March 1, 2000

HPCMP Corporate Initiative Project Plan

Title - Information Environment (IE)

Responsible Project Manager and Lead SRC - Charlotte Coleman, ASC MSRC

Motivation and Goals(s) - The motivation and goal of the IE project is to create a center-wide information infrastructure that will benefit both the HPCMP user community and the center support staff. For example, the HPCMP has needed program-wide access to resource allocation/utilization data since its inception. This FY offers a "right-in-time" opportunity to leverage current projects in the areas of Information and Security Technology to gain easier access to relevant information, improve interaction with center staff, simplify & standardize information exchange/interaction with users, and improve efficiency & effectiveness of center support staff. The technical goals of the project are: 1) Security - Kerberos and PKI ready; 2) Commonality - Project tool features are desired by multiple sites; 3) Adaptability/Portability - Project tools are adapted and ported to sites that want them.

Previous Related Work - Previous related efforts include site-specific projects in allocation/utilization reporting systems, queue status/process tools, and allocation exchange/matchmaker systems. These efforts will be leveraged to develop information architecture standards for state of the practice systems within the HPCMP.

Project Plan -

• Personnel:

Government Staff - 10% FTE per target site

Contractor Staff - 33% FTE per subtask

Timeframe - FY00

Time management to accomplish projects - Varies per site and per contractor

• FY00 Budget Estimate per Subtask:

QTR1 - $

QTR2 - $

QTR3 - $

QTR4 - $

• Reoccurring Costs: The completed, site integrated project will require additional operational and maintenance resources for each host site. The additive resource amount assessed to each existing SRC budget will vary per site. Hardware, software, and people requirements will be assessed, documented, and reported on a site by site basis. Sustainament, enhancements, and customization support will be considered in the report. A "rough order of magnitude" estimate, of reoccurring costs per site, could be used for budgetary planning purposes.

• Major Milestones: 1) Define and relate target site allocation/utilization data structures, QTR1; 2) Implement integrated data report screens, QTR2; 3) Integrate end to end kerberos and/or PKI authentication, QTR3. 4.) Port, test, and validate tool at target sites, QTR4.

• Major Milestones: 1) Define and relate target site queue/process status data structures, QTR1; 2) Implement integrated data report screens, QTR2; 3) Integrate end to end kerberos and/or PKI authentication, QTR3. 4.) Port, test, and validate tool at target sites, QTR4.

Transition/Follow-on Plan - Project covers multi-site development and installation plan.

Signatures – The Center Directors are committed to IT modernization within the HPCMP. HPCMO endorsement and funding are integral success indicators for a program-wide initiative such as IE. The submitted cost, schedule and technical objectives are reasonable and achievable within the specified site infrastructure(s).