awips ii status update nws staff meeting november 30, 2010
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AWIPS II Status Update
NWS Staff Meeting
November 30, 2010
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Events Since Last CB Brief
• Sep. 23 - CB Brief• Oct. 18 - DUS Brief
– Approved re-baselined schedule• Commitment to No-Later-Than Q1 FY12 deployment• NWS Target: Deployment Start Q4 FY11
• Oct. 18 –> 22 – Forecaster Initial Testing (FIT) #14– Localized to Salt Lake City
• Oct. 27 – Don Berchoff sponsored telco with RD’s on AWIPS II & local apps
• Oct. 29 – Commerce IT Review Board (CITRB) Brief– New schedule formally briefed and accepted
• Closely watching progress • Status update due in March ‘11
• DR’s down almost 500 – 932 Open impact 1-3’s as of 11/19 v.s. 1428 on Sep. 23
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Actions Status Update
# Action Source Status Notes
1 Enlist RD support to mobilize Local Applications team to identify and eliminate Local Application duplications; and develop a strategy to fence off critical field personnel
CB 9/23
In Progress
Results of scrub presented in this brief. Going well right now. Will keep watch on need to fence off resources
2 Schedule monthly AWIPS II telecon for OST/D with RDs; one week following each FIT
CB 9/23
Closed First one held Oct. 27
3 Arrange a meeting with Dave Caldwell to brief him on Field OT&E and early deployment strategy
CB 9/23
Closed Meeting held
4 Determine whether NCEP Centers can constitute an "official deployment" site
CB 9/23
Closed OBE due to re-baselined schedule there is no need
5 Determine if Honolulu WFO, due to ties with NAWIPS, could be considered an early deployment site (RD looking into prospect)
RD Telco
10/27
Closed OBE due to re-baselined schedule there is no need
6 Investigate and report on possible solutions to Pacific Region regarding feasibility of getting live data to their ADAM platforms
RD Telco
10/27
Closed Investigations have occurred, testing planned. Raytheon will report test results by Dec. 3
7 Investigate and report on possible solutions to Alaska Region regarding feasibility of getting live data to their ADAM platforms
RD Telco
10/27
Closed Same as #6
8 Provide answer to Pacific Region as to how and when they are going to get access to the MCIDAS/MTSAT data via satellite
RD Telco
10/27
Closed NCO has developed an AWIPS II plugin. Will turn over to Raytheon for inclusion in initial deployment. Earliest date for deployment to PR would be Field OT&E (June-Sep. ’11)
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Overview
• AWIPS II steadily improving• Raytheon DR fixing productivity increasing
– Avg. 110 fixes per week over last three weeks– 4 weeks of schedule margin
• Regions scrub of local apps reduced critical list by 324 (19%)– 5 critical remaining to complete for entry into Phase II of System OT&E– Currently, no blocking DR’s
• Training still a risk– Application Focal Point modules are the biggest challenge
• Acceptable drafts by April 15, for Field OT&E• New approach for FFMP expected to show success in December
– Small team of focused experts for each module» Focus on differences between AWIPS I and AWIPS II» Training Division staff to provide training development technique, mission
oriented focus and AWIPS I expertise» Raytheon to provide targeted AWIPS II expertise from individual developers
on an application by application basis– Use as model for remaining modules
• Next FIT (Dec 6 17) is critical for entrance into Phase II of System OT&E – Testing service backup– Testing fully localized RFC– Stability
• 12 day stability assessment• No more than 15 minutes total of system downtime
– WarnGen performance key
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DR Progress TrackingOpen Planned v.s. Actual (11/19/10)
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Impact 1 --> 3 Open DR's
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• 104 net DR decrease, (v.s. 44 planned)
3 wk. rolling avg. = 104 (decrease) • 2.69 DR’s per person per week, for current wk.
– 2.46 wk. ending 11/12, 3.28 wk. ending 11/05• Raytheon staff: 39 (unchanged from wk. ending 6/28)• 105 DR’s fixed last week. Avg. 110/wk, last 3 wks.
– 96 wk. ending 11/12, 128 wk. ending 11/5
Actuals as of (11/19/10)
• 0% rework rate (0 failed DR’s out of 11 tested)– 9% wk. ending 11/12 28% wk. ending 11/5
• 22 DR’s Discovered last week Avg. 27/wk, last 3 wks
– 13 DRs wk ending 11/12, 47 DRs wk. ending 11/05
FIT TestsSystem OT&E Test Periods
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Local Applications Remaining to Migrate
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Planned Migration Rate Per Month
# of
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Actual
Local ApplicationsBefore System OT&E Phase II
Start Phase IISystem OT&E
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Local Application Migration Status5 Remaining Critical Local Apps
Application Migration Lead
Migr. Tech. Expert
Office Status Issues and Concerns
ClimoPoP Dave Myrick John Olsen WRH In Progress Proposed Completion Date 12/17/2010
erhLAPS Joshua Watson
N/A ERH In Progress Should be only minor changes. Verify in Dec ReleaseProposed Completion Date 12/15/2010.
Meet-Me Notification John Lague Wufeng Zhou
KRF In Progress 75% complete. Outstanding Alert Vis DR. Proposed Completion Date 12/15/2010.
qpfHelper Ken Pomeroy Tom McGuire
WRH In Progress Proposed Completion Date 12/17/2010
CopyFromModelISC Tom Lefebrve Tom McGuire
GSD Testing Blocked
Need to populate the ISC database with grids. Will be addressed in Nov TIM. Proposed Completion Date 12/30/2010.
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Local Applications Remaining to Migrate
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Planned Migration Rate Per Month
# of
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Actual
Start FieldOT&E
Local ApplicationsBefore Field OT&E
Start Phase IISystem OT&E
Regional Inventory Review
99
Local Applications Remaining to Migrate
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Planned Migration Rate Per Month
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Start FieldOT&E
Start Deployment
Local ApplicationsBefore Deployment
Start Phase IISystem OT&E
Regional Inventory Review
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Training Progress
Percent Training Modules Complete as of 11/22/10
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Target: Acceptable Drafts of All Modules Complete by April 15, 2011
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AWIPS II Schedule
Phase Description Start Finish
1 System OT&E Phase I 5/10/2010 1/7/2011
2 System OT&E Phase II 1/10/2011 5/27/2011
Install at NWSHQ and NWS Training Center
January
Install at Central Region HQ and Southern Region HQ
February
Install at Western, Eastern and Pacific Region HQ
March - May
3 Field OT&E 5/31/2011
4 Deployment 9/30/2011
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ADAM Status
– AWIPS II Data & Application Migration (ADAM) platform: • a standalone, workstation platform (leveraging scalability of AWIPS II software) using
“baseline AWIPS II software” enables sites to migrate local data BEFORE AWIPS II installation, and migrate local applications prior to system deployment to mitigate technical and schedule risk.
– 45 sites have been identified as Beta sites – 19 sites installed so far – ingesting data successfully
• Delivered with November software release (R1G1-5) – Draft localization documents on track to be delivered Dec 1
• Sites can begin localizing– Once localized, sites can begin migration activities immediately with platform as is i.e. no
software upgrade needed• Existing DR’s in baseline functionality will not prevent local apps from being migrated
– New DR’s could be found that will prevent some local apps from being migrated» These will be prioritized appropriately by Test Review Group for resolution
by Raytheon• Local apps that can be immediately migrated will not have to be re-done later• Raytheon NCF will take trouble calls and support
– ADAM is non-operational so Trouble Tickets are will be lower priority than operational tickets and will be worked as resources are available
– AWIPS II DR’s can be written but must be filtered for duplicates and ADAM specific issues
• Raytheon will update software periodically– depending on local apps and site migration needs
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NCEP NAWIPS Migration Status
• Vendor missed key hardware delivery date of 11/4• On track to meet new delivery date of 11/24
– Vendor agreed to significant compensation for missed delivery• Impact to schedule
NCO Test Bed Tasks Original Scheduled Date
Schedule Slip Date
Delivery of Test Bed Hardware to WWB 11/05/2010 11/24/2010
Hardware Installation by RTS completed 11/19/2010 12/10/2010
Software Installation and Configuration by SIB completed
12/03/2010 12/23/2010
Dataflow established to Testbed by NCO 12/10/2010 1/07/2011
SIB Testing/Checkout Completed 12/17/2010 1/14/2011
Begin NCEP FIT’s w/National Center Participation
12/20/2010 01/18/2011
Impact #1: SIB will not have time to test software on Test Bed prior to software handoff to RTS scheduled for December 13
Impact #2: This will extend OTE for NCEP
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Summary
• Continue to support FIT’s and follow-on System OT&E Test Periods with field personnel
• Once ADAM is installed and localized, expect sites to begin local apps and site migration activities
• Support training development – Support new small-team expert approach to get training
materials in good enough shape for Field OT&E• April 15th target
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Backup
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Preliminary Results of Regions Scrub of Local Apps (11/12/10)
Region FBSO Before
FBSO After
FBFO Before
FBFO After
Deploy. Before
DeployAfter
Total Before
TotalAfter
Diff/(%)
AR 3 3 21 31 20 28 44 62 +18 /(44)
CR 2 2 98 99 227 57 327 156 -171/(-48)
ER 2 2 214 214 240 230 456 446 -10/(-2)
PR 0 0 8 8 3 3 11 11 0/(0)
SR 2 2 56 37 216 237 274 267 7/(-3)
WR 13 2 193 236 414 261 620 466 -153/(-25)
Other 2 2 4 4 10 10 16 16 0/(0)
Total 24 13 594 629 1130 826 1748 1424 -324/(-19)
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AWIPS II System OT&E Phase 2 Entrance Criteria
StatusElement Status Color Code
All Impact 1-Critical, 2-critical, 2-high and 3-critical DRs in the first bin by 11/26/10
There are 36 DRs that are still open Cautiously Optimistic
FBSO critical local applications successfully migrated 8 applications complete, 5 incomplete Cautiously Optimistic
Radar Interface Certification Test successfully completed Test complete. Certification received for non-operational sites On Track
RRS interface test successfully completed Test complete. One issue identified. Retest planned once issue has been resolved.
On Track
Performance and Stability must be at acceptable levels for at least 12 consecutive days
Discussions are ongoing for determining specific criteria/metrics. Tentatively will use the December pre-FIT and FIT period as 12 day test
Concern
Operating System Upgrade beta test has started and is a prerequisite for installation at the 5 RHQ System Test sites
Beta has started on schedule with no major problems.On Track
NCF is ready to support transition from TTRs to TT. The NCF is currently training personnel on the aspects of the new software.
Cautiously Optimistic
Hardware: LAN Switch installation completed Installation complete at all System Test sites. On Track
Hardware: LX installation completed Installation complete at all System Test sites. On Track
Hardware: DX1/DX2/PV installation completed 11 sites complete, 2 incomplete (NTCA and NTCC). On Track
Hardware: DX3/DX4 installation completed 11 sites complete, 2 incomplete (NTCA and NTCC). On Track
Hardware: Rack Consolidation/Modem Nest installation 5 sites complete (NTCD, NHDA, NMTW, NHOR and NMTR), 8 incomplete.
Cautiously Optimistic
Updated draft of localization, SMM and variance training documentation
SMM: An interim update occurred October 2010. Forecaster Variance: latest version was released with the October FIT.
Cautiously Optimistic
Draft installation instructions that are suitable to begin mod note development
Redesign under evaluation Cautiously Optimistic
Support Task Order for Phase II must be approved and in place Current Task Order in place through February 1, 2011. On Track
ITSO provides Status update on Certification and Accreditation activities, including providing Authority to Operate at RHQ.
AWIPS Program Office to get required clearance by end of the year.
On Track
Configure and localize software for RFC operations are available
On schedule. Goal is to complete by December FIT Cautiously Optimistic