March 2015

Report Date
March 2015

Report compiled by Sheila Fraser (IS Apps Programme Manager)

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

This programme overall is GREEN as the projects are expected to complete within the year.

For DAS008 the ThankQ to IDM connector and the Events Booking removal of functionality are both now deployed to LIVE. There are issues with IDM that are not related to this project and will be resolved shortly, which are preventing the completion of the transfer of some alumni records. There is also an issue with the Events Booking, as the changes implemented have affected the display of the channel within MyEd, which will be resolved as soon as possible.

Resources

The resources table is incorrectly showing the effort for AP45-064 to be completed in future years; it is still intended that this will be completed in this year and will be corrected for next month.

The portfolio budget is expected to be over by 10d at the end of the year; this is due to the work which has been done to support the BI/MI initiative, which includes work on the Data Governance Group and for the BI/MI Project Board. This has taken 5d to date and is now expected to take a further 10d.

RAG & Forward Look

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

Dev & Alumni - Fundraising CRM business case and options appraisal 14/15

Discretionary (Funded)

Planning June 2015

Delivery June/July 2015

RAG Status

AMBER

Plan

Development & Alumni will lead on the project, the IS Applications involvement is expected to be limited mainly to development resources in relation to estimation for any integration work that may be required. This is currently expected to be around 5d.

02-Feb-15 Following discussion with the Project Sponsor the business are not yet in a position where they need support from IS Applications in relation to the estimates for the Fundraising CRM Business Case and Options Appraisal. This is now likely to be in a further 3-4 months, so the 5d effort currently expected is now likely to be needed in June/July. There is a risk that the relevant resources will not be available in the timescales needed due to this being a prime time of year for holidays (see Risk2), hence the current AMBER status.

Project start date: 01-Jun-15 (was 02-Feb-15).

Dependencies

Development & Alumni starting the business case. Potential overlap with other CRM projects: HSS004 CRM for HSS Options Appraisal and New University-wide CRM.

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

DAS008 - Decommission Alumni Live Database

Category: Compliance (Funded)

Milestones

07-Apr-2015Events Booking Deploy to LIVEDeliver
09-Apr-2015New ThankQ > IDM Connection: DSORDeliver
10-Apr-2015Events Booking DSORDeliver
17-Apr-2015Complete Decomission of ALUMLIVE InstanceDeliver
24-Apr-2015ClosureClose

RAG Status

GREEN

Report for March 2015 by David Watters

Achievements this Period

  • ThankQ connector deployed into LIVE
  • AlumLive connector 'switched off' since 26th March
  • Transfer of c.240,000 alumni records to IDM using new connector
  • Changes to Events Booking feed deployed into LIVE

Issues

  • Problems with Events Booking changes in LIVE - to be investigated
  • Some records still awaiting input into IDM (not a connector issue but an IDM one)

Next Steps

  • Investigate changes for Events Booking and deploy modifications to LIVE.
  • Complete transfer of alumni records to LIVE IDM.
  • Complete decommission of AlumLive
  • Project closure

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
No projects closed yet this year. 

Documentation

Not available.