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Background

Perspective is a security incident tracking system, installed in 2013 (EST073). The system is supported by a Canadian company called PPM2000.

Perspective allows the security team to log time stamped information about a happening incident, or accident in the University estate. It has a web client front end and records information inside a SQL server database.

Background

 

The Scientia Enterprise applications (Enterprise) are the University's chosen application suite for providing a centralised Timetabling service.

Technical Background

 

These applications interface with an application database known as the Scientia Database (SDB).  Each SDB relates to a single academic year.  In order for Timetabling planning to be undertaken for next year, an existing copy of the SDB must be "rolled-forward" to the next academic year (16/17 in this case). .

Priority and Funding

This is a core-funded priority 2 project

 

Impact and Dependencies

The project assumes that the SDB and webapps have been rolled forward under TTU010 and that improvements to the SATSTAGE and SPDAs will be delivered by TTU011

Calsync to be delivered under COM022, date of roll-forward to be agreed with business.

Work/Task Breakdown

IS Applications - roll-forward data and interfaces

TTU - business analysis and testing

 

Apprpximate split:

Project services - 42 days

Development services (CSG) - 33 days

Developlemt Technology - 44 days

Production management - 10 days

All teams - 34 days

 

 

Resources Skills and Cost

Estimate 180 days IS Apps effort

The Scientia Timetabling system has a dataset for each academic year. This is rolled forward each year to allow classes, rooms etc to be allocated for the new academic year.

The roll-forward takes place in steps at appropriate times in the calendar. This is compliance work that is too large to be delivered within the current support budget.

 

Work/Task Breakdown

This project will deliver a number of small batches of  enhancements to Finance applications.  This is the current in a series of annual projects, which provide small scale improvements for Finance, over and above the "business as usual" support provided by Applications Management.

This project will be specific to the applications owned by Finance's SAS team.  The Project Sponsor is Lee Hamill.

Background

This project was initiated to identify and deliver key enhancements to ABS and IS Apps-developed applications within Finance's SAS team.

Priority and Funding

This project is priority 2, and is being core funded. The budget is fixed at 50 days.

 

Impact and Dependencies

The batches of enhancements will be specific to the SAS team.  However, it is possible that, to achieve acceptance sign-off, a batch may also require some testing by the FIS team.  If so, then this will be arranged by the Business Lead, in advance of the UAT stage.

There will be Acceptance and Deployment sign off reviews for each batch.