Report for March 2016

Report by Susan McKeown 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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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 all started projects are now delivered and closed and there are proposed projects for the remaining 58 days.

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.

Although the CSCE projects related to the University's Virtual Edinburgh programme of work have been delivered, IS continue to support the Virtual Edinburgh programme through both providing PM Consultancy and support and through work being completed under Innovation project API017 Virtual Edinburgh Foundations which is being funded by the University's CIO. Colleagues can follow this project's progress on its website.

AP56-034 Ring Fenced Allocation for CSCE: Please see section two, Projects Not Started, for proposed use of remaining ring-fenced days in 15/16.

There are 58 days remaining in the Ring-fenced budget, the majority of which will be used for the Athena Swan Reporting Improvements project starting in April. Due to leave, the figures in the table below have not been updated to reflect that the Athena Swan project has a budget of 60 days, 48 of which come from the 15/16 ring-fenced allocation and 12 from the 16/17 allocation. Correspondingly, the effort to complete from the 15/16 ring-fenced allocation should be shown as 10 days.

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

Section Three: Projects in Progress

No current projects in Progress as all started projects have been delivered and closed.

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects