Report for November 2019

Report Date
November 2019

Achievements in Last Period:

  • v5.16.1 was deployed to the development environment.
  • Initial meeting attended to consider future use of a cloud portal.

Issues:

  • No forward plan to compensate for loss of the Project Manager in January (reason for reporting a RAG status of RED).

Next Steps:

  • Preparations for deployment of v5.16.2 to the development environment with work to be undertaken by alternative resource.
  • Further discussions to be had with the 3rd party Elsevier on the use of a cloud portal.
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
RED
RAG Commentary
The project manager is due to end their contract in January 2020. Due to a shortage of resources in Project Services we currently have no availability to take on the PM role should the contract not be extended. Failure to assign a project manager in January will delay progress with the project, impacting our preparations for the REF submission in November 2020.
Change Status
Time
No Change
Cost
No Change
Scope
No Change
Overall
No Change
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Programme Manager, Head of Project Services
Activity
Approved budget
50.0 days
Activity this month
2.5 days
Activity this year
7.0 days
Activity to date
7.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
40.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Not available.

Documentation

Not available.