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TX SET Timeline. Project Planning 28 weeks. Project Execution 28 weeks. Nov 2010 – Jan 2011. June 2010 – Aug 2010. Mar 2011 – June 2011. Oct 2011 – Jan 2012. Project Conceptualization 11 weeks. ERCOT Requirements 12 weeks. Detail Design 10 weeks. ERCOT UAT
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TX SET Timeline Project Planning 28 weeks Project Execution 28 weeks Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 June 2010 – Aug 2010 Mar 2011 – June 2011 Oct 2011 – Jan 2012 Project Conceptualization 11 weeks ERCOT Requirements 12 weeks Detail Design 10 weeks ERCOT UAT 16 weeks Market Flight Test 7 weeks Market Requirements 12 weeks Conceptual Design 6 weeks Build & Unit Test 16 weeks Go Live Feb 2011 – Mar 2011 June 2011 – Sept 2011 Feb 2012 – April 2012 Aug 2010 – Oct 2010 TX SET Release Timeline spans 75 weeks (18 months) on average
TX SET Project Delivery • Project Conceptualization (11 weeks) • ERCOT Governance Process - Develop PRR and NPRR and route through the appropriate approvals (requires Market Participation and agreement) • Project Charter – Details the business objectives and high-level in-scope and out-of-scope items (requires Market Participation) • Time Cost Estimation – High-level estimates of ERCOT costs • Cost Benefit Analysis – High-level estimates combined with ERCOT and Market benefits (requires Market Participation) • Project Plan – Resource commitments from ERCOT, scope definition
TX SET Project Delivery • ProjectPlanning • Market Requirements(6 weeks) – require multiple brainstorming sessions followed by time for review and sessions for refinement by all Market Participants (requires Market Participation) • ERCOT Requirements (8 weeks) - ERCOT business analyst meets with multiple business teams to capture requirements, review and refine • Conceptual Design (6 weeks) - Development team produces high-level design documents serving to validate and clarify any ambiguity in requirements. Multiple business teams review, refine and confirm.
TX SET Project Delivery • Project Planning cont… • Detail Design (10 weeks) - Documents the specific details of system changes required to support the requirements defined by the Market and ERCOT as well as interdependencies of ERCOT systems and the necessary deployment architecture • Technical Architecture – Documents the architecture additions and/or changes required to support the detailed system design and project requirements – requires review and approval from ERCOT Enterprise Architecture • System Security Requirements and Risk Assessment – Documents the applicable security controls and any associated system security risks resulting from approved system design and architecture • Schedule Development for Execution Phase and Resource Planning - collects resource estimates, drafts and reviews schedule and commits resources for execution phase
TX SET Project Delivery • Project Execution • Build & Unit Test (16 weeks) - Development efforts and testing of individual components in independent environments for ERCOT and Market Participants • Test Scripts – Requires multiple review sessions with Market and ERCOT staff to ensure adequate test scenarios are defined (requires Market Participation) • Integration Testing – ERCOT and Market Participantsfunctional testing of components integrated in the same environment • UAT (16 weeks) –Testing of the solution by both ERCOT and the Market • Regression Testing – ERCOT and Market Participantstesting to ensure no impacts to previously existing functionality • Market Flight Test (7 weeks) – Market testing of the solution involves both ERCOT and Market Participants
TX SET Project Delivery • Go Live • Go Live - ERCOT and Market Participants release of project into production environment • Requires ERCOT and Market coordination to create production implementation schedule • Requires ERCOT and Market coordination for production conversion