Report for Nov 2019 | Project Management

Report Date: November 2019

Achievements this period

Limited progress - limited business resources while the Exams team focus on prep for the Dec 2019 exam diet
Bug fixing and upgrade of Exam Web Timetables to new version of Python 3.6, Django 2.2 is in progress

Issues

Slow performance in LIVE is being investigated by the IS Production
Pending changes in Exam Scheduler Connect in TEST haven't yet been tested by the Exam business team
Resource conflict for Project Manager with TTU017 Course Timetabling Scientia Upgrade

Next Steps

WP2 - Exam team complete testing of Student system connector changes ( expect Dec 2019 earliest?)
WP3 - project team continue working through the 10 JIRAS carried over from SAS005
WP2 - deploy to LIVE during Jan 2020, ahead of start of scheduling of April / May exam diet

Project Status

RAG Status

Time: RED

Cost: GREEN

Scope: GREEN

Overall: RED

RAG Commentary: RED Issue - Time - WP2 not yet tested by Exams team - missed milestone - narrow window to deploy the Connect changes to LIVE before start of scheduling for next Exam diet in Jan 2020. Project Manager has had limited time to push this forward while focusing on the TTU017 Course Timetabling Scientia Upgrade, and Exams team are focused on the prep for the Dec 2019 exam diet

Change Status

Time: Moderate

Cost: Within Tolerance

Scope: Within Tolerance

Overall: Moderate

Has formal escalation taken place?: No

Change Commentary: WP2 testing delayed

Activity

Approved budget: 25.0 days

Activity this month: 2.7 days

Activity this year: 15.0 days

Activity to date: 16.3 days

Estimate to complete current year: 8.5 days

Estimate to complete future years: 0.0 days

This article was published on Dec 3, 2019