# Presentation: 704949

## OB7 Kickoff Meeting 

**October 6, 2005**
**Systems Engineering Center**

## Agenda

**OB7 Hardware Changes (Hopkins/Zichy)**
**OB7 Architecture changes (Hopkins/Zichy)**
**OB7 COTS Changes (Davison)**
**OB7 Process Improvement Review (Mandel)**
***Milestones and Exit Criteria***
**OB7 Schedule (Mandel)**
**OB7 Contents (Development Organizations)**
***Contents***
***Outstanding Issues***
***Dependencies***

## OB7 Hardware Changes

**Replacing HP DS with Linux DS (Dx3)**
**Replacing HP LS with Linux LSx1,LSx2**

## OB7 Architecture Changes

## OB7 COTS Changes 

## OB7 COTS Changes

## OB7 COTS Changes

## OB7 COTS Changes

## OB7 COTS Changes

**Status**
***COTS Frozen on September 2005***
***Development Organization provided COTS September 2005***
***Lessons learned (SEC and Development Organizations) ***
*SwEG*
*FSL*
*MDL*
*OHD*
*SEC*

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**Schedule Milestones and Exit Criteria**
***Requirements Review (October 2005)***
***Design Review (November 2005)***
***User Interface Review (December 2005)***
***Test Plan and Procedure Review (January 2005)***
***Functional Testing (January 2006)***
***GFS Handoff Readiness Review (February 6, 2006)***
**Are the above milestones required for each development task?**
***No, if there are no user interface changes, a review is not required,***
***Others?***
**Can milestones be combined?**
***Yes***
**Does every milestone require a meeting?**
***No, however, that is a decision that the SREC Focal Points should make***

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**Requirements Review**
***Overview of capability and how it is used operational (operational concept) ***
***Presentation of Requirements ***
*Functional *
**Non-Technical, what it is and does, features and capabilities, customer focus **
*Scientific *
*Technical Requirements*
**Language, Security, Data, Processing/Performance, Communications, System Level Interfaces, Human Factors, Training, and Maintenance **** **
***Presentation of development schedule milestones ***
***Exit Criteria ***
*Transmittal*of functional requirements to Development Manager*
*Transmittal* of the development schedule milestones to Development Manager*
*Email to Development Manager indicating participants, general consensus of the group and any action items to get consensus*
**   Link to a web site is acceptable*

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**Design Review **
***Design review based on NWS Directive 80-304 ***
*Developed functions, modules and concept of execution*
*Provide specification documentation that achieves the following:*
**Use functional flow charts and graphics to help communicate the design**
**Identify the design method if a standard one is used**
**Link designs to requirements**
**Identify requirements that need to be changed due to development constraints**
**Distinguish between application and system layers**
**Document algorithms and equations**
**List inputs and outputs for each module**
**Identify new software modules and those changed, and show their relationship to the overall system architecture**
**List all assumptions and limitations that may apply**
***Exit Criteria***
*Transmittal* of Design documentation to AWIPS Development Manager*
**Include relevant portions of the DAR Questionnaire**
*Transmittal* of any updates to the development schedule milestones to AWIPS Development Manager *
*Email to Development Manager indicating participants, general consensus of the group and any action items to get consensus*
**   Link to a web site is acceptable *

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**Code Reviews **
***Based on NWS Directive 80-304***
***Document source code by using internal comments to clearly express the functional intent of the code to a person skilled in the language and general coding practices, but not necessarily familiar with the function being performed by the code. ***
***Exit Criteria***
*Record number of code reviews conducted for each development task*
*Transmittal* of the number of code reviews conducted to the AWIPS Development Manager prior to GFS Handoff*
**   Link to a web site is acceptable*

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**User Interface Reviews **
***Based on NWS Directive 80-304***
***Conduct user reviews for those software enhancements that significantly affect the way the user interacts with the system***
***Schedule user reviews early in design process to incorporate their recommendations into the design. ***
***The audiences for user reviews are the users of the system and its designers.***
***Exit Criteria ***
*Transmittal* of User Interface documentation to AWIPS Development Manager*
**Include relevant portions of the DAR Questionnaire**
*Transmittal* of any updates to the development schedule milestones to AWIPS Development Manager *
*Email to Development Manager indicating participants, general consensus of the group and any action items to get consensus*
**   Link to a web site is acceptable *

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**Test Plan and Procedures Review **
***Based on NWS Directive 80-304***
***Conduct review of Test Plan and Procedures***
***Ensure all functional requirements are tested ***
***The audience for test reviews may include software developers, other testers, integrators, maintainers, and operations support personnel. ***
***Exit Criteria***
*Transmittal* of Test Plan and Test Procedures to AWIPS Development Manager*
**Include relevant portions of the DAR Questionnaire**
*Transmittal* of any updates to the development schedule milestones to AWIPS Development Manager *
*Email to Development Manager indicating participants, general consensus of the group and any action items to get consensus*
**   Link to a web site is acceptable *

## OB7 Process Improvement

**Functional Testing**
***Either bring field representatives to development organization site or ATAN software to regional or WFOs***
***Demonstrate the functionality to field representatives***
***Execute test plan and procedures***
***Verify User Documentation***
***Allow field users to perform adhoc testing***
*Capture adhoc testing and update test plan and procedures*
***Exit Criteria***
*Email to Development Manager indicating participants, general consensus of the group and any action items to get consensus*

## OB7 Process Improvement 

**GFS Handoff Readiness Review**
***Review of material required for GFS handoff***
***AWIPS Release Manager approves readiness***
***Exit Criteria***
*All development steps completed*
**Requirements Review, Design Review, UI Review, Test Plan ands Procedure Review, Functional Testing**
*All building and release information completed*
*All documentation completed*
**Requirements **
**Design **
**Installation Instructions**
**Test Plan and Procedures**
**Integration Questionnaire**
*SEC has an action to review and update the DAR Questionnaire/Checklist*
**Known deficiencies**
**User Documentation**
**Systems Managers Manual**
**Training Material**

## OB7 Process Improvement

**Project Tracking**
***Bi-Weekly Status  ***
*Oct 19, Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 14, Jan 4, Jan 18*
*Accomplishments since last report*
*Near term activities*
*Risks and Mitigation*
***Metrics***
*Nov 2, Nov 30, Dec 14*
*% complete for each development task*
*Actual Milestones*
*Actual LOEs*

## OB7 Schedule

## OB7 Contents

**Overview of Contents**
**Dependencies with other development organizations **
**Outstanding Issues/Risks**

## OB7 Contents - FSL

**Previous release  DRs (40) at 26hrs/DR**
**Snowfall Accumulation**
**Rapid Prototype Installs**
**Database-centered standard web based services paradigm**
**Polar Vis and IR Imagery**
**Dial-out Radar replacement**
**Move remaining software of DS**
**Technology Transfer**
**Directive Changes**
**OS/COTS upgrades (gcc compile, etc.)**
**Removing local data from the NAS**
**Additional frame capability **
**Display Subset of GFE parameters on D2D**
**FxNET**

**GFE/GHG Support (Local Formatters)**
**Documentation**
**OPC and TAFB Offshore Gridded Sig. Wave Ht in D2D/GFE**
**Climatology for GFE**
**GFE Performance Improvements**
**Text Formatter sampling performance**
**Multithreaded ifpserver**
**Database reliability**
**DRT for GFE Suite**
**Directive Changes (NWSI 10-503)**
**Send environmental data (RUC) from AWIPS to RPG (1)**
**Generate products for non-associated user requests (2)**
**Mesoscale Detection Algorithm (3) **
**DVL low value/linear scale change (4)**
**RDA/SZ-2 Range Unfolding VCPs (5)**
**Plan View Display of VWP (6) **
**All Tilts Navigation Improvements (7)**
**Prototype new products**

## OB7 Contents - MDL

**Previous release DRs (40) at 26hrs/DR **
**Fog Monitor**
**SAFESEAS Enhancements**
**FFMP Enhancements**
**Snow**
**SCAN Enhancements**
**Guardian**
**LSR Enhancements**
**NDFD Grid Subsectors for RFC's via AWIPS**
**Extend Geographic Domain of NDFD prod to cover Marine **
**New NDFD Elements:  TPC, OPC and TAFB grids **
**Gridded MOS **
**Second Generation AVNFPS **

**Decommission DS**
**Decommission WWA**
**IFPS (postgres conversion )**
**IFPS Service Backup**
**IFPS Remove Obsolete code**
**Climate (remove hmdb)**
**Climate (F6 preliminary product)**
**Directive Changes**
**OS/COTS upgrades (gcc compiler)**
**System Support (Sys Admin/CM)**
**Technology transfer (MDL to Keane)**
**Cli, HWR, IFPS, LSR, GRIB2 Decoder**

## OB7 Contents - OHD

**Previous release DRs (37) at 26hrs/DR**
**  ****- HydroGen, Postgres cleanup**
**Operational Implementation of Distributed Hydrologic**
**WHFS HydroView Enhancement to “Mapper”**
**Integration of RFC QPE tools into a common system**
**Convert RFC Archiver **
**Directive Changes (VTEC RiverPro, Test/Practice Mode)**
**OS/COTS upgrades (gcc compiler, etc.)**

## OB7 Contents - SEC

**Previous release DRs (80) at 26hrs/DR**
**GFS BUFR Sounding Data**
**NOGAPS**
**FNMOC Wave Watch model guidance**
**Polar Microwave Products**
**ETA Transition to 12km resolution WRF**
**Display suite of SREF products**
**ECMWF Model**
**RUC 20 upgraded to 13km**
**Op Imp of Distributed Hydro Modeling**
**OPC and TAFB Offshore Gridded Significant Wave Height**
**Cloud Amount DPI**
**LAMP Centrally produced**
**TDWR products**
**Analysis of Record**
**Gridded MOS **

**Decommission DS**
**Upgrade LDAD Servers to Linux**
**OS/COTS upgrades  (gcc compiler)**
**Directive Changes (Test/Practice mode)**
**Technology transfer (RSIS to Keane)**
**Informix, Decoding, Display,    ****	****Dissemination, Support Software**
**Consolidate MOS/BUFR Decoders**
**Replace MDL GRIB2 decoder with NCEP GRIB2 decoder**
**Remove local data access on the NAS**

## OB7 Dependencies

**WWA Decommissioning (MDL/FSL)**
**Integration of RFC QPE tools into a common system (OHD/FSL)**
**Distributed Hydrologic Modeling (OHD, SEC, GIS)**

## OB7 Outstanding Issues/Risks

**Hardware**
***Hardware available for development and functional testing (SEC)***
***Power Vault configuration and bandwidth (OHD)***
**Data (model and radar)**
***Due to TOC Moratorium, live data test data will not be available prior to GFS Handoff (SEC)***
***Data availability of NOGAPS, FNMOC, ECMWF (SEC)***
**Configuration Management**
***Need to establish a OB7 work set (All)***
**Transition**
***Impacting development tasks (SEC)***
*Need to fall back on some infrastructure tasks*
**Consolidate MOS/BUFR Decoder**
**Remove local data access on the NAS**
**Replace MDL GRIB2 decoder with NCEP GRIB2 Decoder**
**Application Release**
***Gridded MOS promised for Spring 2006***
***Need to brief and implement application release process***
**Late arriving requirements**
***Key West identifier changes***