Distribution grid operator, 2019–2020. Project manager, client side.
Dispatch control of the regional grid was moving from district control points into one network control center. The platform was SK-11 by Monitor Electric, which combines SCADA, outage management and grid state calculation. A separate building was prepared for the center.
On the client side: working groups on requirements from each department, checking design and detailed documentation against the requirements, sizing equipment for workstations and the server room (computers, monitors, servers, UPS). When equipment from the requirements could not be bought, became outdated or grew too expensive, the requirements and design documentation were changed, with contract amendments and new tenders. Coordination of construction and IT contractors: why work had stopped, what was missing for the next stage. Checking acts of completed work against what was actually built.
By the end of 2020 the workstations and the video wall were running, dispatchers were moving grid diagrams onto the network map, and commissioning was still under way.
A large project rarely breaks on technology. It stalls when the requirements never reach the contractor, when the planned equipment disappears from the market, or when there is no way to accept the work. That is why acceptance criteria and a change procedure go into the specification upfront.