Report for March 2017

Report Date
March 2017

IS Applications Infrastructure Programme Report for Programme Owner Stefan Keampf

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started Section Three: Projects In Progress Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Overall Programme RAG: AMBER

All projects for 16/17 have now started.  

The programme status is set as AMBER as our priority project INF121 has significant overspend on first phase and high estimates for second phase. Other projects all good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started  

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary
  all projects started
   

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

INF119 (AP56-047)

Service Resilience Capability

Category: Discretionary

 

Milestones

 11/04/2017

Priority Service (1) Development Failover complete

 

21/04/2017

Priority Service (1) Test Failover complete

 

05/05/2017

Priority Service (1) Live Failover complete

 

05/05/2017

Delivery

 12/05/2017

Closure

 

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

GREEN

Report by Karen Stirling for March 2017

Achievements in Last Period

  • Agreement gained to de-scope SRM activity from the project
  • Dev Tech resource aligned to project activities for WIKI database failover
  • Confirmed no work required on IDM Wiki connector
  • Changes to IDM MyEd connector ready to deploy to test, waiting for update of IDM MyEd connector being completed on WEB009 project before completing change
  • Agreed date for Dev database failover 10/11th April and week commencing 17th for Test

Issues

  • New milestone dates agreed and PICCL raised for submission to WIS
  • PICCL raised to return unspent days which were aligned to SRM activity of 23 days as agreed with INF Programme Manager and Project Sponsor
  • Ensure project activities are not impacting tasks within COM034 Annual Wiki Update project, Project Manager is in contact with COM034 Project Manager

Next Steps

  • Update IDM MyEd connector
  • Complete Dev database failover
  • Complete Test database failover
  • Prep for Live database failover

RAG Commentary

n/a

 

INF121

Migrate Core Databases to Oracle 12c

Category: Compliance

 

Milestones

12-Apr-2017 NewsLive Deployment sign off
14-Apr-2017 DEV environment build for GenDEV complete
28-Apr-2017 GenDEV Build sign off
12-May-2017 Test environment build for GenTEST complete
19-May-2017 GenTEST integration sign off
02-Jun-2017 GenTEST Acceptance sign off
16-Jun-2017 Live environment build for GenLive complete
21-Jun-2017 GenLive deploy to LIVE
23-Jun-2017 Re-estimation for AppsLive
07-Jul-2017 GenLive deployment sign off

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

RED

Report by Chris Konczak for March 2017  

Achievements in Last Period

  • GEN environment build is continuing
  • UAT on NEWS from business users has been achieved
  • Deployment of NEWS to LIVE has been achieved with no issues reported. Downtime was longer than anticipated due to the size and resulting time to copy over the databases.

Issues and Risks

  • Budget is RED as costs are now 273 days total. NEWS took 126d, GEN is estimated as 55 days and APPS for 17/18 is estimated as 90 days

Next Steps

  • Continue with GEN environment build
  • Begin DEV, TEST and LIVE Pre migration testing
  • Review of project plans and estimates for 16/17 and 17/18 will be carried out in April.

RAG Commentary

  • Issue. Budget requires increased due to time taken to migrate NEWS. Meeting to review plans and estimates for 16/17, 17/18 will take place in April

 

INF122

16 - 17 Infrastructure Rationalisation

Category: Compliance

 

Milestones

 

28-Apr-2017 Project completion

RAG Status / RAG change during last month

GREEN

Report by David Watters for March 2017

Achievements in Last Period

  • Wiki pages updated with latest information on remaining servers
  • Business partners with outstanding queries contacted again

Issues and Risks

  • None reported

​Next Steps

  • Begin closure of project

 

RAG Commentary

n/a

 

INF123

16-17 Provisioning of Python environment

Compliance

Milestones

Target Date

 

Title

01-May-2017

 

Start of iteration 2

11-May-2017

 

Start migration of IDM dashboard

26-May-2017

 

End of iteration 2

14-Jul-2017

 

Delivery

28-Jul-2017

 

Closure

RAG Status

Green

Report by Chris Orrell for March 2017

Achievements in Last Period

  • In line with the project plan there was little to progress this period.

Issues

  • The Python packaging repository work being carried out by INF124 is progressing. This needs to be completed and work co-ordinated with API126 project in order to demonstrate and release the Edgel Innovation work from Iteration.  
  • Containerisation continues to be an issue. The Product Owner is to prepare a containerisation strategy and roadmap for review and discussion.

Next Steps

  • Plan the work necessary in order to release iteration 1.
  • Monitor the outcome of the containerisation strategy and roadmap discussions.
  • Iteration 2 is not due to start until the 1st of May and so the main project will now effectively pause until shortly before this time.
  • A key stakeholder meeting has been scheduled for 24 April 'start-up' again.
 

RAG Commentary

The approach for containerisation is still to be confirmed.

 

RAG Commentary

  • The project status is GREEN

 

RAG Commentary

n/a

 

INF124

Bamboo Upgrade 2016

Milestones

07-Apr-2017 Sign Off Test Bamboo Environment
20-Apr-2017 Delivery (Bamboo and Nexus)
21-Apr-2017 Sign Off Live Nexus Environment
21-Apr-2017 Sign Off Live Bamboo Environment
28-Apr-2017 Closure

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Gillian Henderson for March 2016

Achievements in Last Period

  • Test Nexus Environment Built
  • Test Nexus Environment Tested
  • Test Nexus Environment Signed Off
  • Test Bamboo Environment Built
  • Test Bamboo Environment Tested
  • Test Bamboo Environment Signed Off
  • Live Nexus Environment Built
  • Live Nexus Environment Tested
  • Live Nexus Environment Delivered
  • Live Bamboo Environment Built
  • Live Bamboo Environment Tested
  • Live Bamboo Environment Delivered

Issues and Risks

  • no amber or red risks

Next Steps

Complete Bamboo Environment tasks for Deployment Sign off

  • Final TAD updates to be made including new diagram showing outgoing connections through Nexus and firewall change to block outgoing connections.
  • Updated TAD circulated to Stakeholders and ITI.
  • Deployment Checklist to be completed (Tech Man to confirm if require additional handover)
  • CMDB to be updated with new server names.
  • Agree date to decommission old Bamboo Servers.  Production to raise call with ITI to remove on agreed date (Current servers powered down and unavailable but may be required for reference over coming months)

Complete Nexus Environment tasks for Deployment Sign off

  • Final TAD updates to be made following feedback.
  • Updated TAD circulated to Stakeholders and ITI for sign off.
  • Deployment Checklist to be completed Tech Man (Tech Man to confirm if require additional handover.
  • CMDB entry to be added for Nexus Service.
  • Agree date to decommission old Nexus Environment. In meantime agree when can shut this server down. Production to raise call with ITI to remove on agreed date.
  • Determine if tasks to update all plans to reference new Nexus URL is part of INF124 (if easy global update with 1-2 days effort) or if plans would be updated out with this INF124 on a project by project basis. – confirmation required by Stefan/Bill/Iain
 

INF125

System Monitoring Pilot 2

Discretionary

Milestones

28-Apr-2017 End of Requirements Gathering - Plan for Design, Build and Test
01-May-2017 Pilot Launch (WIS)
31-May-2017 Requirements document (base for next year’s procurement) (WIS)
14-Jun-2017 Closure (WIS)

 

RAG Status

GREEN

 

Report by Maurice Franceschi for March 2016

Achievements in Last Period

  • project brief and planning - approved
  • begin gathering requirements - started

Issues and Risks

  • no amber or red risks

Next Steps

  • complete requirements gathering

Dates for pilot and subsequent set by WIS.

 

RAG Commentary

n/a

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project Info Project Managers Commentary
INF115 Python Development Platform Implementation Closure Approved August 2016

INF113 (AP45-067)

System Monitoring Pilot

Closure Approved 16 September 2016

INF111 (AP56-006)

New SQL Server Database Tier Replacement

Closure Approved 30 September 2016

INF118

JIRA upagrade 2016

Closure  Approved 30 September 2016

INF120

Disaster Recovery for Priority Services

Closure Approved 3 March 2017

INF116

ASTA Upgrade 2016

Closure Approved 3 March 2017

 

 

 

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