PCaPAC2022 - Classification: Infrastructure and Networking, Management of IT Projects, Cyber Security

Paper	Title	Page
WEO23	Avoiding and Managing Pitfalls of Control System Projects	12
	A. Jesenko Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia G. Pajor COSYLAB, Control System Laboratory, Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Cosylab is the leading provider of software solutions for the world’s most complex, precise and advanced systems. We also provide software products and services to the largest medical device manufacturers and cancer centers worldwide. In our 20-year history, Cosylab has worked on hundreds of multi-year projects worldwide. Software projects run the highest risk of cost and schedule overruns. On average, large IT projects run 45 percent over budget and 7 percent over time. There are some common pitfalls when defining and executing projects in the Control Systems field. This article presents some concepts on how to address them, such as: having a clear definition of a project’s scope, budget, and timeline; doing project risk management; having a clear division of responsibilities; and having a project sponsor from the management. : https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/dotcom/client_service/Corporate%20Finance/MoF/PDF%20issues/PDFs%20Issue%2045/Final/MoF45_LargeScaleIT.ashx
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2022-WEO23
About •	Received ※ 27 September 2022 — Revised ※ 04 October 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 February 2023 — Issue date ※ 19 February 2023
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THPP1	INAU: A Custom Build-and-Deploy Tool Based on Git	28
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	L. Pivetta, A.I. Bogani Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy
	Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is currently operating two light sources, Elettra, a third generation synchrotron, and FERMI, a free electron laser. Control systems are based on a number of diverse systems, such as VME-based front-end computers, small embedded systems, high performance rack-mount servers and control room workstations. Custom device drivers and hard real-time applications has been developed during the years, exploiting the technologies adopted such as RTAI and Adeos/Xenomai, which make a massive update demanding. Modern CI/CD tools are then not available for legacy platforms, and a custom tool, integrating git and a database back-end to build and deploy software components based on release tags has been developed.
	Slides THPP1 [2.633 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2022-THPP1
About •	Received ※ 30 September 2022 — Revised ※ 04 October 2022 — Accepted ※ 06 October 2022 — Issue date ※ 24 October 2022
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Paper

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Avoiding and Managing Pitfalls of Control System Projects

12

A. Jesenko
Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
G. Pajor
COSYLAB, Control System Laboratory, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cosylab is the leading provider of software solutions for the world’s most complex, precise and advanced systems. We also provide software products and services to the largest medical device manufacturers and cancer centers worldwide. In our 20-year history, Cosylab has worked on hundreds of multi-year projects worldwide. Software projects run the highest risk of cost and schedule overruns. On average, large IT projects run 45 percent over budget and 7 percent over time*. There are some common pitfalls when defining and executing projects in the Control Systems field. This article presents some concepts on how to address them, such as: having a clear definition of a project’s scope, budget, and timeline; doing project risk management; having a clear division of responsibilities; and having a project sponsor from the management.
*: https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/dotcom/client_service/Corporate%20Finance/MoF/PDF%20issues/PDFs%20Issue%2045/Final/MoF45_LargeScaleIT.ashx

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2022-WEO23

About •

Received ※ 27 September 2022 — Revised ※ 04 October 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 February 2023 — Issue date ※ 19 February 2023

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)

THPP1

INAU: A Custom Build-and-Deploy Tool Based on Git

28

THP01

use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code

L. Pivetta, A.I. Bogani
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Italy

Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is currently operating two light sources, Elettra, a third generation synchrotron, and FERMI, a free electron laser. Control systems are based on a number of diverse systems, such as VME-based front-end computers, small embedded systems, high performance rack-mount servers and control room workstations. Custom device drivers and hard real-time applications has been developed during the years, exploiting the technologies adopted such as RTAI and Adeos/Xenomai, which make a massive update demanding. Modern CI/CD tools are then not available for legacy platforms, and a custom tool, integrating git and a database back-end to build and deploy software components based on release tags has been developed.

Slides THPP1 [2.633 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2022-THPP1

About •

Received ※ 30 September 2022 — Revised ※ 04 October 2022 — Accepted ※ 06 October 2022 — Issue date ※ 24 October 2022

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)