CNM Cloud Minimal

CNM Cloud Usable (hereinafter, the Usable) is the third phase of CNM Cloud Project (hereinafter, the Project). A team of developers (hereinafter, the Team) started working on that phase in January of 2020. CNM Cloud Embryo is the previous phase; CNM Cloud Secure is the successor one.

Up-to-date story

Several concepts, lessons learned, and pieces of software that was developed in the CNM Cloud Beginnings have been utilized in this successor phase. The Team calls the new phase Usable because the usable version 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;
   • System architecture including the core package of technology that would support User stories;
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.

Deliverables of the Usable

Projected deliverables:

1. CNM Cyber or a combination of software system capable to execute the User stories;
2. Contracts between Friends Of CNM and Careerprise contractors to run:
   • CNM Servers;
   • CNM Labware;
   • CNM Certware;
   • CNM Wikiware;
   • CNM Pageware.
3. Contracts between Friends Of CNM and members of WorldOpp Fellow Staff to run:
   • WorldOpp Project and CNM Lab;
   • The Project;
   • CNM Cert;
   • CNM Wiki;
   • One or more CNM Page.
4. Curricula at CNM Cert:
   • CNM Cyber Welcome Course;
   • CNM Cyber Orientation;
   • CNM Cyber Placement;
   • WorldOpp Bootcamp.
5. Organizational structures:
   • WorldOpp incubator.

Current state

Developers

Main wikipage: WorldOpp Fellow Staff

The WorldOpp Fellow Staff is the development group that works on the Project.

Completion rates

The DREPD is the development cycle that includes 4 components: (1) discover, (2) research, (3) envision, and (4) plan. No component is fully developed to the date. The following table presents estimates on every component of every software to be launched:

CNM software		Service	Sprint	Description	Discover	Research	Envision	Plan
Platform	Servers	(temporarily, outsourced)	Second	Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in CNM Lab; DigitalOcean is temporarily used for implementations	90%	90%	90%	90%
	Opplet	Opplet.net	Fourth	Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in Fixett; Opplet.net handles identity and access management for CNM Cloud	75%	75%	75%	75%
Apps
	Labware	Fixett	Second	Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in Fixett; the current implementation is located at a classified URL	50%	50%	50%	50%
	Certware	Cert	Second	Requirements and designs are drafted in Russian in Fixett and English in CNM Wiki; the current implementation is located at https://cert.friendsofcnm.org	50%	50%	50%	50%
	Wikiware	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.friendsofcnm.org/ru	50%	50%	50%	50%
	Pageware	CNM Page	Second	Requirements and designs are drafted in English in CNM Wiki; the first instance is installed at https://friendsofcnm.org; its requirements have been started at FriendsOfCNM.org	50%	50%	50%	50%

Challenges

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.

Vacancies

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 Certware, CNM Labware, CNM Pageware, CNM Servers is urgently needed. These topics may include any information on what needs to be done, how to select the best Careerprise contractor, and how to make sure that the chosen contractor has delivered the requested product.
• Needed on an ongoing basis. As always, the Team is hiring staffers of WorldOpp Fellow Staff generally and CNM Cloud Project Coordinator specifically to expedite the Project.

Related lectures

• CNM Cloud Essentials.