Report for August 2014

AP34-016

Student Fees - Interest charging on invoices

Core funded

Planning - January 2015

Delivery - June 2015

Plan

Dependencies

AP45-018

Supporting scan & destroy policy using Serengeti

Core funded

Planning - January 2015

Delivery - June 2015

RAG Status : GREEN

Plan

Dependencies

AP45-019

Financial reporting changes for FRS102

Core funded

Planning - Feb 2015

Delivery - July 2015

RAG Status : GREEN

Plan

Dependencies

AP45-020

Estates & Buildings - Finance interface requirements

Core funded

Planning - November 2014

Delivery - May 2015

RAG Status : GREEN

Plan

Dependencies

FIN081 (12-024)

Document Management for Finance Applications

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

RAG Status : AMBER

Report by Karen Stirling for August 2014

Achievements this period

Issues

• Delays caused by the Serengeti upgrade project
• Project Manager on special leave

Next steps

• Agree revised timeline 

Project is on AMBER due to the delays from the Serengeti project, which have prevent the project from re-planning

FIN086 (AP23-004)

ePay Reconciliation

Category:  Compliance

Milestones

 RAG Status:  AMBER

Report by Sally Hayward for August 2014

Achievements in this Reporting Period

• Due to workload and illness, a new PM has been asked to cover this project. 

Issues

• Still awaiting WPM file  - PM to follow up. 

Next Steps

• PM to meet with the business.
• PM to chase up the WPM file.
• Complete build.

Project is AMBER as  the PM has just been asked to cover the project. The plan and budget seem to be on track but this has yet to be confirmed with the business and the WPM file that was reported as outstanding during the previous reporting period is still outstanding. Project will remain amber until the PM has met with the customer and project team to confirm the status. 

FIN094

SAAS/SLC Reconciliation

Category: Compliance

Milestones

 RAG Status: AMBER

Report by Dawn Nicholls for August 2014

Achievements this period

• Software build and peer review has been successfully completed
• Application has been deployed to the Test environment ready for integration testing

Issues

• Concerns have been raised by Income Section about the impact on current reconciliation processes. This has been escalated to the FIS Business Lead. The project has been placed on AMBER status until this is resolved internally by Finance.
• Integration testing has been delayed due to resource conflicts in Applications Management with higher priority support tasks. This has now been replanned.

Next steps

• Integration testing
• UAT by FIS, Income Section, SFS and Financial Accounts 

Full details on project activities can be seen in the Project Journal

FIN097

Archiving for eFinancials

Category:  Funded

FIN098

eExpenses Replacement

Category:  Discretionary

Milestones

 RAG Status:  GREEN

Report by Dawn Nicholls for August 2014

Achievements this period

• Two more development iterations have been completed.  Details of functionality delivered can be seen on the project website at iteration 1.5 and iteration 1.6
• eAuthorisations build has completed.

Issues

• Insufficient business input on requirement details.  This is being addressed by scheduling meetings with FIS and ABS to review requirements in more detail
• Issues on the Serengeti upgrade project have delayed access to the Dev/Test Serengeti environments.  This has resulted in the Serengeti-related User Stories being delayed to later in the project.

Next steps

• Clarifications of requirements with FIS/ABS
• Deployment of eAuthorisations changes to Test environment
• Further development iterations
• User Group meeting to demonstrate development to-date for feedback 

Further details on project activities can be seen in the Project Journal

FIN099

Essential Enhancements for Finance Applications 2014/15

Category: Disctretionary

Milestones

Report by Stephanie Ruthven for August 2014

Achievements in Last Period

• List gathered of ehancements in scope
• List prioritised by Liz Welch
• Enhancements added to Jira
• Continuation of carried over tasks from FIN093

Issues

• None

Next Steps

• Prioritse enhancements
• Sign off Project Brief

FIN100

ABS Systems Security Patching for Java 7

Category: Funded

Milestones

 RAG Status: GREEN

• WIS approved project start on 22nd August;
• Engaged supplier (ABS) to carry out work in Dev environment, working with Dev Tech
• Project Brief drafted and circulated to project stakeholders

Issues

• None noted

Next Steps

• Project stakeholders to sign off Project Brief
• Updates to be completed in Dev and replicated in Test and Live environments
• User testing to confirm acceptance
• Plan final deployment and completion

FIN101

SSO/Launchpad Phase 2

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

RAG Status : GREEN