Organisation
Work/Task Breakdown
Planning
- Project initiation
- Preparation of brief
- Project planning
- Sign-off of brief
Systems Analysis
- Identify any operating systems, middleware or software that will become obsolete in the next three years
- Check/update listings of what needs to be addressed/decommissioned
- Communicate with other programmes to highlight what they need to include in planning
- Undertake any 'orphan' or problematic migrations and decommissions
- Pass on details of servers that can be taken out of service to ITI Enterprise
- Maintain records of all affected servers and systems
Closure
- Prepare completion report
- Submit for approval
- Close project
Resources, Skills and Costs
| Task | Estimate |
| To identify any operating systems, middleware or software that will become obsolete in the next three years | 12 days |
| Updating registers; communicating with programme managers | 8 days |
| Migrations that are not currently covered by annual plans for 17/18 | 18 days |
| Project planning & management/QA | 12 days |
The above estimate is based on last year's project and work carried out in previous years.
Staff from Development Technology and Technology Management will be the main resource (alongside the PM), with involvement from other sections as required. Colleagues from ITI Unix and ITI Architecture will also be involved.
Project Governance
The project sponsor is Stefan Kaempf, and the programme manager is Maurice Franceschi. The business lead is Heather Larnach. This will be the fourth year that this project team will have worked with the PM on this type of project and it is believed that this grouping have a good understanding of what needs to be done and when.
Project Stakeholders
| Name | Business Area | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Wadee | IS Applications, Project Services | Portfolio Manager (ISG) |
| Ana Heyn | IS Applications, Production Management | Service Support Manager |
| Anne Finnan | IS Applications, Production Management | Service Support Manager |
| Business/Service Owners | University of Edinburgh | Owners of affected services |
| David Watters | IS Applications, Project Services | Project Manager (Project Team Member) |
| Graeme Wood | ITI Enterprise Services | Senior Business Lead |
| Heather Larnach | IS Applications, Technology Management | Business Lead (Project Team Member) |
| Mark Lang | IS Applications, Development Technology | Senior User (Project Team Member) |
| Martin Campbell | ITI Enterprise Services | Technical Lead, Unix Infrastructure |
| Maurice Franceschi | IS Applications, Project Services | Programme Manager |
| Muriel Mewissen | IS Applications, Project Services | Portfolio Manager (Colleges) |
| Murray Dippie | ITI Enterprise Services | Technical Lead, Windows Infrastructure |
| Nikki Stuart | IS Applications, Project Services | Portfolio Manager (CSG) |
| Sheila Fraser | IS Applications, Project Services | Portfolio Manager (USG) |
| Stefan Kaempf | IS Applications, Production Management | Project Sponsor (Project Team Member) |
| Suran Perera | IS Applications, Production Management | Service Support Manager |
Project Estimations
See above.