Report for May 2018

Report Date
May 2018

Report compiled by Karen Stirling, IS Apps Programme Manager for Lisa Dawson (Programme Owner)

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Section Three: Projects In Progress

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

The UCP & Notifications Programme activity still progressing :

  • DTI011
  • DTI044
  • DTI020

 

Overall Programme RAG: AMBER

 

Forward Look and RAG

 

 

Resource Position

 

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

 

NONE

 

N/A

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

DTI011

User Centred Portal Pilot

Discretionary

Milestones

31-May-2018 Closure

 

RAG Status :

BLUE

 

Report by Ranald Swanson for May 2018

Achievements in Last Period

  • Project suspended as DTI044 now picking up all scope for project. Aim to close DTI011 by end-May.

Issues

  • All closed or transferred to DTI044.

Next Steps

  • Project closure tasks

 

This project status is BLUE

DTI020

Notifications Service - Rollout, Integrations and Subscribers

Discretionary

Milestones (Under review)

11-Jun-2018

     Work Package 1 - Pilot Rollout commenced

13-Jul-2018

     Work Package 1 - Pilot Rollout Evaluation complete

20-Jul-2018

     Work Package 1 – Pilot Deployment Review Sign Off

Under review

     Work Package 0 - Apereo Source Code Complete

Under review

     Work Package 4 - New Subscriber Notifications commence

Under review

     Work Package 2 - Notifications for Alma and Card Services complete

Under review

     Work Package 3 - Notifications for Timetable Changes

Under review

     WP1 Full Rollout of Service completed

Under review

     Closure

 

RAG Status :

AMBER

 

 

Report by Karen Stirling for May 2018

Achievements in last period

  • WP1 :
    • Service Governance documentation review complete and issued to Steering Group for comments
    • Deployment implementation plan ready for Notification UI / API and Notification and Emergency portlets
    • Pilot implementation reviewed and updated
    • Preparation for deployment of Notifications UI and API including Notification / Emergency portlets​
    • Implementation plan updated and ready for deployments on 28th and 30th May​

    • Load test completed successfully
    • Acceptance sign off for Pilot (includes Go CAB approval)​
    • Notification UI / API and Notification and Emergency portlets successfully deployed on 28th and 30th May respectively
  • DPIA completed
  • Communication update issued to Notifications User Group​
  • Record on Interest in Notifications Service here
  • Engagement​
    • Further meeting held to review EASE / AD Synchronisation and where notifications could assist (Neil Bruce, Alex Carter and Graeme Wood)​

    • Apereo incubation mentor meeting held 23rd May, next meeting to be held early July​

    • Employ.Ed for pilot engagement

  • Service Owner / Business Owner have now been confirmed Colan Mehaffey and Gosia Such

Issues

  • Project team are re-planning work packages for further integration to aid live rollout of the service
  • WP0 - Replan and request to set up as separate project

Next steps

  • WP0:
    • Investigate Contributor agreement
    • Assess progress
  • WP1 : Pilot due to commence 11th June for project team and WGI this will end 28th June with further pilot extended for employ.ed cohort to end of July
  • WP1 : EUCLID trigger meeting held with Student System to review post graduate awards, requires Student Systems resource to support
  • WP4: Review and sign off workflow for SMS POC, Planning and estimation
  • WP3 : Planning and estimate integration and triggers
  • Engagement planned with IAD in June

The project status is currently AMBER :

As notification UI, API and portlets deployed, project team now progressing replanning and estimation of other potential notifications options to take the service forward. Revised milestones to be agreed.

 

 

 

DTI044 - UCP uPortal5, Content Migration and UI Redesign

Discretionary

Milestones

29-Jun-2018 Infrastructure Built (D4.06)
27-Jul-2018 Production uPortal5 Installed (D5.03)
03-Aug-2018 MyEd Progressive Framework Design (MyEd Deployed to Dev) Created (D3.01) (Review Date)
03-Aug-2018 Content Migration Strategy (Process and Technical) Documented (D6.05)
03-Aug-2018 Initial User Access UI Agreed (D7.05)
03-Aug-2018 Iteration 1 August 2018 Checkpoint (D9.01)
07-Sep-2018 MyEd v4.3 New Content Freeze (D8.04) (Review Date)
07-Sep-2018 Iteration 2 September 2018 Checkpoint (D9.02)
05-Oct-2018 Iteration 3 October 2018 Checkpoint (D9.03)
02-Nov-2018 Iteration 4 November 2018 Checkpoint (D9.04)
09-Nov-2018 MyEd Progressive Framework Design (Final) Created (D3.04) (Review Date)
09-Nov-2018 All MyEd 4.3 Content Actioned (D8.7) (Review Date)
07-Dec-2018 All UoE Users Transferred to MyEd Progressive (D10.04) (Release to Live)
07-Dec-2018 MyEd v4.3 Decommission (D10.05) (Review Date)
07-Dec-2018 Iteration 5 December 2018 Checkpoint (D9.05)
18-Jan-2019 Iteration 6 January 2019 Checkpoint (Deployment Review)
22-Feb-2019 Project Closure (D11.01)

RAG Status: AMBER

 

 

Report by Ranald Swanson for May 2018

Achievements in Last Period

  • Infrastructure TAD approved. Dev and Test environment build requests submitted

  • Technical Architecture design improved

  • DTI044 Brief approved by WIS as End of Planning.

  • UI design progressed with Graphic designer, UI lead and MyEd interns .
  • Risk/PICCL and Milestone Logs up-to-date
  • Unicon SoW7 finalised and approved
  • Apereo conference presentation

Issues

Next Steps

  • Progress UI design
  • Dev and Test build due

  • Initial uPortal5 instance build/deployment plan to be documented

  • Initial deployment to Dev for project team review

 

The project status is AMBER - Time at Amber as reviews of channels ongoing, and may identify greater workload. Until August checkpoint milestone, Time likely to remain at Amber.

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project Info Project Managers Commentary
WEB009 MyEd Upgrade

Report by Karen Stirling

This project was closed 24th October 2017

Completion report

DTI012

 Raised by Karen Stirling

This project was withdrawn 13th October 2017

PICCL 1

AP78-104 MyEd Small Improvements  

Raised by Karen Stirling

This proposal was withdrawn 20th April 2018

PRICCL

 

Notes from Programme Meeting

Note Action Status