Applications Division Project Proposal 2011-12 PROJECT NAME

Project Sponsor Programme Programme Owner IS Programme Manager Aut ors ! "usiness # Aut ors ! IS # Date

Upgrade of Oracle SOA suite.

Dave Berry IT Services Corporate Infrastructure David Smyth Andrew Stewart Neil Grant, Tom Donohue ichael Sun !"#$%#%%

Section One $ PROJECT DETAI%S

&'& E(ecutive Summar)
The Oracle SOA suite was chosen as one of our key enabling technologies for enterprise application integration and developing agile business processes. Currently, several key applications are being developed on the Oracle SOA 10g suite, including the new dentity !anage"ent syste" # $!%. Oracle released a "a&or new version of SOA, 11g and the final 10g develop"ent release was issued in Septe"ber '00(. )orking with Oracle SOA 10g has revealed several proble"s, which have re*uired (0 days to address over the last year. These include installation proble"s, bugs in the +$eveloper develop"ent tool, proble"s following server restarts, and bugs in the hu"an workflow service. Consultants have all advised us to upgrade to 11g as soon as possible to get a "ore reliable and efficient develop"ent environ"ent. Oracle will end support for version 10g in '01,, which will "ake an upgrade essential in '01'-1,. n the "eanti"e, Oracle.s support for 10g is "ini"al as "any other users have already upgraded. f the university continues with version 10g for another year, we will waste further days dealing with the proble"s of 10g and increase the work re*uired to "igrate newly developed syste"s fro" 10g to 11g. n addition, we would need to spend 10 days patching version 10g to the final point release in order to get any useful support at all. Advantages of the new version/ 0etter supported version of +developer #and therefore *uicker develop"ent1support turnaround% 0etter workflow "anage"ent #and therefore *uicker develop"ent1support turnaround% 0etter deploy"ent fra"ework #and therefore *uicker develop"ent1support turnaround% !ore stable platfor" #and therefore *uicker develop"ent1support turnaround% 0etter integration of the overall product suite 0etter rules engine #allowing better rule based processing configuration% 0etter perfor"ance #and therefore increased capacity and throughput% The "ain deliverables of the pro&ect will be/ Technical Architecture $esign for 11g platfor" SOA 11g $evelop"ent Standards SOA 11g installations in the $ev, Test and 2ive environ"ents Selected application "igrated fro" 10g to 11g The scope of the pro&ect is li"ited to the above, which i"plies that we will run 10g and 11g applications. Separate pro&ects will be re*uired to "igrate 10g applications for each business area. 3ote/ the pro&ect esti"ate includes 14 days of training across Applications $ivision, esti"ated at 5 people attending courses of , days each. t e6cludes 10 days of effort for updating develop"ent standards7 these days will be sub"itted as a proposal to the A88009 process i"prove"ent code.

&'* "usiness O+jectives

No' 1 ' , Description nstall Oracle SOA 11g in $ev, Test and 2ive :nviron"ents !igrate selected key SOA 10; applications to the 11g platfor"

&', Project Delivera+les !inclu-ing an) scope limits#

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No' 1 ' , 9 Delivera+le !an- -escription o. an) limits to t e scope# Technical Architecture $esign for 11g 8latfor" SOA 11g develop"ent standards SOA 11g installations in the $ev, test and 2ive :nviron"ents Selected key applications "igrated to the 11g platfor" Milestone -escription !inclu-ing reason i. Milestone Date is ar-# 11g Technical Architecture defined 11g $evelop"ent :nviron"ent built 11g $evelop"ent :valuation co"pleted 11g Test and 2ive :nviron"ent built Selected applications "igrated to 11g 11g $evelop"ent Standards Created 11g Ad"inistration Standards Created "rea3-own o. Project Stages4Delivera+les +) 1ear All stages co"pleted

&'/ Project Timescales 0 Milestones an- Multi 1ear Projects

Milestone Date T0C

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&'5 Project Sta3e ol-er!s#

Description o. sta3e ol-er an- role in project Service owner for $! < to be consulted in design and build changes Service owner for the e-8rocure"ent syste" < a potential candidate for the test "igration Service !anage"ent 8rocure"ent In.orme14N = =

1.5 Project Ris3s .

No' 1 ' , Description Impact4Pro+a+ilit) an- Ris3 Management Approac

&'6 Ot er Relevant In.ormation a+out t e Project !inclu-ing accessi+ilit) re7uirements an- re.erences to illustrate t e capa+ilities to +e -elivere-#

Section Two $ PROJECT CATE8OR1 an- J9STI2ICATION

*'& Project Categor)
Project Categor) ! EE4EI4:I42 # > Reason To ensure that strategically i"portant infrastructure is kept up to date and supported by the vendor. 3ote/ f not done in '011-1', this will be an :: pro&ect in '01'-1,. $elaying the upgrade until '01'-1, will "ean that unnecessary effort is lost in both '011-1' and '01'-1,, and the level of risk of the upgrade will be increased. Description o. ow project meets t e Strategic 8oal; Ena+ler or T eme Oracle SOA Suite underpins key services provided by the university. @pgrading to the currently developed version fro" the vendor will provide a "ore stable and fle6ible infrastructure.

*'* Project Justi.ication

Strategic 8oal; Ena+ler or T eme ?uality infrastructure

Ot er Justi.ication

Description

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Cost reduction A i"proved efficiency As detailed, delaying this upgrade will re*uire the e6penditure of unnecessary effort fro" using the current version of the infrastructure.

Section T ree $ PROJECT "ENE2ITS; COSTS AND PROC9REMENT

,'& "ene.its !over 5 )ears#
Tangi+le 0 Description an- :alue Savings of B'C,D00 in each of '011-1' and '01'1,. Assumptions 1. )e use the Oracle SOA Suite in a si"ilar nu"ber of pro&ects as we have done in the last two years. '. )e develop two new syste"s in the current version of Oracle SOA Suite, each will have to be "igrated to the new version in the following year, with each "igration being a s"all pro&ect.

Intangi+le $ Description "proved reliability and confidence in the technology. "proved functionality available for pro&ects to take advantage of. Description o. monitoring re7uire- to ensure +ene.its are realise-

,'* "ene.its an- Costs Summar) !over 5 )ears#

5 1ear Summar) "ene.its Costs IT Services BDD,000 B51,D'D Support 8roups B0 B0 Colleges inc Stu-ents B0 B0 "ene.it4Cost Ratio < Total BDD,000 B51,D'D 0.4(

,', 2un-ing4Resource Re7uirements

2un-ing4Resource Re7uirement Consultancy Eardware D,000 1D,000 =:alue 2un-ing Arrangements anProvi-er!s# SC bid

>ave )ou consi-ere- outsourcing as a potential source .or some or all o. t e services to +e -elivere- +) t is project? Please provi-e -etails' 8ui-ance on Outsourcing

,.9 Procurement Re7uirements !inclu-ing Outsourcing).

Total Cost o. 8oo-s @ Services !over / )rs# A =5B 3 Description o. 8oo-s an- Services to +e Procure- ! All procurement activit) must +e in line wit t e rules lai- out Scottis Procurement Polic) >an-+oo3' 8ui-ance on Procurement # consultancy for 11g technical architecture consultancy for 11g develop"ent standards new servers "ay be re*uired for the 11g platfor" as we will need to run 10g and 11g applications for a period Procurement O..ice In.orme-? 1es4No

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