And then there were only four, that’s all that is left of the Data Center Migration team. From an original target size of twenty-one we are down to a paltry four, the job is a data center migration for a utility company. In reality we are down to three and a half, but then there are major delays in access to the new building, so just having three and a half people is probably right. As to the project plan that is being prepared, I suspect that the penultimate entry in the plan will be titled in a similar way to this blog post.
As to the equipment that is being planned for build ahead, what has been chosen will probably be superseded by the time we get round to having it delivered. Me well I’m about to have yet an other go at the low level design document, but as they have now changed the hardware platform a number of times I won’t hold my breath on completing this one either.
I have a number of concerns regarding this project, the client doesn’t seem to have any sense of urgency in respect of the project. I have been told that the corporate management will not accept any report where the traffic light status indicator is not green, it can take months to get anything done e.g. it has just taken two months to get disk presented to a server. The offshore support resource leaves a bit to be desired, they seem to lack any initiative so if they have any kind of question – dead stop.
At the moment I’m working through the proof of concept work, we’ve all been there – proving that companies like IBM and Oracle have sold things that work. Proving that Unix commands that have been around for forty years work. And proving that someone with forty years of experience, knows what they are talking about. Going forward I’m watching for the day when things go into “Headless Chicken” mode. Still not worry too much on that front, there is more than enough space in the car park for the whole team to go out into the car park and do the “Headless Chicken Dance” in formation.