DATA CENTRE

Developing a Data Centre in Yanbu Community in Saudi Arabia



Developing a Data Centre in Yanbu Community in Saudi Arabia

1 . abstract

Generally, project management is distinguished from the general management of corporations by the mission-oriented nature of a project. A project organization will generally be terminated when the mission is accomplished. Billions of dollars have been spent building highly redundant data center facilities in order to deliver high availability IT solutions to an increasingly information- reliant world. These large investments have produced a variety of sophisticated facility infrastructure designs that are inherently reliable and progressively more energy efficient. However no facility design, regardless of how well planned and constructed, can withstand the disruption of a poorly designed or implemented Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program. Inadequate maintenance and risk mitigation processes can quickly undermine the facility design intent. It is therefore crucial to understand how to properly structure and implement an O&M program to achieve the level of performance for which the facility has been configured. This paper defines a method for aligning the operational requirements of the business with maintenance program standards that can be easily understood, communicated, and implemented throughout the organization.

2. work Breakdown Structure (15 task) breaking from monitoring and control.

A sound estimate starts with a work breakdown structure (WBS). A WBS is a list of tasks that, if completed, will produce the final product. The way the work is broken down dictates how it will be done. There are many ways to decompose a project into tasks. The project can be broken down by feature, by project phase (requirements tasks, design tasks, programming tasks, QA tasks, etc.), or by some combination of the two. Ideally, the WBS should reflect the way previous projects have been developed (Wysocki, 2011: 12).

Once the WBS is created, the team must create an estimate of the effort required to perform each task. The most accurate estimates are those that rely on prior experience. Team members should review previous project results and find how long similar tasks in previous projects took to complete. Sources of delays in the past should be taken into account when making current estimates.

The Wideband Delphi estimation method was developed in the 1940s at the Rand Corporation as a forecasting tool. It has since been adapted across many industries to estimate many kinds of tasks, ranging from statistical data collection results to sales and marketing forecasts. It has proven to be a very effective estimation tool, and it lends itself well to software projects (Shelly, 2011: 69). The Wideband Delphi estimation process is especially useful to a project manager because it produces several important elements of the project plan. The most important product is the set of estimates upon which the project schedule is built. In addition, the project team creates a work breakdown structure (WBS), which is a critical element of the plan. The team also generates a list of assumptions, which can be added to the vision and scope ...