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Managing A Migration Project

Managing A Migration Project. Neil Phinney EMS Users Group June 7, 1999. First Rule of Project Management. Choose from the following. Low Cost Fast Delivery Quality System. But you can’t have all three !. Generation & Transmission Cooperative. 10 members.

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Managing A Migration Project

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  1. Managing A Migration Project Neil Phinney EMS Users Group June 7, 1999

  2. First Rule of Project Management Choose from the following • Low Cost • Fast Delivery • Quality System But you can’t have all three !

  3. Generation & Transmission Cooperative • 10 members • Serving >650,000 Customers • Facilities in 45 Counties • Winter Peaking • 1999 Peak Demand > 3,100 MW • 350+ miles of Transmission • 91.5% of Load Outside CA

  4. Legacy EMS Hardware • Gould \ SEL \ Encore CPUs • Delivered in 1986 • 2 - 300 MB Disks • Aydin Display Generators • 108 RTUs • Mosaic Mapboard

  5. Legacy EMS Applications • Data Exchange • Load Estimation • Demand Side Management • Forecasting • Interchange Scheduling • Member Billing

  6. EMS Support Staff • Small Staff - 6 people 2- Analysts 1 - Engineer 3- Technicians • No Formal Project Team • No Additional Staff

  7. Replacement Approaches • Fork Lift • Phased • Migration

  8. Bid Process • RFI - FALL 1996 • Bids Mailed - 4/15/98 • 6 vendors • 5 Bids Received • 3 Evaluated • Bid Awarded - 9/10/98 • First Project Meeting - 10/2/98

  9. SECI’s Decision • Reasons For Selection • Applications delivered as required • No project team • Gain experience • Cash flow spread • Logical contract terminated • Overall project cost less

  10. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 1 Real Time Data Interface • Gateway • L A N • I U D L • Duplicate data base

  11. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 2 Transaction Evaluation Standalone UC/TE

  12. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 3 Scheduling & Accounting • I T S • Historian • Control Criteria

  13. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 4 System Stage • Integrated • Interfaced

  14. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 5 AGC and SCADA • Listening & Parallel • DSM • Load Estimation • Load Forecasting

  15. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 6 Mapboard 3 X 2 Video Board

  16. Project Implementation Plan • Stage 7 System Acceptance • RTU Cut Over • System Testing

  17. Status of Project • Stage 1 - Real Time Interface • Stage 2 - Transaction Evaluation • Stage 3 - Scheduling & Accounting

  18. Lessons Learned • Scope of Work • Managing Expectations • Project Coordination • Maintaining Schedule

  19. Lessons Learned • Testing • Legacy Work • Project Control • Training • Office Space

  20. Overall Conclusion • Overall Pleased • Migration Complex • Advantages Outweigh • Reservations

  21. The Money Theorem • Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power • Postulate 2: Time is Money Power = Work / Time Knowledge = Work /Money Money = Work / Knowledge Then Less You Know The More You Earn

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