Marie-France GauthierChief, Forecast Operations CIS

IICWG, 22-26 October, 2007

NAISProduction

System

NAIS Production System Project Brief Outline

• Background

• Project Activities

• Accomplishments / Results

• Next Steps

Background

• Creation of NAIS in 2003 – NAIS I• NAIS IV – Common Production System• NAIS Action 4-7: Establish a project with the

goal of implementing a common NAIS production system within two years, through adoption or adaptation of existing NAIS IT technologies. The common production system must at minimum meet current NAIS client requirements in a non-disruptive fashion, and should be positioned to respond to anticipated future requirements.

Project Activities

• 2 Meetings – November 16-17 2006 – CIS– December 12-13 2006 – NIC

• Project Team– 2 Co-Leaders– Facilitator– Recorder– IT, Ops, Science

Accomplishments/Results

• System Requirements– Critical, Mandatory, Desirable

• Hybrid of ISIS & SIPAS Option Retained• NAIS Basic Data Flow – Architecture –

Product Delivery Flow• ArcGIS and Oracle COTS• LINUX and Windows OS • Resources Requirement Estimate per Major

Components

Benefits and Opportunities (Anticipated)

• Shared Development Costs

• Shared Training and Procedures

• Robust Business Continuity

• Common Products for End Users

• Support Work Alignment

• International Partnerships

NAIS V

• Breakout Groups Discussion– Project Management/Decision-Making– Resources

• Staffing & Funding

– Analysis Work Flow • Integrated environment (database) vs.

independent with reconciliation of the work at some time interval

– Technical• High availability (e.g. 99% uptime)

Next Steps

• Project Manager (PM) - Essential– Project Charter & TOR– Functional & Technical Accountabilities

• Funding– Cost Benefit Analysis– Capital/External Partnership

• Timeline– PM by March 2008

Questions?

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