1. FIA Migration to the Data Center What a long strange trip it continues to be….

2. The Migration Plan ► Started in 2003  Product of Competitive Sourcing ► Migrate From 200+ Regional Servers ► One Data Center at Kansas City…

3. Current FS Technology

4. The Promised Land

5. Additional Drivers for Change: Additional Drivers for Change: It’s Not Just About Technology….

6. Security, Security, Security

7. It’s Also About….

8. Better Application Development Process Adapted from presentation by Burton G. Parker, The MITRE Corporation, at DAUG Symposium, 21-24 May 1995, Atlantic City, New Jersey Discipline Predictability Sustainability Change Management Technology Management Defect Management Integrated Management Quality Management Quantitative Management Requirements Management Project Oversight Project Planning Quality Assurance Contract Management Configuration Management Asset Development/ /Maintenance Product Review Process Focus Process Definition Training Management Group Coordination Consistency Optimizing(5) DisciplinedProcesses StandardProcess PredictableProcess “Self”ImprovingProcess Initial(1) Managed(4) Repeatable(2) Defined(3) InformalProcessesLEVELNATUREBENEFIT KEY PROCESS AREAS Heroes & Heroines save the day None

9. The Dream at the Data Center ► Modern Infrastructure  Faster Response  Platform for Improved Tools  More Reliable  Lower Cost ► Better Application Development Processes  More Reliable, Higher Quality Tools  Better Documentation  Lower Total Lifecycle Costs

10. Between The Dream and Reality Lies the Nightmare…. H. S. Thompson

11. Potential Nightmares ► Large Scope: 200+ legacy servers to Data Center ► First for the Forest Service ► CIO Has a Plan… ► “No Battle Plan Survives it’s First Contact with the Enemy”  CIO Changing Strategy  Moving Target ► 12/31/2009 Legacy Servers…

12. Potential Nightmares… ► More & More Hoops ► Resources Needed for Migration ► Top Down Approach, especially Security ► 80% Solution Applied to FIA

13. Data Center Status

14. FIA Status ► FIADB/FIDO Migration  Started Migration 2007  Learning Experience for All Parties ► TPO Submitted in 2008 ► Started NIMS-CS in February ► More to Come

15. Reason for Hope… FIA-CIO Joint Project Team Chartered 2005: ► “The migration plan will recognize the requirement that FIA must maintain their ability to accomplish day to day data processing work throughout the migration.” ► “Old technology will not be turned off until new solutions have been thoroughly tested and implemented.” ► “FIA expertise will be used in formulating solutions.”

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