September 2015

Report Date

September 2015

Report compiled by Sheila Fraser (IS Apps Programme Manager)

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

There are no projects currently planned in the Other USG programme for 15/16 and so the Resources table below shows effort at the USG Portfolio level only.

There has been a change to the way that the project RAG status is determined for all IS Projects, with the changes applying from this month onwards. The main change is that the RAG will now also reflect the changes over the last month, whereas previously it was the current status at the time of writing the report. This means that if there has been a change to the time, cost and/or scope during the reporting period that would otherwise have made the project status RED or AMBER at that time, then the project will be reported as RED or AMBER. This means that we expect to see more RED or AMBER projects than previously. A one-page summary of the IS RAG status indicators is available on this page.

Notes on potential project in 15/16

The Alumni Portal will need to be reviewed as a result of the Etherington Report, whose recommendations about fundraising management may mean changes to the way that we interact with alumni. These may be relatively small, or they may be more significant, depending on how Higher Education is treated given that the alumni have already been students at the University of Edinburgh. The outcomes will be legislative, meaning there is a potential in-year compliance project to enable us to comply with the new regulations. A note of this is also added to the Student Administration Services programme report, as it may be necessary to call on contingency funding from an alternative programme for this work.

Resources

RAG & Forward Look

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects