IT PROJECTS(UNDER CAO/FOIS)

FIRST QUARTER REVIEW

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PROGRESS AND CONCERNS

APPROACH

1. PRESENT PROJECT SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH AREAS REQUIRING BOARD’S INTERVENTION

2. SHARE OUR VISION ON GENERAL ISSUES-INFRASTRUCTURE,TRAINING AND INSTITUTIONALISION

IMPORTANT PROJECTS

1. FOIS

2. COA

3. ICMS

4. CMS

GENERAL ISSUES

V-SAT EXPANSION

INFRASTRUTURE -BLDGS

TRAINING

SETTING UP OF CONTROLS

ISSUES-FOIS

V-SAT INSTALLATION AT 203 TMS SITES

EQUIPMENTS AVAILABILITY

RAILWAY’S INVOLVEMENT

CHANGED TRAFFIC PATTERN

FOIS TMS Module

524* locations on IR

212 locations on VSAT

324 locations online covering 376 sites

126 locations printing RR online covering 176 sites

Around 1100 PCs and 400 printers supplied so far

668 PCs and 612 printers under supply

*(3 locations of SR – 1 as P2, 1 closed, 1 HOM port location didn’t commission at all.)

TMS VSAT locations

212 TMS locations have to be commissioned on VSATs by IRPMU

Railway Board’s target was June 2006. IRPMU’s revised target is Sept 2006

53 VSATs have been installed upto 30.06.06

37 of these were commissioned upto June 2006

The target for July 2006 is for commissioning 64 locations on VSAT

Target for 118 (64+53) locations is 15th Aug 2006

72 locations have been commissioned upto 10.08.06

IMPACT ON TARGET-FOIS

V-SAT DEPENDENT TMS SITES(212) WILL TAKE LONGER TO STABLISE

RESPONSE TIME ISSUES (1500 vs700 msecs)

CHANGE IN HUB FROM VENDOR’S TO OUR OWN (Realignment of each dish)

DECISION/ASSITANCE-FOIS

Nomination of 2 Rates Inspectors by each zone to CAO/FOIS for verification of referential database and testing of software changes due to rates circulars

Board’s directive for AT/generator supply from station to TMS site

STATUS-COA

Pilot project under trial at Madurai and Trivandrum divisions of SRDOMs/SrDOMs visiting TVC/MDU and their reports being sent to CRIS continuously for necessary changes/enhancementsTender for customization of software for IR under finalization in CRIS. Tender for hardware and roll out to 23 divisions also under finalization in CRIS (Phase I)Strategy for roll out – In three phases Phase I – SR, SCR, SWR, CR, ECOR, SECR Phase II – WR, WCR, NCR, NR, NWR Phase III – SER, ER, ECR, NER. NFR

ISSUES-COAIntegration with dataloggers

Links with RFID/GPS based tracking systems

Integration with FOIS, COIS, CMS and other public interface systems like NTES, Call centers etc

Record keeping of Control chart information – policy for archival

IMPACT ON TARGET-COA

Board’s target for IR (76 locations) – Mar 2007

Latest review with CRIS indicates that software and hardware may become available by Dec 2006

Roll out @ 7 divisions per month

Mar 2007 21 divisions

Jun 2007 42 divisions

Dec 2007 76 divisions

DECISION/ASSITANCE-COA

Telecom and C&IS directorates to decide terms and conditions for acquisition of interface software from Datalogger suppliers

Safety and C&IS directorates to help freeze archival policy

STATUS-ICMSEnhanced scope

Punctuality Module Implemented on IR. Migrated module will be given

for testing by the end of July 2006

Coaching Stock Management Module Being implemented in three phases Software ready and under field trials at

Nizamuddin & Chennai Ready for roll out

Timetabling Module Time table simulation module’s system

requirements under discussion

STATUS-ICMS

Enhanced scope (contd)

Coaching Stock Maintenance Module Scope of Mechanical module has been enhanced

from capturing of coaching depot maintenance related activities to automation of C&W department

It covers 154 depots & 975 coaching locations. Scope of Electrical Maintenance module defines

only 8 technical modules developed by NR under MIS projects. It also does not give assessment of hardware & user specifications.

ICMS – Coaching Stock Management Module

Phase I – 114 terminals at 41 locations Target for implementation 31st Aug 2006

Phase II - 78 terminals at 34 locations Target for implementation 31st Oct 2006

Phase III - 128 terminals at58 locations Target for implementation 31st Dec 2006

Training 186 staff from 136 locations trained so far Training labs being set up to take care of additional

training needsEquipment Thin clients and printers supplied to all locations Datacom equipment- 57 LAN extenders supplied. Rest

under supply UPSs to be procured by zonal railways – implementation

held up for want of UPSs 14 locations commissioned – NR-1, WR-9, SECR-3 & SR-1 107 locations have been provided connectivity.

ISSUES-ICMS

Purchase of UPS – zonal railwaysSupply of datacom equipment by CRIS

Freezing the scope of Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules – Railway Board

450 pair modems PO placed. Supply in a month

144 pair LAN extenders

Supply completed

112 routers TC negotiation

IMPACT ON TARGET-ICMS

Three months delay due to supply of UPS and datacom equipment

Mar 2007 Phase I & II – 192 locations

Jun 2007 All 320 locations

DECISION/ASSITANCE-ICMS

C&IS directorate to facilitate freezing of scope for Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Modules in view of dropping of work from MIS

C&IS directorate to sanction & release funds for time tabling module.

STATUS-CMS

Detailed estimate of Rs 38.16 crores sanction by Railway Board.

302 lobbies to be covered, out of which 261 are integrated lobbies.

Target for completion 7.3.2007

STATUS-CMSApplication under development and testing for Freight module Coaching, shunting and pilot module Suburban module

Site Preparation Lump sum sanctioned @ Rs 1,31,728 for major and Rs

82,890 for minor lobbies Target for readiness Aug 2006

Terminal Equipment Under vetting Target of Phase I supply - Dec 2006

Datacom Equipment Under vetting. Will be procured through CRIS

Training Core group and core implementers will be trained at CRIS Core group identified on all 16 zonal railways Training labs being set up at 5 locations

ISSUES - CMS

Difference in interpretation of Board’s circulars by zonal railways in calculation of running allowance

IMPACT ON TARGET-CMS

Board’s target – 302 sites by Mar 2007

Latest review with CRIS indicates software and hardware will be available only by Dec 2006.

Going by the FOIS and other roll out experience, commissioning of 30 sites per month would be a reasonable target

March 2007 100 sites

Dec 2007 202 sites

DECISION/ASSITANCE-CMS

Nomination of Committee of ED s of Electrical, Mechanical, Personnel & Finance for practice to be adapted for computation of running allowance and other issues / business reengineering

GENERAL ISSUES- V-SAT

HECL CONTRACT-235(+ OR- 25%)

TOTAL NEED-477

HUB CAPACITY-500 (CAN GO UPTO 1000)

TRANSPONDER HIRING ISSUE

Problems relating to the VSAT Network

•Poor Application Response Time owing to High Round Trip Time (RTT)

•RTT varies between 1600 – 2400 ms for a 1000 Byte Packet Size vis-à-vis the desirable value of 1200-1400 ms.

•High Delay Variation i.e. Jitter leading to inconsistency in the Application Response Time.

VSAT Issues Contd..

•Voice communication facility not yet provided at the VSAT sites.

•Video Conference requirement between CRIS & zonal Rly. Hqrs. not addressed.

•Requirement of providing connectivity to a FOIS location using a terrestrial link from the VSAT based location not met.

•Backhaul Link Failure leads to total outage of all VSAT based locations. For instance, complete failure from 14:00 hrs on 26.06.06 to 10:20 hrs of 27.06.06

VSAT Service Levels

•VSAT Network to operate using Shared Hub Services from HECL till Railway owned Hub is commissioned.

•Service Level Agreement w.r.t. Quality of Service (QoS) not available with the user

•Bandwidth Allocations/ Channel Access Mechanism on the Outbound & Inbound channels not known

•Status report of Captive Hub Project not available.

VSAT Migration to our own HUB•Migration Plan for shifting the Remote VSATs to our own HUB needs to be worked out while specifying the following parameters:

- Service disruption due to re-alignment of Antenna/Tx-Rx Frequency at each remote site.

- Time required for establishing end-to-end connectivity between remote site and the

FOIS datacentre

- Overall Stabilization of the VSAT Network

GENERAL ISSUES -INFRASTRUTURE

INVESTMENT

SPACE-BLDG

MANPOWER

DISASTER TOLERANCE

GENERAL ISSUES -TRAINING

CURRICULAM IN TRAINING INSTITUTES-TRAFFIC,MECHANICAL,ELECTRICAL-MPP DTE’S ROLE

ADDITIONALTRAINING CENTERS –5 (DLI,SC,BB,HWH,TPJ)

Growth of IT projects in IR

IR’s capital budget for IT is Rs. 273 crore in 2006-07

It is projected to increase to about Rs. 900 crore to Rs. 1200 crore by 2010 – 2011

To make this scale of operation possible, requirement of space and other facilities for CRIS and FOIS organization needs to be significantly increased

Statement of Expenditure of the Projects under CAO/FOIS

YEAR EXPENDITURE

(Rs. in Crores)

2000 – 2001 22.8

2001 – 2002 30.4

2002 – 2003 17.4

2003 – 2004 17.0

2004 – 2005 30.4

2005 – 2006 40.0

Anticipated increase in strength of FOIS and space requirement

Year

Approx IT budget

(Rs. Crore)FOIS manpower

(total)

Manpower based in

HQ

Bare seating

space (sq m)

Support space

Training areas,

central control

room etc.

Total space requiremen

t (sq m)

2006-07 300 264 140 420 420 210 1050

2007-08 360 317 160 480 480 240 1200

2008-09 450 396 200 600 600 300 1500

2009-10 540 475 240 720 720 360 1800

2010-11 650 572 290 870 870 435 2175

2011-12 800 704 360 1080 1080 540 2700

Projected growth of manpower in CRIS

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Trainees

Procurement staff

Support staff

IT/HW

Help Desk

N/W

DBA

Implementers (full-time)

Developers

Managers

SPACE - CRIS location

SPACE – Area with Railways

Required facilities for expansion

Secure areas in redRestricted areas in orange Open access in

green

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