Report for June 2017

Report Date
June 2017
Report by Muriel Mewissen for Victoria Dishon and Bruce Nelson (Portfolio Owner)   

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary:

During June, more effort was spent in SCEP02 -Virtual Edinburgh PM Consultancy and Support to support the participation of the CityScope project in the bid for funding as part of the larger City Deal proposal. The scope for the contribution from CityScope is now clearer but the overall strategy for the bid is still evolving. The status is AMBER.

The final report for SCE011 - ExamOnline Trial is waiting sign-off.  Feedback on the evaluation report is being addressed.

The overall status is RED.

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

Of interest: 

 

Forward Look - June 2017:

 

Resources to end June 2017:

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary
AP67-073 16/17 Ring Fenced Allocation for CSCE

The 150 days of core funding have now all been allocated. The current allocations are:

  • An extra 3 days have been allocated to SCE010 in addition to the original 12 days, see issue 38.
  • 10 days to SCE011, see issue 40.
  • 30 days have been granted to support efforts to integrate STACK with Learn, see issue 39.
  • 50 days have been allocated to support EdWeb effor in UWP015, see issue 41.
  • 3 days to support an investigation of database migration for Geosciences, see issue 43.
  • 42 days of core funding were released to ISG, see issue 43.

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info Project Managers Commentary
SCEP02:
Virtual Edinburgh PM Consultancy and Support

 

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

n/a

 

RAG Status

AMBER

Report by Morna Findlay for June 2017

Achievements this period
  • Cityscope input to Citydeal drafted
  • Meeting held with  council collaborator re possible AHRC funding opportunities
  • Meeting to discuss use of Cityscope for student projects held
  • Cityscope steering group meeting for June held
Issues
  • Additional funding required for full-scale pilot (ongoing)
  • Departure of IS developer lead risks delivery of wider Cityscope aims as technical champion role unfilled (ongoing)
  • Scope for Cityscope input to Citydeal business will be unclear until after  meeting to be held with potential external collaborator  on 7/7/17
Next steps
  • Review Cityscope input to Citydeal business case with Head of  IS
  • Complete final draft of  Cityscope input to Citydeal business case
  • Estimate effort for next stage of Cityscope project

SCE011: ExamOnline Trial

Category: Discretionary

Milestones
Target Date Title
31-Mar-2107 Closure
RAG Status

RED

Report by Muriel Mewissen for June 2017

Achievements this period
  • Trial documentation and LTW evaluation of the success criteria have been updated following input and feedback.
  • Closure report circulated for sign-off.
Issues
  • No business sign-off on documentation and evaluation report
Next steps
  • Obtain sign off on all documents including closure report

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project Info Project Manager Commentary
SCE010 Athena Swan Reporting Improvements This project was closed on the 28 April 2017. The Completion Report is now available.

Programme Info

Documentation

Not available.