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Case Scenario
Charles's Project Charter and a Statement of Work documents were positively received, and, after a few modifications and recommendations, he was formally charged with responsibility for the project. Charles recruited his team and scheduled their first team meeting (March 1) as the initial task of his project planning process.
Once the initial meeting is conducted Charles can hire contractors to renovate the new data center. During this time, Charles will figure out how to design the network. Charles estimates that screening and hiring a contractor will take about one week and that the network design will take about two weeks.
The new center requires a new ventilation system. The manufacturer's requirements include an ambient temperature of 67 degrees to keep all of the data servers running at optimal speeds. The ventilation system has a lead time of three weeks. Charles will also need to order new racks to hold the servers, switches, and other network devices. The racks have a two-week delivery time.
The data center supervisor requested that Charles replace all of the old power supplies and data cables. Charles will need to order these as well. Because Charles has a great relationship with the vendor, they guarantee that it will take only one week lead time for the power supplies and the data cables. Once the new ventilation system and racks arrive, Charles can begin installing them.
It will take one week to install the ventilation system and three weeks to install the racks. The renovation of the new data center can begin as soon as the contractors have been hired. The contractors tell Charles that construction will take 20 days. Once the construction begins and after Charles installs the ventilation system and racks, the city inspector must approve the construction of the raised floor.
The city inspector will take two days to approve the infrastructure. After the city inspection and after the new power supplies and cables have arrived, Charles can install the power supplies and run the cables. Charles estimates that it will take five days to install the power supplies and one week to run all of the data cables. Before Charles can assign an actual date for taking the network off line and switching to the hot remote site, he must get approval from each of the functional units ("Switchover Approval"). Get expert help with your assignments!
Meetings with each of the functional units will require one week. During this time he can initiate a power check to ensure that each of the racks has sufficient voltage. This will require only one day.
Upon completion of the power check, he can take one week to install his test servers. The test servers will test all of the primary network functions and act as a safeguard before the network is taken off line. The batteries must be charged, ventilation installed, and test servers up and running before management can be assured that the new infrastructure is safe, which will take two days. Then they will sign off the Primary Systems check, taking one day of intense meetings. They will also set an official date for the network move.
Charles is happy that everything has gone well thus far and is convinced that the move will go just as smoothly. Now that an official date is set, the network will be shut down for a day. Charles must move all of the network components to the new data center. Charles will do the move over the weekend-two days-when user traffic is at low point.
Assignment Guidelines
Question 1. Develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the Future Technology Data Center relocation project (include a 50-150-word description of the process you went through to create the WBS)
Question 2. Develop a Risk Register for the Future Technology Data Center relocation project (include a 50-150-word description of the process you went through to create the risk register)