May 17th 2006 – Nodal Organization V1.5 1Lead From The Front

Texas Nodal

Getting physical – high-level packaging for delivery accountability

CommercialSystems Settlements/Billing Day

Ahead & Real Time market Calculation and Posting of

15-min Settlement point prices

Invoices Credit Monitoring Data Aggregation Metering Load Profiling Commercial System

Interfaces Financial Transfer AS Obligations

Calculations Validation & Delivery of

Invoices & Statements Settlement Tools Batch Scheduling DEV/727 Dispute tools Registration

EDW Lodestar Replicated

Source System (RSS) EMMS RSS Lodestar Operational Data

Store (ODS) EMMS ODS ODS to Consolidated Data

Warehouse (CDW) PUCT Oversight Reports

(including MOMS) Market Reports Market Data Transparency EMMS Extracts 727 Extracts Generation Extracts Load Extracts Settlements & Billing

Extracts Lodestar Framework EMMS Framework CDW Framework Compliance Credit reports (MPs)

EMS SCADA Outage Scheduler Network Security Analysis Load Frequency Control

(LFC) Performance & Reserve

Monitoring Enhancements to Operator

Training Simulator (OTS) Load/RPP Forecasting Enhancements to SE/

Topology Consistency Analyzer

MMS Day Ahead Market Supplemental AS Market Reliability Unit

Commitment Real Time Market Emergency Operations

Enhancements Price Correction,

Administration, and Mitigation

Asset Registration & Dispute Interfaces

EMS/MMS Interfaces DC Tie

CRR PCR CRR Auction CRR/Settlement Interfaces

Market Participant Engagement & Readiness Training – MPs and

ERCOT staff Communications ERCOT.com

Enhancements Nodal Portal

Enhancements MarkeTrak Enhancements Market Readiness Criteria Market Engagement &

Participation inc TPTF Market Readiness

Declarations

Integration testing Nodal Testing Tools Nodal TEST environments Release Management Integrated testing Early Delivery Systems Production environments

Integrated ERCOT Readiness & Transition Release Strategy Testing Strategy ERCOT Readiness Criteria ERCOT readiness

preparations Market Trials Pilot ERCOT Readiness

Declarations Nodal Transition Plan

NMMS Telemetry Enhancements for State

Estimator (SE) Network Model

Management Services Naming Conventions

Integration & Design Authority Overall Architecture &

standards Integrated business

process architecture SOA Architecture User Interface standards RFPs Quality assurance Program design issue

resolution

Note• The scope described here is for packaging

purposes to identify key projects.• The precise scope of each project will be

defined in the individual Project Charters and will take precedence.

Infrastructure Hardware Project dev/test

environments Integration testing

environments EDS environments Production environments

May 17th 2006 – Nodal Organization V1.5 2Lead From The Front

Texas Nodal

Getting physical – the Program organization structure

Program Control

Rob Connell

Implications• Those with delivery accountability are core

Program Team members.• Each needs to produce a Charter, including

team & resource requirements.

Nodal Program Sponsor

Ron Hinsley

Nodal ProgramDirector

Kathy Hager

Nodal Steering

Board

Note• Additional groups and individuals will provide

advice and support across the program. • These include the Business Analysis team,

Procurement, Legal and Finance.

CommercialSystems Project

Raj Chudgar

EMS Project

Carlos Gonzales-

Perez

MMS Project

Al Hirsch

CRR Project

Beth Garza

Market Participant

Engagement & Readiness

Project

Trip Doggett

Integration Testing Project

Glen Wingerd

Integrated ERCOT

Readiness & Transition

Project

Steve Grendel

NMMS Project

Raj Chudgar

Integration & Design

Authority

Jeyant Tamby

EDW Project

TBC

Infrastructure Project

Ron Hinsley

May 17th 2006 – Nodal Organization V1.5 3Lead From The Front

Texas Nodal

Core Team Roles – DRAFT (1/3)

Role Responsibilities

Program Sponsor

• Board-level customer of the program; ensures it remains aligned with high-level ERCOT business goals and strategy

• Manages the external environment – TPTF, PUCT, TAC, etc.• Chairs the Nodal Steering Board• Champions the program and conveys general status/progress/issues to the board• Promotes the program across businesses and ensures Executive Leadership commitment to it• Resolves policy issues and removes organizational roadblocks

Program Director

• Mobilizes and provides day-to-day direction, business input and support to rest of the core leadership team• Communicates to the program sponsor (status, necessary approvals, etc.)• Owns the Program Charter and Management Plan• Leads the culture change/motivation efforts and buffers team for the rest of the organization• Approves/escalates changes to program scope and baseline• Troubleshoots critical program roadblocks/issues• Performance management for the core team

Integration & Design Authority Director

• Owns the DA Charter• Defines & maintains the overall business and technical architecture• Mobilizes and manages the DA team • Defines high-level business requirements and RFPs (for strategic vendors)• Defines and ensures project compliance with design standards• Defines and ensures systems compliance with performance requirements• Ensure consistency of design with protocols• Assures the quality and integrity of detailed business/technical solution throughout the delivery life-cycle• Defines/chairs the Integration/Design Assurance forum (including Project and Vendor architects)• Anticipates, identifies and resolves cross-program design & integration issues, mobilizing “task forces”

(incorporating key Project personnel) as required

May 17th 2006 – Nodal Organization V1.5 4Lead From The Front

Texas Nodal

Organization Roles - DRAFT (2/3)

Role Responsibilities

Infrastructure Project Manager

• Owns the Project Charter• Mobilizes and manages the project team • Manages stage approvals• Delivers development, testing, EDS and production environments within the constraints of agreed

timescales, budget and releases• Manage control of software• Manages external project dependencies and interfaces (e.g. into development projects, integration testing)• Manages/escalates risks, issues and exceptions• Develops and maintains relationship with vendors/internal providers

ERCOT Development Project Manager (multiple)

• Owns the Project Charter• Establishes detailed requirements and SOWs (internal and external)• Mobilizes and manages the project team • Manages stage approvals• Delivers project scope to defined standards and (FAT) acceptance criteria within the constraints of agreed

timescales, budget and releases• Manages external project dependencies and interfaces (e.g. into integration testing)• Manages/escalates risks, issues and exceptions• Develops and maintains relationship with vendors/internal providers

Integration Testing Project Manager

• Owns the Project Charter• Establishes detailed requirements and SOWs (internal and external)• Mobilizes and manages the project team • Owns the individual Release Plans (driven by the Release Strategy)• Manages stage approvals• Establishes test environments and tools to support integration testing• Establishes the Early Delivery System(s) – handing support to IT operations• Manages the external project dependencies, configuration and integration test cycles for all releases within

the program

May 17th 2006 – Nodal Organization V1.5 5Lead From The Front

Texas Nodal

Organization Roles - DRAFT (3/3)

Role Responsibilities

Market Readiness Project Manager

• Owns the Project Charter• Mobilizes and manages the project team • Owns and executes the Communication Plan (internal and external)• Owns and executes the Training Plan (internal and external)• Chairs the Transition Planning Task Force• Defines Market Readiness Criteria• Manages Market Participant delivery and participation in testing and trials• Manages Market Readiness Declarations

Integrated ERCOT Readiness & Transition Project Director

• Owns the Project Charter• Mobilizes and manages the project team • Defines and maintains the Release Strategy• Defines and maintains the Testing Strategy• Defines and chairs the Release Management forum• Assesses impact and scope of the program (Protocols) on core processes and the ERCOT organization• Defines ERCOT Readiness Criteria• Defines and chairs the Business Readiness forum• Establishes & executes Business and IT Implementation Plans and manages business/IT delivery and

participation in testing and trials• Manages ERCOT Readiness Declarations• Establish Service Level Agreements etc• Establishes and executes the Operational Transition plan