has on performance

Success Criteria

Minimum disruption to LIVE service during upgrade. Aim to complete it over a week-end
Minimum impact on downstream systems. Aim to complete it over the same week-end
No short term degradation in the performance of the service using the automated performance tests and analytics
Minimum impact to training in TRN
Successful liaison with project teams working on other projects within SITS
Few open issues, and quick resolution of any critical issues in DEV / TEST/ TRN and LIVE - as these could impact other project work and testing in DEV and TEST, and will impact business users in the LIVE environment