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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 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 • 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
Legacy EMS Hardware • Gould \ SEL \ Encore CPUs • Delivered in 1986 • 2 - 300 MB Disks • Aydin Display Generators • 108 RTUs • Mosaic Mapboard
Legacy EMS Applications • Data Exchange • Load Estimation • Demand Side Management • Forecasting • Interchange Scheduling • Member Billing
EMS Support Staff • Small Staff - 6 people 2- Analysts 1 - Engineer 3- Technicians • No Formal Project Team • No Additional Staff
Replacement Approaches • Fork Lift • Phased • Migration
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
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
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 1 Real Time Data Interface • Gateway • L A N • I U D L • Duplicate data base
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 2 Transaction Evaluation Standalone UC/TE
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 3 Scheduling & Accounting • I T S • Historian • Control Criteria
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 4 System Stage • Integrated • Interfaced
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 5 AGC and SCADA • Listening & Parallel • DSM • Load Estimation • Load Forecasting
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 6 Mapboard 3 X 2 Video Board
Project Implementation Plan • Stage 7 System Acceptance • RTU Cut Over • System Testing
Status of Project • Stage 1 - Real Time Interface • Stage 2 - Transaction Evaluation • Stage 3 - Scheduling & Accounting
Lessons Learned • Scope of Work • Managing Expectations • Project Coordination • Maintaining Schedule
Lessons Learned • Testing • Legacy Work • Project Control • Training • Office Space
Overall Conclusion • Overall Pleased • Migration Complex • Advantages Outweigh • Reservations
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