Report for May 2018

Report Date
May 2018

Report compiled by  Morna Findlay (IS Apps Programme Manager)

for Jim McGeorge (USG), Niall Bradley (CAM),  Steven Ross (CAM) , Ailsa Vamplew (CAM) , Sheila Williams (SDS), Jane Johnston (SRA),  Damon Querry (RIS), Sara Cranston (Records Management), Rena Gertz (GaSP), Isabell Majewsky Anderson (Edinburgh Global) and other interested business area owners.

 

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

Overall the STU Programme is RED   because it is now confirmed that  several projects will  not complete  within 17/18.  . Several projects are RED or AMBER at this time.

STU252 - RED - need to agree change of scope and investigate workaround with IS Service Management

STU253 - AMBER -  risk that the work cannot be completed in 17/18 hence AMBER. 

STU257 - RED - change to milestones due to change in procurement approach. To complete in 18/19

STU258 - AMBER - milestones to be revised after consultations with vendor

STU260 - AMBER - milestones likely to change during planning process

STU262- RED - Delivery milestone delayed as testing not yet completed

STU263 - GREEN - Likely to complete in 18/19

 

 

It was hoped that the proposed project to provide free WIFI for Open Days would be superseded by a new JISC service. IS is now participating in the  JISC pilot  but finding this unsuitable, was unable to find an alternative solution in time to provide  free WIFI for the June Open Day and that the 10 days earmarked as funding may not be sufficient to supply an alternative service. The portfolio manager has escalated within IS in order to find a way forward.

 

RED and AMBER Programme Risks

 

   

 Risk Status   Owner 
Availability of sharepoint resource RED Alex Carter
Additional compliance work may affect scheduling and budgets of other projects during 2017-18 and 2018-19    AMBER   Jim McGeorge
mobility online may not be decomissioned by Study Away AMBER Jim McGeorge
End of Life of Yii framework may require rewrite of multiple applications AMBER Stefan Kaempf

 

RAG & Forward Look May 2018

   

     

 

Resources to end of May  2018

The resources table below below 65d has been nominally allocated to STU263,  (50 d in 17/18) and the budget overall  for 17/18 is is 691d. 

 

  

 

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary

SRA - Free WiFi at University Open Days

Discretionary

Planning: TBC

Delivery:TBC

RAG Status

RED

Plan

 This project is to undertake the work noted in this proposal. The proposal estimated 10d of work, but it is now clear that this budget is insufficient  enough to deliver a standalone solution for open wifi during open days,

 ITI planned to deliver open wifi using the JISC pilot service but this has not been achieved. Alternative solutions have been estimated to be of significant cost and there is no identified source of funding to deliver these, hence the  project's status as RED.  The issue has been escalated to senior management.

Dependencies

Solution not identified. Funding not identified. Status of  and cost of JISC-solution unclear.

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

STU252 - Worktribe BI Suite Universe - Research Management BI MI Enhancements

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

Provisional  milestones updated on Projects website, will need updated and approved after re-plan, once scope change approved

 Date

Title

15-Jun-2018      Governance decision on proposed scope change - accept can't deliver Org unit permissions for IGMM and Roslin within current budget
22-Jun-2018  Acceptance Sign-off
28-Jun-2018  Deploy to LIVE - STAR Schema and BI Suite Universe - and switch on daily refresh package in LIVE
25-Jul-2018   Deployment sign off Review
27-Jul-2018  Close

 

      

RAG Status

RED

Report by Jamie Thin for May 2018

Achievements in Last Period

  • Some limited discussion on proposed scope change 
  • Alternative technical solutions to apply org unit permissions reviewed - none are operationally attractive
  • Other project tasks on hold , pending outcome of discussion on scope

Issues

  • Open - No agreement on Scope change re. Org unit permissions
    • Initial proposal of providing no org unit data restrictions have been rejected by Business lead
    • Workaround explored with IS Service Management of applying row level permissions, but doubtful that this would meet the requirements of IGMM and Roslin
  • Open : Resource conflict in IS Project services - PM has limited time to push scope change to conclusion while focusing on higher priority Service Excellence Exam Timetabling project

Next Steps 

  • Get change of Scope agreed
  • Re-plan with revised scope / new approach to provide org unit permissions - if possible
  • Deliver Org unit permissions workaround for IGMM and Roslin institute
  • Deliver remaining JIRAS incl STU252-52 (0.5d effort) 
  • Complete testing  including Org unit permissions solution for IGMM and Roslin institute ( 5 d  effort) 
  • UAT acceptance sign-off
  • Handover to BAU  - Confirm policy decision with IS Service Management re. IS L&UC RIS team access to Universe Designer 
    • propose limited access to Universe Designer for RIS team - so RIS can locally make some simple changes  eg.  rename data items and add 'tool-tip' descriptions of each object 
  • Deploy BI Suite Universe to LIVE, switch on daily package to refresh STAR schema in LIVE
  • Deployment review
  • Project Closure

RAG Commentary

RED -Issue - Scope change not agreed with business - can't deliver the full scope in current capped budget , must either cut scope or suspend project until budget issue resolved

STU253 - PGR Opportunity Finder

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

Datesort descending Previous Date Title Stage Complete
11-May-2018 23-Mar-2018 End of Planning (re-plan following suspension) Plan Yes
25-May-2018 No date available System Design - Research PURE API Design No
19-Jun-2018 No date available Build Complete Build No
03-Jul-2018 No date available Integration Complete Integrate No
18-Jul-2018 No date available Acceptance Complete Accept No
TBC No date available Deployment Deliver No
TBC No date available Project Closure Close No
21-Dec-2018 21-Dec-2017 External Milestone: Guidance policy for use of "Willingness to take Ph.D. students" and "Ph.D. research projects available" Deliver No
21-Dec-2018 11-May-2017 External Milestone: Guidance policy for use and tagging of keywords to support PGR search Deliver No

RAG Status

AMBER

Report by Geoff Cropley for May 2018

Achievements this period

  • Business analysis work has been completed
  • Mock-up / Prototype built for demonstration to sponsor and Research Information Committee
  • Reconfirmed business requirements with sponsor
  • Project re-plan  completed 5th April 2018 and end of planning approved by WIS
  • Resources confirmed

Issues

  • None

Next steps

  • Continue with project tasks including API research and search engine preparatory work.

STU256 - CAM Degree Finders - Compliance with Legislation & Guidance

Category: Compliance

Milestones

Now Closed

RAG Status

BLUE

Report by Chris Konczak for May 2018

Achievements in Last Period

  • UAT signed off
  • Deployment to LIVE completed
  • Project closure achieved

Issues

  • None, now closed

Next Steps

  • None, now closed

STU257 Privacy Impact Assessment Tool

Category: Compliance

Milestones

Target Datesort descending Title
04-Jun-2018 Issue Tender
20-Jul-2018 Tender Response
21-Sep-2018 Contract Award
02-Nov-2018 Complete Application Familiarisation and Setup
16-Nov-2018 Complete User Guides
23-Nov-2018 User Acceptance
26-Nov-2018 Deployment to Live
14-Dec-2018 Deployment Sign-Off
14-Dec-2018 Closure

RAG Status

RED

  Report by Andy Stewart for April 2018

  Achievements in Last Period 

  • Procurement Question sets
    • Finalised all question sets
    • Finalised percentage splits for Cost / Quality product evaluation
  • Procurement Activities
    • Procurement strategy based on a Local Invitation to Tender and currently awaiting for final approval
    • Revised procurement strategy to be OJEU
    • prepared question sfor upload to PCS-T
  • Project Plan
    • project re-planned to take into OJEU requirements
  • EQIA
    • Commenced creation of an Eqia - but further work to be done
  • Project budget clarified

  Issues

  • Requirement to change procurement strategy to full OJEU as concerns were raised that further extended use of the product after the four year contract could breach OJEU limits
  • Project now extended by a further 6 weeks

Next Steps

  • ITT to be published

 RAG Commentary

 Change : Project delivery date extended by 6 weeks as a result of changing to a full OJEU procurement

STU258 - Careers - Student Alumni Community Networking Platform

Category - Discretionary

Milestones

11-Jun-2018 Push to Live [Vendor]
18-Jun-2018 Launch of website
29-Jun-2018 Delivery sign-off
27-Jul-2018 Project closure

RAG Status

AMBER

Issue: The current milestones need to be revised in light of the changes to delivery that need to be made after consultation with the vendor.

Report by David Watters for May 2018

Achievements

  • Project team passed acceptance testing and fed results back to vendor
  • Further discussions with vendor on delivery
  • Handover with new PM and Business Lead

Issues

  • Milestones to be reviewed
  • Change of PM in Project Services

Next steps

  • Update milestones for project
  • Continue implementation planning with business partners
  • Complete finalisation of site ahead of final launch

 STU259 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION  GDPR UPDATES

 Category:  COMPLIANCE

 Milestones

Target Datesort descending    Title
15-Jun-2018    BI Reporting Delivery
29-Jun-2018    End of Project Closure

  

 Rag Status 

 GREEN

  Report by Megan Graham for May 2018

 

Achievements This Period

  • Delivery Milestone approved at WIS.
  • Delivery Milestone complete.

  • Closure report issued in draft.

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • BI report with new categories confirmed.
  • Deployment sign-off milestone complete.
  • Project Closure milestone complete.

STU260 CAM  Degree Finders - Options Appraisal - PhP End of Life migration path - proof of concept

End of planning to be proposed to 29th June.

RAG Status

Amber

Report by Jamie Thin for May 2018

Achievements this period

  • Chris Orrell now available to start the project 
  • new  infrastructure , as delivered by INF127 , now available for new Dev R&D environment

Issues

  • Delay to start of project planning  , due to resource conflict in Project services

Next Steps

 

  • Complete Brief and Planning
  • Confirm dev team resources
  • Build new Dev R&D environment on new infrastructure  

 

STU262 Electronic Sharing of Responses for GDPR

Category:  COMPLIANCE 

MILESTONES

 21-May-2018  Acceptance Milestone Completion
 25-May-2018  Delivery sign-off milestone
 11-Jun-2018  Deployment Sign-off - stage complete
 22-Jun-2018  Delivery of Documentation Deliverables
 06-Jul-2018  Closure complete

Rag Status:

 AMBER

 

  Report for May 2018 by Megan Graham and Morna Findlay

Achievements This Period

  • Build Solution milestone completion.

  • UAT completion

  • Move to LIVE

  • User Guide complete 

  • New project manager assigned.

Issues

  • Unexpected departure of project manager
  • Delay to LIVE delivery due to need to re-test deletions
  • Delivery delayed due to delay to testing signoff and closure at-risk
  • Project over-budget

Next Steps

  • Agree new estimate
  • Complete UAT testing (deletions)
  • Deliver site to business
  • Deployment sign-off milestone complete. at WIS
  • Project Closure milestone complete.

STU263 - REPLACE INFORMATION REQUEST PLANNING MONITOR TOOL - PROCUREMENT

Category:  COMPLIANCE 

Milestones

24-Aug-2018 Analysis Complete
21-Sep-2018 Options Appraisal Reviewed
28-Sep-2018 Options Appraisal Signed Off
05-Oct-2018 Options Appraisal Delivered
22-Oct-2018 Project Closed

Rag Status:

 Green

Report for May 2018 by Alison Kellas

Achievements this Period

  • Planning completed and Project Brief approved
  • Business analysis in progress

Issues

  • None

 

Next Steps

  • Business analysis to capture As-Is processes

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

STU256

CAM Degree Finders - Compliance with Legislation & Guidance

Closed 01/06/2018

Closure Report

Closure Milestone

   

 

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