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Lab Exam Virtual Machine Image
Description: Produce a VM Image which allows a variant of the current DICE Lab Exam environment to be provided on non-DICE hardware.
Deliverables:
Customer:
Case statement: As class sizes exceed lab capacity and the popularity of the lab-exam format for assessment increases, it will be necessary to find a mechanism to allow all students to take an exam simultaneously in a way which does not disadvantage any students.
Status:
Timescales: Preferably in time for next year's mock exam diet.
Priority:
Time:
A rough estimate follows.
Notes:
- The requirement to perform much of this work offsite and in collaboration with other schools will contribute to latency and effort, the latter of which is hopefully accounted for here.
- The below does not include CSO time which should be assumed at approximately 25% of the defiend FTE for starred* and 50% for double-starred** items.
- 1-2 FTE weeks image creation
- 3* FTE week image application management, of which
- 1 wk initial environment creation
- 2 wks application / environment management tools
- 2 FTE week redevelopment of paper retrieval / submission tools
- 3 FTE week redevelopment of server-side tools, of which:
- 1 wk support of paper retrieval / submission
- 2 wks logging, backup and recovery mechanisms
- 3-5* FTE week image deployment and runtime mechanism, of which:
- 1-2 wk DICE lab deployment incl. redevelopment of "Exam Mode"
- 2-3 wks IS lab deployment
- 3-5** FTE weeks testing, of which
- 1-2 wks (lab / firewall) security testing
- 2-3 wks procedural and application testing
Risks to the above lie in assumptions made on:
- Virtualisation technology
- Chosen OS / release for exam image
- Ability to achieve parity with teaching software requirements
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Proposal:
Resources: Will require significant CSO time to assist in physical lab configuration
Will require IS' CO time for IS lab consultation and configuration
Plan: See time below for the rough outline.
Dependencies: IS Public Lab environment.
Risks:
Milestones
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