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[[CNM Cloud Project]] (hereinafter, the ''Project'') is an endeavor to provide the [[Career Network Ministry]] with [[CNM Cloud]] in order to deliver services of [[CNM Digital]]. [[Friends Of CNM Cloud Administrator]] is responsible and members of [[Careerprise Team]] (hereinafter, the ''Team'') shall be accountable for this ''Project''.
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[[File:Cnm-cloud.png|400px|thumb|right|[[Opplet]]]][[CNM Cloud Project]] (hereinafter, the ''Project'') is the endeavor undertaken to create [[Opplet]]. [[Educaship fellow]]s are responsible and members of [[CNMCyber Workforce]] (hereinafter, the ''Team'') shall be accountable for this ''Project''.
  
  
==Requirements==
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==Project-wide requirements==
  
 
===Business requirements===
 
===Business requirements===
::''Main wikipage: [[CNM Digital]]''
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::''Main wikipage: [[CNMCyber requirements]]''
  
===Technical requirements===
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===Solution requirements===
::''Main wikipage: [[CNM Cloud]]''
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::''Main wikipage: [[CNM Cloud requirements]]''
:A big portion of technical requirements is also published in Russian -- https://wiki.ksacerts.com/ru/Брацко_Облако
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:[[CNM Cloud requirements]] is the best wikipage to overview general [[solution requirement]]s; however, different parts of the ''Cloud'' have their specific requirements that are or shall be published on their wikipages. A big portion of [[solution requirement]]s is also published in Russian -- https://wiki.friendsofcnm.org/ru/Брацко_Облако
  
==First phase -- beginnings==
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==Phases==
===Initial user stories===
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Five phases are identified as of December of 2018. The first two phases have been accomplished and the third is the current one.
:Initial user stories were created by Loredana C. and are published at [[CNM Digital by Loredana C]].
 
  
===Software used in early stages===
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===Beginnings -- first (completed) phase===
:The first private cloud was built on an [[OpenStack]] instance. The applications included [[Opplet.net]], [[Redmine]], [[Apache Subversion]] ([[Apache Subversion|SVN]]), [[Moodle]], [[MediaWiki]], and [[WordPress]]. However, applications were not moved to the cloud because of its immaturity. Only [[Opplet.net]] and [[Redmine]] are still operational after the cloud was destroyed in order to cut costs.
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::''Main wikipage: [[CNM Cloud Beginnings]]''
  
===History of the beginnings===
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:[[CNM Cloud Beginnings]] is the first phase of the ''Project''. It was accomplished by the beginning of 2018. The beginnings could be characterized by three factors:
:'''Executive summary of the ''Project's'' beginnings'''. The beginnings of the ''Project'' could be characterized by three factors:
 
 
:#Many experiments including software ventures and examinations of both technology and various organizational structures designed to support that technology;
 
:#Many experiments including software ventures and examinations of both technology and various organizational structures designed to support that technology;
:#Unbalanced and often disruptive availability of resources. Although the ''Team'' enjoyed assistance of a number of volunteers, donor's money, software subscriptions, and venues, the ''Team's'' inability to pay for technology sustainability ultimately led to several adverse events including the major technology crash in 2016 and further necessity to destroy the first cloud.
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:#Unbalanced and often disruptive availability of resources. Although the ''Team'' enjoyed assistance of a number of volunteers, donor's money, software subscriptions, and venues, the ''Team's'' inability to pay for technology sustainability ultimately led to several adverse events including the major technology crash in 2017 and further necessity to destroy the first cloud.
:#Poor recording, documenting, and storage facilities. Just few training materials were saved and just a couple of videos were taken at hundreds of training sessions. As a result, volunteer time could be utilized way more efficiently.
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:#Poor recording, documenting, and storage facilities. For instance, just few training materials were saved and just a couple of videos were taken at hundreds of training sessions. As a result, volunteer time could be utilized way more efficiently.
:Nonetheless, a few significant concepts, lessons learned, and a few lines of code were developed during this initiating phase of the ''Project''.
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:Nonetheless, a few significant concepts, lessons learned, lines of code, and the [[CNMCyber by Loredana C]] requirements were developed during this initiating phase of the ''Project''.
  
:'''Early tech training'''. In 2012, [[Gary Ihar]] organized first hands-on technology training sessions of [[Career Network Ministry]] in Tysons Corner Microsoft store. Its descendant sessions used more venues. With few exceptions, the training sessions were conducted on a volunteer basis. In 2012-2016, the following training topics were covered by the following trainers:
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===Embryo -- second (completed) phase===
::{|class="wikitable" width=100%
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::''Main wikipage: [[CNM Cloud Embryo]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Topics (software)
 
!Trainers and presenters
 
|-
 
!Usage
 
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*''Office apps'': Frank Gary, Malkia Perry, Mercedes Butler, Clayton Park ([[Microsoft Excel]]);
 
*''Management apps'': Cassey Missal ([[Microsoft Project]])
 
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!Administration
 
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*''Data'': Dr. Saiid Ganjalizadeh, Rose Masuku ([[database management system]]), Clyde Ensslin ([[big data]], [[Hadoop]], [[MapReduce]])
 
*''Platforms'': Mack Sigman, Scott Hoag, Roger Akins, Malkia Perry, Bonnie Smerdon, Guillermo Lopez, Matthew J. Bailey, Brian Park, Stephen Kaludis, Adam Orita ([[Microsoft SharePoint]]), Danny Abadi ([[Drupal]]), Diane Snow Javaid, Michael Eicher ([[WordPress]])
 
*''Computing'': Cassey Missal ([[ITIL]]), Jim Caroll ([[SEO]]), Corey Sheldon ([[Linux]]), Dr. Jack Tsou ([[cloud computing]])
 
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!Development
 
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*''Mobile apps'': Vaclav Hnizda ([[Android app]]), Will Cai ([[IOS app]])
 
*''Programming'': [[Gary Ihar]] ([[PHP]], [[CSS]], and [[JavaScript]]), Wendy Sue Campbell ([[Ruby-on-Rails]]), Sean Lewczyk ([[HTML]])
 
|}
 
  
:'''Early public cloud usage'''. In June of 2013, the ''Team'' obtained 250 packages of subscriptions, each worth more than $500, most notably, for [[Microsoft Azure]] and [[Office 365 Enterprise]], and dedicated remote support due to a generous grant. Initially, Gillermo Lopez and, later, Roger Akins led a project to distribute those subscriptions among patrons of [[Career Network Ministry]]. The project was closed after one year when the donor decided to end the donation.
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:[[File:Cnm-digital.png|400px|thumb|right|[[CNMCyber suite]]s]][[CNM Cloud Embryo]] is the second phase of the ''Project''. Several concepts, lessons learned, and pieces of software that was developed in the [[CNM Cloud Beginnings]] have been utilized in the successor phase. The ''Team'' calls the new phase ''Embryo'' because the embryo of the new cloud is going to be developed during this phase. The key developments could be summarized as follows. The ''Team'':
 
 
:'''Early learning systems'''. Initial works that later contributed to the ''Project'' were started as early as in 2007. The initial development group consisted of [[Gary Ihar]] as the code developer and product owner and Romanof as the PHP developer. Until 2014, solutions were presented by various combinations of [[MediaWiki]] and [[Moodle]]. A special solution to integrate those, called [[Opplet.net]], was initiated and coded by [[Gary Ihar]] in 2014. Revisions by Zlomovsky completed its first sprint in 2015. The first version of [[Opplet.net]] used [[SimpleSAMLphp]] as its authentication tool.
 
 
 
:'''Early enterprise-wide systems'''. In 2015-2016, the concept of [[CNM Digital]] emerged. Loredana C. developed initial requirements for a complex system to serve patrons of [[Career Network Ministry]] ([[Career Network Ministry|CNM]]). Later, the requirements were posted at [[CNM Digital by Loredana C]]. To implement those, Alexandrovich joined the ''Team'' as the system architect and Natalia did so as the solution architect. Instances of [[Liferay]] and [[SuiteCRM]] were added and the platform was moved from [[DigitalOcean]] to [[Hetzner]] and newly based on [[Proxmox]]. Several instances of [[Odoo]] were also installed, but never integrated to the platform because [[Odoo]] didn't support [[SimpleSAMLphp]]. Romanof also installed an instance of [[Redmine]] separately from the platform. In addition, Romanof completed the second sprint of [[Opplet.net]] while moving its initial code from plain [[PHP]] to the [[Yii]] framework.
 
 
 
:'''Crash of 2016'''. In 2016, the platform collapsed and all developments, but [[Opplet.net]] and [[Redmine]], were lost. At the moment of the crash, [[Opplet.net]] and [[Redmine]] were still stored at [[DigitalOcean]].
 
 
 
:'''Early private cloud'''. In 2016-2017, several endeavors were undertaken. Alexander was the primary technology vendor at that time, Eunice contributed to its requirements, and Wushnevska worked on [[Odoo]] and [[Redmine]] instances. Instances of [[Odoo]] were installed at [https://careernetworkministry.org careernetworkministry.org], [https://theeconomicgroup.org theeconomicgroup.org], and [https://worldopp.org worldopp.org]. At the same time, the first private cloud was built using [[OpenStack]]. However, no instance was integrated on this cloud, particularly, because of lack of documentation. Wushnevska tried to address the documenting task, but her retirement from the ''Project'' postponed all of the developments. Later, the first cloud was destroyed in order to cut expenses. Separate [[Odoo]] instances are still alive.
 
 
 
:'''Shortcomings in management'''. So, the first cloud endeavors were not sustainable mostly or significantly because of their lack of documentation. In order to develop the cloud documentation, [[Gary Ihar]] once hired a [[system engineer]], Anand from India, but the work on the cloud architecture couldn't be completed without documented requirements for [[CNM app]]s, which were not available at that time. Generally speaking, project management had had been a serious challenge since the ''Project's'' inception. The development group needed some combination of [[business analyst]]s, [[system engineer]]s, and [[project manager]]s, but couldn't find qualified candidates who would have matched the existing budget.
 
 
 
:'''Early management training'''. Since late 2012, project management training became one of core services that the ''Team'' offered. About a half of the training sessions was conducted on a volunteer basis. In 2012-2017, the following training topics were covered by the following trainers:
 
::{|class="wikitable" width=100%
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Topics
 
!Trainers and presenters
 
|-
 
![[project management|Project management]]
 
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*''General concepts'': Dr. Jack Tsou, Daniel M. Gonzales, Mercedes Butler, Charlotte McKenzie, Chuck Taylor, Jay Parrish, Dr. John Colleman III, Dr. Ali Abedi ([[PMBOK Guide]])
 
*''Certification'': Ibrahim Alamin ([[PMP]])
 
*''Supporting concepts'': Bill Fournier ([[systems engineering]]), Emmanuel Amanyeiwe ([[business intelligence]])
 
|}
 
 
 
:More than one hundred of its participants had gotten their [[PMP]] certifications constitute the overall success of the training. However, with regard to the ''Project'', the training hasn't accomplished its mission to bring [[business analyst]]s, [[system engineer]]s, and [[project manager]]s on the board.
 
 
 
:'''Early recruitment of learners'''. In the [[Washington DC metro area]], the ''Team'' recruited through emails sent to patrons of the [[Career Network Ministry]] and [[Tech Events for Managers and Entrepreneurs]] meetup group. Although the ''Team'' succeeded to recruit hundreds of learners, the overwhelming majority of them participated spontaneously. It was hard to find committed participants who would stay with the ''Team'' for long time since the beginning of the ''Project''. Further, the trend was even more negative as the unemployment rate lowered in the [[United States]].
 
 
 
:'''Early worldwide outreach'''. In 2016, the ''Team'' attempted to reach out to international learners. Later, this idea matured into the [[WorldOpp]] programme.
 
 
 
:In 2017-2018, several endeavors to recruit vocational learners were attempted through some [[job-bidding website]]s worldwide. However, those websites granted access to only those freelancers who expected to exchange their time to money and were not willing to dedicate enough time to learning. More importantly, the technology behind the programme, most notably, [[CNM Courseware]], wasn't developed fully yet. At that time, it seemed that the interested candidates just couldn't be directed well remotely, without personal involvement.
 
 
 
:In winter of 2017-2018, [[Gary Ihar]] traveled to Ukraine in order to find partners for development of the [[WorldOpp]] programme. Nevertheless, no partners were identified since the ''programme's'' idea was still pretty raw. Two other reasons that may have contributed to that result were (a) the low unemployment rate in Ukraine and (b) its residents' tendency to favor the traditional educational system. The ''programme'' was clearly not ready to be launched then.
 
 
 
:'''Idea of orientation'''. Overall, the recruitment process was neither efficient nor effective in the first stages of the ''Project''. On the one hand, the ''Team'' onboarding was quite expensive; in late 2013, it peaked more than $600 per candidate. On another hand, the overwhelming majority of candidates were not interested in joining the ''Team.'' An idea of [[Careerprise Orientation]] was developed in order to address this dilemma. When it is launched, the interested candidates shall be offered to take a quick orientation course, in which they shall be able to learn about the ''Team'' and its activities. Those candidates who pass its final exam shall be considered as ready to get started onboarding.
 
 
 
===Deliverables of the beginnings===
 
:#'''[[Software]]''':
 
:#*[[Opplet.net]] after two [[sprint]]s.
 
:#*A [[Redmine]] instance that was later used in [[CNM Productware]].
 
:#'''[[Concept]]s''':
 
:#*[[CNM Digital by Loredana C]]
 
:#*[[WorldOpp]];
 
:#*[[Careerprise Orientation]].
 
:#'''[[Lessons learned]]''':
 
:#*No software that is critical in operations of [[Friends Of CNM]] shall be used without a [[contract]] with a [[Careerprise vendor]] and/or an employee of [[Friends Of CNM]] to run it;
 
:#*No contract shall be made without a set of requirements for what a [[Careerprise vendor]]  and/or an employee of [[Friends Of CNM]] shall be responsible;
 
:#*No set of requirements shall ignore questions of backups and backup restoration;
 
:#*No [[Careerprise vendor]]  nor an employee of [[Friends Of CNM]] can be hired without his or her graduation from [[Careerprise Orientation]].
 
 
 
==Second phase -- embryo==
 
===User stories for the embryo===
 
:Three [[user story|user stori]]es shall describe completion of the second phase:
 
:*'''(first user story)''' As a [[NetAnyone]], I shall be able to:
 
:*#Click the button, ''Get employed'', at some website and get to some registration page;
 
:*#Fill in my credentials including (a) login name, (b) password, and, (c) optionally, email address;
 
:*#Submit my credentials and automatically (a) become a [[NetConsumer]], (b) obtain user's rights for [[CNM Wiki]], and (c) obtain student's rights for [[CNM Campus]], as well as get enrolled into [[Careerprise Orientation]];
 
:*#Complete [[Careerprise Orientation]] and automatically become a [[CertAssociate]].
 
:*'''(second user story)''' As a [[CertAssociate]], I shall be able to:
 
:*#Get enrolled into [[WorldOpp Developer Seminar]];
 
:*#Complete [[WorldOpp Developer Seminar]], automatically become a [[CertDeveloper]] and obtain user's rights for [[Fixett]].
 
:*'''(third user story)''' As a [[CertAssociate]], I shall be able to:
 
:*#Get enrolled into [[WorldOpp Placement Seminar]];
 
:*#Complete [[WorldOpp Placement Seminar]], automatically become a [[CertFellow]] and obtain sysop's rights for [[CNM Wiki]], and get enrolled into [[Septem Artes Administrativi]].
 
 
 
===Software used in the embryo===
 
:{|class="wikitable" width=100% style="text-align:center;"
 
!colspan="2"|CNM software!!Description
 
|[[Careerprise service|Service]]
 
!Base(s)
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|[[CNM Platform|Platform]]
 
|[[CNM Infrastructure|Infrastructure]]||Hardware, [[operating system]](s), environment for programming languages to operate, [[database management system]]s, [[web server]]s
 
!(temporarily, outsourced)
 
|Not important for the ''Project''
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|[[CNM Middleware|Middleware]]||In this phase, [[user management software]] that manages authorization of users and their access to [[CNM app]]s
 
!rowspan="2"|[[Opplet.net]]
 
|rowspan="2"|Written specifically for the ''Cloud'' using the [[Yii]] framework
 
|-
 
|rowspan="5"|[[CNM app|Apps]]
 
|[[User interface]] to allow end-users to interact with [[CNM Middleware]]
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Productware|Productware]]||Studio for [[Careerprise vendor]]s to document their developments and store developed files
 
![[Fixett]]
 
|[[Redmine]], [[Apache Subversion]] ([[Apache Subversion|SVN]]), (possibly) [[container]]s
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Courseware|Courseware]]||[[Learning management software]] to accommodate learning processes
 
![[CNM Campus|Campus]]
 
|[[Moodle]]
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Wikiware|Wikiware]]||[[Knowledge management software]] to develop corporate knowledge collaboratively and access the results
 
![[CNM Wiki|Wiki]]
 
|[[MediaWiki]]
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Contentware|Contentware]]||[[Content management software]] to empower [[CNM website]]s
 
![[FriendsOfCNM.org]]
 
|[[WordPress]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===History of the embryo===
 
:'''Executive summary of the embryo phase'''. Several concepts, lessons learned, and pieces of software that was developed in the [[#First phase -- beginnings|''First phase'']] have been utilized in the successor phase. The ''Team'' calls the new phase ''Embryo'' because the embryo of the new cloud is going to be developed during this phase. The key developments could be summarized as follows. The ''Team'':
 
 
:#Identified:
 
:#Identified:
:#*[[Business need]]s. These needs are expressed in [[#User stories for the embryo|User stories]];
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:#*[[Business need]]s. These needs are expressed in User stories for the embryo;
:#*System architecture including the core package of technology that would support [[#User stories for the embryo|User stories]];
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:#*System architecture including the core package of technology that would support User stories for the embryo;
 
:#Designed and is implementing a new recruitment process based on the core package of developed technology;
 
:#Designed and is implementing a new recruitment process based on the core package of developed technology;
 
:#Dramatically increased funding for both technology development and recruitment.
 
:#Dramatically increased funding for both technology development and recruitment.
  
:'''Second cloud initiation'''. In 2018, Romanof as a PHP developer, [[Gary Ihar]] as the product owner, and Natalia as a vendor liaison initiated a new cloud endeavor. Its goal is to create the simpliest system for onboarding employees and [[Careerprise vendor]]s. The ''Team'' called this system ''embrio''.
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===Minimal -- third (completed) phase===
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: ''Main wikipage: [[CNM Cloud Minimal]]''
  
:During the [[#First phase -- beginnings|First phase -- beginnings]], a [[SimpleSAMLphp]] instance as an integration tool, worked well, but it had a few drawbacks, most importantly, in integrating an [[Odoo]] instance. Instead of a [[SimpleSAMLphp]] instance, Romanof now implemented an [[OpenLDAP]] instance for the [[directory access]]. That development completed the third sprint of [[Opplet.net]]. A new instance of [[MediaWiki]] is used for [[CNM Wikiware]], an instance of [[Moodle]] is used for [[CNM Courseware]], instances of [[Apache Subversion]] ([[Apache Subversion|SVN]]) and [[Redmine]] are for [[CNM Productware]]. No private cloud itself is going to be launched in the second phase of the ''Project'' and even the next phase, which emphasis shall be a new [[Odoo]] instance.
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: [[Educaship Odoo]] based on an [[Odoo]] instance shall be the primary deliverable of the third phase. Other deliverables may include [[CNM Calendar]], [[CNM Tubeware]], [[CNM Mailware]], [[Educaship Jitsi]]. New sprints of [[Opplet.net]] are also expected.
  
:'''New documenting model'''. Lack of documentation was critical in troubles of the [[#First phase -- beginnings|First phase -- beginnings]]. Now:
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===Usable -- fourth (current) phase===
:#Technical requirements for any critical software shall be developed before awarding of any contract. These requirements shall be published at this [[CNM Wiki]];
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:''Main wikipage: [[CNMCyber Usable]]''
:#After awarding any contract, [[Friends Of CNM]] shall grant its winner an access to the corresponding project at [[Fixett]];
 
:#Technical documentation for the developed software shall be kept posted at [[Fixett]].
 
  
:The most comprehensive documentation for the embryo phase was originally created in Russian (using [[Fixett]] and the Russian part of [[CNM Wiki]] at https://wiki.ksacerts.com/ru); however, since the recruitment efforts are shifting to East Africa and the United States, new documents shall be posted at the English part of [[CNM Wiki]].
 
 
:'''Minimal viable technology'''. In early of November of 2018, some [[minimal viable product]] ([[minimal viable product|MVP]]) of future [[CNM Cloud]] is going to be launched. It shall include some registration, enrollment into [[Careerprise Orientation]] and, further, into [[WorldOpp Placement Seminar]], and granting rights of [[NetAnyone]], [[NetConsumer]], [[CertAssociate]], and [[CertFellow]].
 
 
:'''New management approach'''. The management model changed substantially:
 
:*While remaining acting as the [[product owner]], [[Gary Ihar]] decreased his personal involvement into recruitment and onboarding of learners and volunteers in order to increase new fundraising efforts. Additional finances are used in new software developments and, later, when the technology allows, will be used in hiring of apprentices;
 
:*Romanof started playing a PHP sub-project manager role in addition to his technology development role;
 
:*Natalia is encouraged to become a manager for an endeavor undertaken in order to create requirements for [[CNM Wikiware]].
 
:*As soon as the minimal viable technology has been launched, new apprentices will be sought in order to develop requirement documentation for [[CNM Cloud]].
 
 
:'''Early recruitment of apprentices'''. In summer of 2018, dozens of candidates, primarily from Kenya and Philippines were tested for [[WorldOpp Fellow Staff]] positions, but no one has been eventually brought on the board so far.<blockquote><ul><li>The majority of most motivated candidates were concentrated on their efforts instead of getting the results. That suggests that their project management skills needed some development;</li><li>If those candidates were oriented on some results, their desired results were not communicated with the product owner and, consequently, their efforts couldn't be funded. That suggests that their business analysis skills needed some development;</li><li>It looks like documenting remains at very least one of the biggest problems. No candidate has accomplished more than a dozen of actions on [[CNM Wiki]] so far.</li></ul></blockquote>A clear recruitment and onboarding process is considered being an important problem to be solved next.
 
 
:'''Idea of incubator'''. An idea of [[Opplet incubator]] was developed in order to create an onboarding process generally and, to develop candidates' skills in [[project management]], [[business analysis]], and [[records management]] particularly. Its idea is to hire those apprentices who could act as prospective members of [[WorldOpp Fellow Staff]].
 
 
:The apprentice candidates who participate in the incubator shall be enrolled into [[WorldOpp Placement Seminar]] and, consequently, [[Septem Artes Administrativi]] and practice their concepts while creating and bettering curricula, as well as epics, user stories, and other documentation for [[CNM Cloud]] at [[CNM Wiki]].
 
 
:One of possible implementations could be a group of 7-10 apprentices working on some local site somewhere in Kenya. To make it real, a partner on the ground may be looked for.
 
 
===Deliverables of embryo phase===
 
:'''Projected deliverables''':
 
:#A software system capable to execute the [[#User stories for the embryo|User stories for the embryo]];
 
:#[[Contract]]s between [[Friends Of CNM]] and [[Careerprise vendor]]s to run:
 
:#*[[CNM Infrastructure]];
 
:#*[[CNM Productware]];
 
:#*[[CNM Courseware]];
 
:#*[[CNM Wikiware]];
 
:#*[[CNM Contentware]].
 
:#Curricula at [[CNM Campus]]:
 
:#*[[Careerprise Orientation]];
 
:#*[[WorldOpp Placement Seminar]];
 
:#*[[Septem Artes Administrativi]].
 
:#Organizational structures:
 
:#*[[Opplet incubator]].
 
 
==Future phases==
 
===Third phase -- organization===
 
:[[CNM Ventureware]] based on an [[Odoo]] instance shall be the primary deliverable of the third phase. Other deliverables may include [[Eventtune]], [[CNM Calendar]], [[CNM Videoshareware]], [[CNM Mailware]], [[CNM Talkware]]. New sprints of [[Opplet.net]] are also expected.
 
 
===Fourth phase -- security===
 
 
:Private clouds such as [[Dev Cloud]], [[Production Cloud]], and [[Control Cloud]] shall be primary deliverables of the fourth phase of the ''Project''.
 
:Private clouds such as [[Dev Cloud]], [[Production Cloud]], and [[Control Cloud]] shall be primary deliverables of the fourth phase of the ''Project''.
  
===Fifth phase -- federation===
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===Marketable -- fifth (future) phase===
:At the fifth phase of the ''Project'', the initial requirements, [[CNM Digital by Loredana C]], shall be revised and tested on the completion. This phase is also reserved for any developments, especially federations, that haven't been accomplished in the previous phases.
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:At the fifth phase of the ''Project'', the initial requirements, [[CNMCyber by Loredana C]], shall be revised and tested on the completion. This phase is also reserved for any developments, especially federations, that haven't been accomplished in the previous phases.
 
 
==Current state==
 
===Developers===
 
:Three members of the development group who are currently working on the ''Project'' are as follows:
 
:#'''Romanof'''. As the PHP sub-project manager and developer, Romanof developed all working parts of the existing technology. Romanof also documented in [[Fixett]] a deal of the work done;
 
:#'''[[Gary Ihar]]'''. As the product owner, Gary is drafting documentation in [[CNM Wiki]] on every software included in the [[#Second phase|second phase]];
 
:#'''Natalia'''. As a vendor liaison, Natalia is working on [[CNM Wikiware]] documentation.  
 
  
===Completion rates===
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==See also==
:The [[DADI]] is the development cycle that includes 4 components: (1) [[enterprise discovery|discover]], (2) [[enterprise analysis|analyze]], (3) [[enterprise design|design]], and (4) [[enterprise implementation|implement]]. No component is fully developed to the date. The following table presents estimates on every component of every software to be launched: 
 
:{|class="wikitable" width=100% style="text-align:center;"
 
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|CNM&nbsp;software
 
|rowspan="2"|[[Careerprise service|Service]]
 
!rowspan="2"|[[Sprint phase|Sprint]]!!rowspan="2"|Description
 
|colspan="4" style="background-color:#e6e6e6;"|'''DADI component'''
 
|-
 
![[enterprise discovery|Discover]]!![[enterprise analysis|Analyze]]!![[enterprise design|Design]]!![[enterprise implementation|Implement]]
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|[[CNM Platform|Platform]]||[[CNM Infrastructure|Infrastructure]]
 
!(temporarily, outsourced)
 
|Second||Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in [[Fixett]]; [[DigitalOcean]] is temporarily used for implementations||90%||90%||90%||90%
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Middleware|Middleware]]
 
![[Opplet.net]]
 
|Fourth||Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in [[Fixett]]; [[Opplet.net]] handles [[user management]] for [[CNM Cloud]]|||75%||75%||75%||75%
 
|-
 
|rowspan="5"|[[CNM app|Apps]]
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Productware|Productware]]
 
![[Fixett]]
 
|Second||Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in [[Fixett]]; the current implementation is located at a classified [[URL]]||50%||50%||50%||50%
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Courseware|Courseware]]
 
![[CNM Campus|Campus]]
 
|Second||Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in [[Fixett]] and English in [[CNM Wiki]]; the current implementation is located at https://campus.ksacerts.com||25%||25%||25%||25%
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Wikiware|Wikiware]]
 
![[CNM Wiki|Wiki]]
 
|Second||Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in [[Fixett]] and English in [[CNM Wiki]]; the current implementations are located at https://wiki.ksacerts.com and, in Russian, at https://wiki.ksacerts.com/ru||90%||90%||90%||90%
 
|-
 
|[[CNM Contentware|Contentware]]
 
![[CNM website|CNM&nbsp;website]]
 
|Second||Requirements and designs are drafted in English in [[CNM Wiki]]; some implementations launched in the first sprint include [http://worldopp.org worldopp.org] and [http://careernetworkministry.org careernetworkministry.org]||25%||10%||10%||0%
 
|}
 
  
===Challenges===
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===Related lectures===
:Lack of procurement documentation is still the primary obstacle for the ''Project'' to move forward faster. There are a plenty of developers ready to implement technical requirements, but those requirements are needed to be documented. If some backup has been ''de-facto'' implemented, the state of cyber-security is either inappropriate or unknown.
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:*[[CNMCyber Projects]].  
  
===Vacancies===
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[[Category: CNM Cyber Orientation]][[Category: Articles]]
:Neither education nor experience is needed for the vacancies listed below. Full-time (at least, 40 hours a week) availability and willingness to learn on the job (and any learning includes so-called "errors" and "mistakes") are absolute musts. Since [[English language]] is the primary medium at [[Friends Of CNM]], some level of English capacity is needed as well.
 
:*'''Urgently needed'''. Any assistance with documentation published at [[CNM Wiki]] for upcoming procurement or topics related to procurement of [[CNM Wikiware]], [[CNM Courseware]], [[CNM Productware]], [[CNM Contentware]], [[CNM Infrastructure]] is urgently needed. These topics may include any information on what needs to be done, how to select the best vendor, and how to make sure that the chosen vendor has delivered the requested product.
 
:*'''Needed on an ongoing basis'''. As always, the ''Team'' is hiring staffers of [[WorldOpp Fellow Staff]] generally and [[Friends Of CNM Cloud Administrator]] specifically to expedite the ''Project''.
 

Latest revision as of 15:22, 14 April 2024

CNM Cloud Project (hereinafter, the Project) is the endeavor undertaken to create Opplet. Educaship fellows are responsible and members of CNMCyber Workforce (hereinafter, the Team) shall be accountable for this Project.


Project-wide requirements

Business requirements

Main wikipage: CNMCyber requirements

Solution requirements

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud requirements
CNM Cloud requirements is the best wikipage to overview general solution requirements; however, different parts of the Cloud have their specific requirements that are or shall be published on their wikipages. A big portion of solution requirements is also published in Russian -- https://wiki.friendsofcnm.org/ru/Брацко_Облако

Phases

Five phases are identified as of December of 2018. The first two phases have been accomplished and the third is the current one.

Beginnings -- first (completed) phase

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud Beginnings
CNM Cloud Beginnings is the first phase of the Project. It was accomplished by the beginning of 2018. The beginnings could be characterized by three factors:
  1. Many experiments including software ventures and examinations of both technology and various organizational structures designed to support that technology;
  2. Unbalanced and often disruptive availability of resources. Although the Team enjoyed assistance of a number of volunteers, donor's money, software subscriptions, and venues, the Team's inability to pay for technology sustainability ultimately led to several adverse events including the major technology crash in 2017 and further necessity to destroy the first cloud.
  3. Poor recording, documenting, and storage facilities. For instance, just few training materials were saved and just a couple of videos were taken at hundreds of training sessions. As a result, volunteer time could be utilized way more efficiently.
Nonetheless, a few significant concepts, lessons learned, lines of code, and the CNMCyber by Loredana C requirements were developed during this initiating phase of the Project.

Embryo -- second (completed) phase

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud Embryo
CNM Cloud Embryo is the second phase of the Project. Several concepts, lessons learned, and pieces of software that was developed in the CNM Cloud Beginnings have been utilized in the successor phase. The Team calls the new phase Embryo because the embryo of the new cloud is going to be developed during this phase. The key developments could be summarized as follows. The Team:
  1. Identified:
    • Business needs. These needs are expressed in User stories for the embryo;
    • System architecture including the core package of technology that would support User stories for the embryo;
  2. Designed and is implementing a new recruitment process based on the core package of developed technology;
  3. Dramatically increased funding for both technology development and recruitment.

Minimal -- third (completed) phase

Main wikipage: CNM Cloud Minimal
Educaship Odoo based on an Odoo instance shall be the primary deliverable of the third phase. Other deliverables may include CNM Calendar, CNM Tubeware, CNM Mailware, Educaship Jitsi. New sprints of Opplet.net are also expected.

Usable -- fourth (current) phase

Main wikipage: CNMCyber Usable
Private clouds such as Dev Cloud, Production Cloud, and Control Cloud shall be primary deliverables of the fourth phase of the Project.

Marketable -- fifth (future) phase

At the fifth phase of the Project, the initial requirements, CNMCyber by Loredana C, shall be revised and tested on the completion. This phase is also reserved for any developments, especially federations, that haven't been accomplished in the previous phases.

See also

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