November 2015
- Report Date
- November 2015
Report by Sheila Fraser for Bruce Nelson (Portfolio 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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects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 CSCE Programme / Portfolio is overall GREEN, as the work agreed is expected to be able to be delivered within the current year.
Please note that the project RAG status is following the revised guidelines: A one-page summary of the IS RAG status indicators is available on this page.
SCE007, Digitising Scotland Planning: draft documents developed. This is AMBER due to previous delays for 3-year planning, and additionally for delay in being able to speak with NRS due to political sensitivities. Scope, estimate and milestones have been changed to resolve this; the resources table below does not yet reflect this recently agreed reduction in estimate from 15d to 11d (purple circle).
SCE008, University Seminar Site Enhancements: user acceptance testing completed, deployment delayed slightly and now complete. Project due to close in December.
SCE009, Virtual Edinburgh Scoping: project brief approved and workshops and meetings arranged to enable the technical evaluation phase to be undertaken in December/January.
AP56-034 Ring Fenced Allocation for CSCE started the year at 150d. Of this a) 25d has been transferred to fund RES057, the RMAS PURE integration, which is currently suspended and expected to restart in January 2016 b) 22d has been transferred to PPP001, Parental calculations analysis and Athena SWAN requirements, to fund the Athena SWAN analysis elements and c) 35d has been transferred to SCE008 University Seminar Site Enhancements and d) 10d has been transferred to SCE009 Virtual Edinburgh Scoping. Please see section Projects Not Started, AP56-034 15/16 Ring Fenced Allocation for CSCE for further details on use of this remaining 58d allocation.
ResourcesThe agreed budget is 140d, reflecting the transfer of 10d to PPP001. SCEP01 is showing 26d of effort to complete this year which is expected to be sponsor-funded as project management support for the Virtual Edinburgh programme, causing the balance to show as -25d (red circled). The corresponding budget increase will resolve the negative balance once the project is initiated in January 2016.
RAG & Forward Look
Notes on Current Plans for 16/17
- The work on the Chemistry Scientific Instrument Management Business Case in 14/15 has found that if the recommendations are followed then no work from IS Applications would be needed in 15/16, however potential integration work with Finance and Grouper may be needed in 16/17.
- As the University Seminar Site is still in pilot phase, and will be until summer 2016, time must be set aside in 16/17 to either turn the pilot into a full service with proper documentation and agreed support levels, or to decommission the site.
Section Two: Projects Not Started
| Project Info | Programme Manager's Commentary |
AP56-034 15/16 Ring Fenced Allocation for CSCE GREEN | There is now expected to be a matching demand for the SCE Ring-Fenced days in 15/16 to availability. As some of the University Seminar Site pilot is taken forward, then it is likely that that and the Athena SWAN implementation project would take up the Ring-Fenced allocation. Other work may be done where supplementary funding is agreed.
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Section Three: Projects in Progress
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SCE007 - Digitising Scotland Planning Category: DiscretionaryMilestones Please see SCE007 Milestones for details (Access to this proejct is restricted to view by IS Applications, SCE007 and CSCE Teams)RAG Status AMBER | Report by Sheila Fraser for November 2015 Please see Project Report for November for details (Access to this project is restricted to view by IS Applications, SCE007 and CSCE Teams) | ||||||
SCE008 - University Seminar Site Enhancements Category: DiscretionaryMilestones
RAG Status GREEN | Report by Morna Findlay for November 2015 Achievements this period
Issues
Next Steps
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SCE009 - Virtual Edinburgh Scoping Category: DiscretionaryMilestones
RAG Status GREEN | Report by Morna Findlay for November 2015 Achievements in Last Period
Issues
Next Steps
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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary |
SCE005 - Virtual Edinburgh Business Case SupportCategory: Discretionary | Report by Sheila Fraser This project was closed on 11-Sep-15. Please see the Completion Report for further information. |