2025-10-08

Working in the afternoon only today, from 12:30p

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT: MIGRATION

My be project kickoff meeting is at 1:30pm. It's unusual for me to be involved so early in a big project like this, which will continue until the middle of next year (at least) ~ 9 months+

I heard the project manager say that the design hasn't been agreed on yet, so that will be the first challenge. From what i understand, that will mean drawing up a diagram (perhaps several diagrams) that show which computers and software (A) current talk to each other and (B) eventually need to talk to each other

There may be other intermediate "designs" that need to be achieved on the way from A to B

A difficulty will be the lack of detail: especially when it comes to what exactly does the software do. If there is some ambiguity or confusion or gap then the design may not be complete. The idea will be to have a design that is flexible enough that we can start building without needing to changing the agreed design "too much" during the building phase 

We had this issue on my last project. There was a subtle technical requirement that wasn't revealed until very late in the project. Certain teams didn't want to charne the design without formal agreement (another design phase). Therefore that "new" requirement could not be achieved in time 

First Hill Chase Hairhouse Warehouse was close for renovations

Are a very average sandwich and salad at Moon & Spoon

Walked a little (instead of a workout before work)

Weights, oven pies, watched some bluey, 2 beers

Bird species: 13

Total steps: 5,000