Report for October 2019

Report Date
October 2019

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

The overall status of the HRS Programme is GREEN , with both the GDPR project and the HESA project reporting GREEN this month.

During October:

  • The GDPR project reached an agreement to close the project without implementing the proposed solution, but with agreement to document it; and the project is set to close next month
  • The HESA project completed its final submission, and is set to close next month

Please note that the project RAG status is following the guidelines available on the Project RAG status guidance page.

Forward Look - October 2019

 

Resources to end October 2019

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started and Current Programme Allocations

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary and Start of Year Position
AP90-033 HESA Staff Return 19/20 to be started later this academic year - approx March 2020

The budget for the HRS programme for 2019/20 is set at 247 days from core allocation; this breaks down as 16 days for programme/portfolio management, 220 days for the HESA projects and 11 days for the contingency.

  • HRS096 is a continuing project from session 18/19; budget is to be allocated from this session's allocation once the estimated remaining effort has been confirmed.
AP Number / Project Code Title Funding Start of Year Programme Allocation Current Programme Allocation Unplanned (No Budget) Start Planning Delivery Closure
HRSP01 HRSP01 19/20 Human Resources (excluding Payroll) Programme Mgmt Core 16 16          
HRS096 HR GDPR Updates Core 0 0 Estimate - 4 days 07/11/17 24/08/18 TBC TBC
HRS097 HR HESA Staff Return 18/19 Core 20 13   08/03/19 07/05/19 30/09/19 06/12/19
AP90-033 HESA Staff Return 19/20 Core 200 200   TBC TBC TBC TBC
HRSCFC1 19/20 Human Resources (excluding Payroll) Programme Contingency - Core Funded Core 11 18          
HRSSFC2 19/20 Human Resources (excluding Payroll) Programme Contingency - Sponsor Funded Core 0 0          
  Total   247 247          

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

 

HRS096 GDPR Updates for eRecruitment

 
Milestones
Stage Milestone Due Date Completed
Plan End of Planning (Project Brief - Phase 1) 24-Aug-2018  Yes
Analyse    Start of Business Analysis 27-Aug-2018  Yes
Design End of Analysis / Design 09-Nov-2018  Yes
Build Start Data Anonymisation (Phase 1) 12-Nov-2018  Yes
Deliver Deliver Phase 2 Recommendation and Estimate For Review    01-Feb-2019  Yes
Deliver Phase 2 Recommendation and Estimate Decision / Sign-Off 15-Feb-2019  Yes
Accept Complete Data Anonymisation (Phase 1) 25-Oct-2019  Yes
Deliver Deployment Phase 1 - Sign-Off 15-Nov-2019  Withdrawn
Close Project Closure - Phase 1 29-Nov-2019  No
RAG Status: GREEN

 

Report by Ken Miller for October 2019

Achievements this Period

  • Receive confirmation from HR that we are to close the project without implementing the planned solution.
  • Final delivery raised and approved at WIS in prep for project closure.

Issues

Next Steps

  • Carry out a controlled closure saving the proposed plan, estimates and existing scripts so that the solution could be implemented if required.
  • Close the project
HRS097 HR/HESA Staff Return 2018/19

 

Milestones :

Milestone Date
Closure (Major) 06-Dec-2019

 

RAG Status :

GREEN

 

Report by Anne Mathison for October 2019

Achievements

  • HR responded to any actions from HESA
  • HR received any final updates before commit
  • HR have successfully Committed the HESA Return 2-Oct
  • The Final Submission was agreed between HESA and Edinburgh University 25-Oct

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • Closure report will be prepared
  • Closure report signed off
  • Project closed 

Project RAG status of GREEN

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

06-Dec-2019
Programme Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No