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LiMux - the IT-evolution
Peter Hofmann
26.06.2014
Why was the project initiated?
Need
End of Windows NT-support
Independance as a guideline
Software vendors
Technical platforms
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Objectives
A standardized client based on Linux (LiMux client) for 12.000 workstations
A vendor independent office solution for 15.000 workstations
Migration of department specific business software into web-based solutions
Consolidation of the office software solutions (macros, forms, templates)
A standardized systemsmanagement for LiMux clients
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Promotion of local or national SMEs, supporting Munich as a place for IT-professionals
Keep the IT know how inside the city administration
Improving the efficiency of Munichs IT through new/better processes
Additional goals: what the city council also wants
The IT-Organisation in 2005
Facts at project start
~ 33.000 employees(~ 1.000 located in the IT)
~ 15.000 PC-workstations
51 locations
22 independent IT-departments
~ 140 mio Euro IT-expenses
Today:Foundation of Munichs centralized IT provider (it@M) 01/01/2012: Centralizing plan, build and run and standardization of business application
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A Success Story
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Goal achieved: 80% LiMux work stations
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Stakeholder: it's not only the user that matters
line managers
IT-managers
Users
CIO
Communication and penguins
Information of the users via
Roadshows
Newsletter
Forums
Massive usage of penguins
On give-aways (e.g. mousepads, mugs, ...)
On each information element (presentation, newsletter, ...)
Effective employee training (focus on the person)
Basic Advanced
LiMux client Training for all employeesduration 0,5 – 1 days
Training for IT advisorDuration as required
OpenOffice / WollMux
Training for all employeesduration 0,5 – 1 days
Advanced trainingsDuration depending on Office module
Additionally to face-to-face – trainings, the employees are using an e-learning – system, covering all important topics (Office Suite, LiMux Client, ...)
Office migration, guidelines
Only macros, forms and templates are migrated, no documents
If a document is needed, e.g. as an blueprint for another document, the user has to convert it by himself
The migration is done by a project-teamassisted by a company
No user should develop macros by his own
there is a team that maintaines all macros
Building and maintaining forms and templates is done by trained specialists in each department
If a business application using MS-Office cannot be changed, use a terminal service to provide both
Office migration, step by step
Identifying and classification of convertable Office-objects
Partially automated storage and packaging of logical units in a data base
Consolidation of duplicates and inadequate templates
Duplicates, obsolete or defect duplicates have automatically been removed.
Migration of the office-elements according to the requirements and testing
Initially and also during the migration of an element (e.g. a macro) the users told their requirements and gave feedback. At the end of the migration each element was tested and had to be approved by the customer.
WollMux: the leading application (www.wollmux.org)
Interoperability: exchange of documents and information may cause problems
Current communication rules:
PDF format for documents to external recipients
Editable documents use ODF
If interoperability problems occur => talk to the communication partner
Possible solutions
Try to solve the source of the problem, e.g. formatting, to avoid macros,
to customize the application
Exceptional permission for MS-Office (preferrably via terminal service)
Scenarios for the migration of business applications
webbased realizationwebbased realization
platformindependent Clientaapplications (e.g. Java)platformindependent Clientaapplications (e.g. Java)
Limux + terminalserverLimux + terminalserver
Limux + virtualisization (VMWare)Limux + virtualisization (VMWare)
Local Windows-PCLocal Windows-PC
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Business applications on different solutions
Open(open platform)
Native(Linux-
application) Virtual(desktop or
terminalserver)
Windows(Windows workstations)
25%30%
15%10%
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Bugdet
Juni 2004: Initial externel budget 12,8 € (without internal staff)
Juli 2010: Enlargement of the project and the budget up to 18,7 m €
21.11.2012: public answer to the city council regarding costs
conclusion: 10 m € savings
document can be found here: http://www.ris-muenchen.de/RII2/RII/ris_vorlagen_dokumente.jsp?risid=2773053
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Bugdet: Distribution
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Total 18,7 non SME 5,4 SME 8,7
Lessons Learned
First consolidate – Second migrate
Standardise, consolidate and optimize ...
… your own IT
… the interfaces to external organisations
Manage the dependencies between political objectives, procurement and internal skills to become and stay vendor independent
Involve the stakeholder appropriate
… and … most important … get and maintain political backing
Lessons learned
Motivate people towards changing what they do
Adequate information and support in the change process makes people feel being taken seriously; an open communication and making advantages and disadvantages transparent creates confidence.
Don't forget to question the „problems“
Are there real problems? Sometimes people refer to technical obstacles, just to having a reason to refuse unknown solutions which may let them feel uncomfortable. Often, it is worth to look twice, so that true reasons get visible. This means a trustful collaboration with the concerned people and enables to find acceptable solutions.
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questions?
Strategy: LiMux is a core item for a sustainable IT-strategy facing Munichs independance
Munich is on its way to an open, modern and citizen centered administration
„Munich focuses on free software and open standards. They are indispensable elements of our information technology.“ Lord mayor Christian Ude
Currently, there are 22 different IT departments, supporting 15.000 PC-workstations
The IT of the city of Munich is going to be reorganized. This includes centralization of plan, build and run, installation of new processes according to ITIL®, standardization of applications and modernization of the IT architecture
LiMux is Germanys biggest Linux project in the public sector
The six main mandates of the city council of Munich
Consistent linux based operating system (LiMux client)
Vendor independent Office solution
Migration of business applications to platform-open solutions
Consolidation of PC-standard applications
Consolidation and migration of MS-Office macros, templates and forms
Implementation of system management solutions (standardization)
eOS: extended Office - support center (interface to customer)
Objectives of the competence center are diverse:
Analysis of the current status (more than 21.000 macros, templates, forms (MTFs), including several solutions for the same problem)
Listing, assessment, consolidation of requirements
Finding an adequate way for adjustments
Coordination of procurement for von MTF-packages or
Support in the transposition of macros
Training and coaching
Quality management and -control
Sustainability: LiMux is required for an open, consistent and innovative IT
Standardization of the IT Infrastructure
Consolidation of all documents and templates
Vendor independant release management
High software-quality achieved by expanding Know-How, internal support and dedicated testmanagement
Involvment of all departments (requirement engineering / test)
Transparence of IT costs
New processes and functionalities (MITKonkreT)
Results of the office migration
Controlled, documented and quality assured macro repository
ODF as a standard data format for Office-documents within the administration of Munich
Consolidation rate of 40% (migration of macros, templates and forms
Munich now has control about formerly rarely documented data, distinctly improved maintainability of Office-objects
integration of corporate identity policies