Report for March 2020

 MVM302: Compute and High Performance Compute Strategy - RAG Status: GREEN

Report by Anthony Davie *** commentary from January 2020***

Achievements this period

• CMVM RCG reps invited to poll their communities for feedback on strategy document from 5^th Dec '19 to 17^th Jan '20 (4-5 weeks)
• Feedback reviewed and incorporated where applicable.
  • HPC definition added to the strategy document (Jan '20)
• 1st version of strategy finalised, with document control template added. Strategy document put onto CMVM RCG MS Team, with notification sent to all members ahead of next RCG meeting (23^rd Jan '20)
• CMVM Research IT/Computing Officer support induction, for IS staff re-scheduled to 13^th Jan '20. Contribution from:
  • Research Information Management section (Pure, Worktribe etc.)
  • Research Data Services section (Research data management guidance, DMPOnline, DataShare, DataSynch, DataVault, Electronic Lab notebooks etc.)
  • Research Services section (Research service facilitation and provision of infrastructure to underpin various services - Eddie, DataStore, Eleanor etc.)
  • CMVM IS teams (Easter Bush and BioQuarter campuses)
• CMVM IS teams continuing to invest in enhancement of research support capability within teams (from Jan '20), through:
  • continued partnership working with UoE ISG Research Services
  • secondments within and across CMVM IS teams, to support knowledge transfer and provide hands-on experience
• CMVM Research Facilitator, UoE ISG Research Services and CMVM IS (BioQuarter) set-up HPC training and engagement opportunities at BioQuarter campus:
  • introduction to Eddie training course (available on UoE events booking)
  • schedule for periodic Eddie drop-in sessions for 2020

• Issues

• Possible concern that feedback on strategy paper from Research community via RCG was very limited

• Next Steps

• Final sign-off for strategy document (CMVM RCG on 4^th Feb '20)
• Update project website for MVM302 to:
  • publish deliverables
  • create project closure report
• Close project

MVM305: Flexible Server hosting  - RAG Status: SUSPENDED

Report by Muriel Mewissen

Achievements this period

• None, project is currently suspended

Next Steps

• Status to be reviewed in 2020 Q1.

MVM308: Research computing induction - RAG Status: GREEN

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick

Achievements this period

• Closure document issued for input

Issues

• MVM focus has been on response to Covid-19 so approval to delivery has been slightly delayed. revised delivery will be discussed at programme meeting.

Next Steps

• Communicate that the resource is now available
• Complete project Closure

MVM311: CMVM Data Storage Strategy - RAG Status: AMBER

Report by Muriel Mewissen

Achievements this period

• Closure report drafted. Sponsor is gathering additional information.

Issues

• Missed closure date - was 14 February 2020
• Sponsor unavailable during the move to working from home period due to Disruption from the current Novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak

Next Steps

• Finalise  closure report
• Close Project

MVM314: SEBI - Data Collection and Modelling - RAG Status: AMBER

Report by Colin Watt

Achievements in Last Period

• PM met with Apps Management Team Manager to cover OLA scope.
• No progress with the SEBI team due to resource conflicts (PM availability, DevTech / Production), and subsequent impact of Covid-19. 

Issues

• No major issues.
• Completion of support arrangements and closure delayed due to availability (PM / Production Management for OLA) and DevTech (for TAD updates and handover, impacted by UCU Industrial action and subsequently availability due to Covid-19). PM to pick up on OLA when Deputy Head of Production returns in April.

Next Steps

• Agree support arrangements for MSSQLServer (OLA).
• Decommissioning of on-premise Tableau server.
• Close Project.

MVM316: Fragile X Registry website - RAG Status: GREEN

Report by Kevin Hone

Achievements this Period

• The project near closure.
• Medium to low level security risks identified during penetration testing have not been resolved. A meeting was held between Information Security and Head of Production. For all but one of the security risks it was agreed that wider university policies had to be reviewed outside of the project.
• The one exception was to make a change to reduce the time-out period to that of three hours. The change has since been deployed. 

Issues

• None.

Next Steps

• The Project Sponsor has shared an IT review from the NHS with the project team and which requires support in a response on compliance. 
• Project Closure.