Project Management real case study blog #2

Project: To establish a new Tata Communications Internet exchange at Tokyo (KDDI-Otemachi); Upgrade the existing Japan (TV2)-Palo Alto (PDI) STM16 IP backbone link to STM64 capacity. Challenges seen in this project are as follows :Otemachi PoP manned by vendor while PMO activities were remote managed from India Co-ordination with functional team based out in different time zones/countries. Secondly, Procure Off-net capacity (2x10G) on diverse paths between Otemachi & Tokyo within 10 weeks from different vendors . The Work Breakdown structure was roughly
Otemachi Project Kick-off with General Planning
Engineering Team kicks off activities
Procurement Team kicks off activities
Placing of Bandwidth and Capacity Orders
Order of STM64 On-net capacity between Tokyo & Palo Alto
Order of Dark Fibers between Otemachi and Shinagwawa
Facilities Team sets up base at Otemachi Site
Implementation Team kicks off at Otemachi Site
Installation of Otemachi PoPkicks off
Commencement of installation of 2X10G connectivity between Otemachi and Shinagawa
Installation of STM64 circuit between Palo Alto and Shinagawa commences
Project Ready For Service
The timeline was from July 07 to November 07.
The project utalized “critical path”techniques: Fast-tracking, Resource leveling etc
Establish Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) for the project & sign-off by stakeholders it successfully to complete the transmission BER Test (Bit Error Rate) of the backbone circuits well in advance of the IP testing. It actively
ensured purchase orders for equipments & network orders for circuits are placed well within time. It took advantage of KPI and other monitoring systems such as
weekly review meetings & progress reports to stakeholders, updated Project Binder on common shared electronic repository. The benefits seen in the project were that they built up of additional 10G IP capacity via the Trans-Pacific to cater to high density, improved data traffic between Asia & US, created
access to 80+ ISPs for selling IP Transit services well within required timelines and was executed due to the confidence of management & deployment of much larger and complex projects on time & within budget from an offshore location.
On the Planning side they approached the challenge to manage upgrade of multi technology and multi vendor and multi geography with engineering and capacity planning. The implementation for this challenge was handled with vendor management, large scale internal project management and inventory management. The workflow was divided into 5 phases. 1.) the requirements and high level design where we integrated solution planning 2.) Low level design was handled by IP and TX equipment, capacity on-net, off-nett and dark fiber, rack and power 3.) Ordering including procurement and network ordering 4.) Implementation in regards to equipment installation and configuration, connectivity to back bone, NIMS / Cramer and other OSS and provisioning and activation and last but not least testing. The project was a success due to efficient & effective planning, co-ordination & implementation with optimal utilization of resources, coupled with close monitoring & control of activities to meet the Project Milestones.

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