Case Study: NOAA/AWIPS Modernization
Summary
FTI provided senior-level technical and consulting leadership in the area of database design on AWIPS, a major project to modernize weather forecasting systems for the National Weather Service (part of NOAA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce).
Applications
- Large-scale distributed scientific data collection, analysis, data management, and presentation applications
- Designed, developed, and maintained application data models to support Weather Service cartographic, GIS, hydrology and meteorology requirements
Architecture:
- Nationwide distributed, layered, messaging-based architecture
Tasks:
- Developed customized database design methodology for high-profile project, and trained team members and customers in its use.
- Facilitated 55 JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions to define scientific and data management requirements.
- Designed enterprise-wide, layered database architecture.
- Performed object-oriented analysis, design and development tasks.
- Led product quality assurance and peer reviews.
- Conducted extensive technical, management, and user briefings on all aspects of project progress, methodology, and design.
- Conducted software evaluation and selection studies.
Methodologies and Techniques:
- Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
- Joint Application Development (JAD)
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