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ista LUB Solution Project Updates. ista NA, May 2014. Agenda. Local Utility Billing Project Status LUB Project Plan Houston Commitments LUB Project Next Steps Backups. LUB Solution Current Status. What do we HAVE Function Specification Version 2
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ista LUB Solution Project Updates ista NA, May 2014
Agenda • Local Utility Billing Project Status • LUB Project Plan • Houston Commitments • LUB Project Next Steps • Backups
LUB Solution Current Status • What do we HAVE • Function Specification Version 2 • Residential and CIS Web Portal Prototypes • Initial Project Development Estimates from OFS • What do we NEED • Sales/Market Validations • Product Strategy and Support
LUB Project Plan • Three Development Options • OFS (Outsourcing), received quote • Jade (Outsourcing), meeting on May 6th • Ista (Internal development) based on OutSystemsPaaS
LUB Development Time Estimates (OFS) • Notes • QA/QC are not included, the final deliverables only include Unit Level Tests • PM/SM Efforts are not included, 6(1), 8(2), 10(2) Dev model will be used • Actual Project Time is much longer than the pure estimated man hours • No or minimal DB changes or redesign • Still have some pending modules: MDM, Task management • The current estimates could be off as Function Spec. still needs to be finalized to close all gaps
LUB Project Planning (OFS: Case Study) • Consider Hybrid Module with 3600 man hours • Total of 14 Sprints (2 weeks, 10 days per sprint, 7 hours per day) • Some Sprints (7) are in parallel • Ramp up, planning take 1 month • Development Time: 4+ months • If starts on May1st, the expected ending time is September 5th • Buffer/Margin/Holidays are not considered
Current Houston Commitments • TRE Load Forecasting App for MISO Market • Production Code deployed on May 1st (On time) • Executing the Transition Plan (documentation, new requirements, team training) • Houston Visit (Week of May 19th ) • “Call Log” Business Intelligence Analysis • Ruediger project for Hudson Energy • Coding 80% done
LUB Project Next Steps • External Consultant Discussions or Water Utility visit • May 8thASI visit (Greenville SC) for LUB “Build or Buy” Evaluation • Function Specification Review, Validation (Cloud based LUB solution) and Gap Analysis • LUB Project Near Term Plan