March 2019

Report Date
March 2019

SMI Programme Report compiled by Colin Watt (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Programme Owners Neil  Bruce and Alex Carter

 

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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

Projects in Progress:

SMI019 UniDesk for UHI

SMI020 UniDesk for RCA

SMI022 Journyx Service

 

Overall Programme RAG: GREEN

 

Forward Look and RAG

 

Resource Summary

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary
AP89-028 UniDesk Upgrade Now scheduled to start Q2 2019.
SMI023 UniDesk for Malta In Year project scheduled to start 08/04/19
SMI024 UniDesk re-procurement In Year project scheduled to start 15/04/19

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

SMI019

UniDesk for UHI

Category: Discretionary

Milestones:

Agreed at WIS 29-Mar-2019:

Live Environment Build Complete (With Azure Authentication) 29-Mar-2019
Live Environment Quick Calls Enabled - Deployed to all Members    02-Apr-2019
Live Environment Person Import Completed 03-Apr-2019
Test Environment Quick Calls Enabled 05-Apr-2019
Test Environment - Customer Sign Off 05-Apr-2019
Quick Calls Test Environment - Customer Sign Off 05-Apr-2019
Live Environment Handover to UHI 10-Apr-2019
Live Instance Sign Off (With Azure / Quickcalls Authentication) 10-Apr-2019
Live Environment - Customer Acceptance Sign Off 12-Apr-2019
Live - Phase One Go Live 16-Apr-2019
Live - Phase Two Go Live 20-May-2019
Live Environment All Phases - Customer Sign Off 21-Jun-2019
Closure 05-Jul-2019

 RAG Status:  AMBER

 

 

Report by Richard Bailey for March 2019

Achievements this Period

  • The Issue #9:  UHI Authentication / Setup Azure AD Issue was resolved
  • New milestones were agreed with the Project Team, UHI and at WIS (29-Mar-2019) after the Authentication issue was resolved, paying particular attention to deployment dates
  • Acceptance testing and sign off against Serving Quick Calls from a suffix to enable Azure authorisation - static files problem completed
  • Test Instance Sign Off (With Azure) - UoE - completed

Issues

  • Risk #1:  Securing Resource Required to Complete Works Within Timescales.  The Authentication Issue #9 is now resolved, however it has led to a compressed time frame to still deploy the TEST / LIVE service to UHI within the newly agreed time frames with little / no contingency.  UHI also need to meet their deadlines / agreed sign offs in order to manage this, which they have accepted / signed off. The newly agreed milestones were agreed at WIS 29-Mar-2019.  The Project remains AMBER due to this compression of time frames / lack of contingency.

Next Steps

  • Complete Live Environment Build Complete (With Azure Authentication)
  • Complete Live Environment Quick Calls Enabled - Deployed to all Members
  • Complete Live Environment Person Import
  • Complete Test Environment Quick Calls Enabled
  • Complete Test Environment - Customer Sign Off
  • Complete Quick Calls Test Environment - Customer Sign Off
  • Complete Live Environment Handover to UHI
  • Complete Live Instance Sign Off (With Azure / Quickcalls Authentication)
  • Complete Live Environment - Customer Acceptance Sign Off
  • Complete Live - Phase One Go Live - 16-Apr-2019

 

SMI020

UniDesk for RCA

Category: Discretionary

Milestones:

Agreed at WIS 15-Mar-2019:

Milestone Due Date
Live Instance Go live 07-Feb-2019
Live Instance - Customer Sign Off    21-Feb-2019
Closure 22-Mar-2019

RAG Status:  BLUE

 

Report by Richard Bailey for March 2019

Achievements this Period

  • Customer Sign Off Agreed / Received
  • Project Closure Report completed and reviewed at the Project Closure Meeting 20-Mar-2019
  • Project Closure agreed and formally closed at WIS 22-Mar-2019

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • None

SMI022

Journyx Service

Category: Compliance

Milestones:

NB pre-planning currently in progress to agree scope.

End of Planning 26-Apr-2019
Delivery 12-Jul-2019
Closure 09-Aug-2019

 

RAG Status:  AMBER

Report by Colin Watt for March 2019

Achievements in Last Period

  • PM held meetings with Mark Ritchie, Stefan Kaempf and Susan Cooke to determine the scope of the project; it was agreed that a pre-planning activity be undertaken to outline the basic options and costs to establish a scaleable service that can be formally funded and supported (with consideration to end of life issues with the local platform, licensing, application upgrades and ongoing support, versus a migration to Journyx's Cloud solution).
  • Mark R to take options to SLT (April) for discussion on costs vs benefits, so that a decision can be made on what the project should deliver; that steer will determine the scope to be developed in the planning milestone.
  • A paper outlining options and costs has been produced for that decision to be made.

Issues

  • No major issues.

Next Steps

  • Decision from SLT to determine project scope.
  • Commence formal project planning milestone.
  • Review estimates.

Project RAG status is AMBER due to uncertainty over project scope. Expectation that this should be resolved early April and that the project can then be delivered 18/19.

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

SMI018 (AP67-042)

UniDesk Annual Upgrade

Closure Approved 28/09/18