Project journal | Project Management

Title	Description	Author	Post date
Weekly update w/c 20/07/2015	Latest version of RETAIN deployed to Live on Tuesday morning, including the implementation of the healthchecks on the live servers A last-minute bug was identified prior to go-live but Health&Safety agreed that the go-live should go-ahead and the issues could be investigated post-deployment Data refresh done on Test so that final UAT of outstanding issue can be undertaken on realistic data Closure meeting held with key stakeholders from Health & Safety and IS Applications	Dawn Holmes	21-Jul-2015
Weekly update w/c 27/07/2015	Final outstanding issues signed-off in Test and deployed to Live Final version of completion report distributed Project submitted for closure	Dawn Holmes	31-Jul-2015
Weekly update w/c 06/07/2015	Developer back from annual leave and back on project Development work taking place on outstanding issues which are preventing the go-live Maintenance sign-off booked for next week	Dawn Holmes	10-Jul-2015
Weekly update w/c 01/06/2015	Resource conflict for the BI Developer from FIN086. Revised timelines agreed so that both projects can progress	Dawn Holmes	05-Jun-2015
Weekly update w/c 18/05/2015	Further development & testing of User Stories as part of iteration 5 Team meeting to evaluate required changes to the radioactivity reports. Further User Stories have been added to the backlog for this	Dawn Holmes	22-May-2015
Weekly update w/c 11/05/2015	No activities have taken place this week as one developer is on annual leave and the other is working on another project. Activities will resume as normal next week.	Dawn Holmes	15-May-2015
Weekly update w/c 04/05/2015	Iteration 4 completed this week. Details of the functionality delivered is documented on the iteration 4 page on the lefthand menu (direct link to iteration 4 page) Iteration 5 started this week with Health & Safety reps selected priority stories for development. Details of the stories selected can be found on the iteration 5 page on the lefthand menu (direct link to iteration 5 page)	Dawn Holmes	15-May-2015
Weekly update w/c 27/04/15	Development work is continuing on iteration 1.4 which is concentrating on the priority radioactivity user stories	Dawn Holmes	01-May-2015
Weekly update w/c 20/04/15	Iteration 3 completed this week and the iteration review meeting took place with key stakeholders. Key point of the meeting are noted on the iteration 1.3 page Iteration 4 started this week and the planning meeting took place with key stakeholders. User Stories were prioritised and selected for development alongside work carried forward from the previous iteration. This iteration will focus on radioactivity requirements.	Dawn Holmes	24-Apr-2015
Weekly update w/c 13/04/15	Development work is continuing on iteration 1.3 Meeting held with H&S to examine options for addressing requirements for radiation recording by activity. Agreed to produce screen mock-ups to demonstrate preferred/simplest approach. Screen mock-ups for radiation recording by activity produced & supplied to H&S for review	Dawn Holmes	17-Apr-2015
Weekly update w/c 30/03/2015	User Story development ongoing for iteration 1.2 Patching on the servers by Tech Management meant that the Dev & Beta systems were unavailable, but the developers were able to work locally to minimise the impact One of the developers was on 2 days leave which has reduced velocity this week Meeting held with H&S to discuss radioactivity enhancements for consideration in following iterations	Dawn Holmes	02-Apr-2015
Weekly update w/c 23/03/2015	Iteration 1.1 completed this week and the iteration review meeting took place with key stakeholders. Key point of the meeting are noted on the iteration 1 page Iteration 1.2 started this week and the planning meeting took place with key stakeholders. User Stories were prioritised and selected for development alongside work carried forward from the previous iteration. Selected stores are noted on the iteration 2 page	Dawn Holmes	27-Mar-2015
Weekly update w/c 16/03/15	Development of User Stories for Iteration 1.1 is ongoing as per plan Issues being encountered with auto-deployment which is delaying QA Both developers are being resource conflicted for Mon/Tue next week but this is not expected to affect the overall plan	Dawn Holmes	19-Mar-2015
Weekly update w/c 09/03/15	Further estimation meeting held to allocate story points tothe 'must have' User Stories Interation 1 planning meeting held & User Stories selected for first round of development (details at https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/csg005/page) Development for iteration 1 started CF10 migration complete & TAD updated and distributed to support teams CF9 version of application disabled Multiple conflicts received for the developers from other projects (SCE004, STU236, TTU007 & RMAS). Discussions are ongo	Dawn Holmes	13-Mar-2015
Weekly update w/c 02/03/2015	User Stories gather at the Bio User Group have been consolidated and recorded in Jira Agile Meeting held with Product Owner and Bio Rep to agree product vision (see https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/csg005/overview) and to prioritise the User Stories End of Foundations meeting held with all key project reps. The stage was signed off with a few provisos that need actioning prior to development starting next Tuesday First estimation meeting held. Further meetings are needed to complete all User Stories	Dawn Holmes	06-Mar-2015
Weekly update w/c 23/02/2015	User Group held with representatives from a cross-section of Schools to gather requirements for hte bio-hazard elements of the system User Stories documented and distributed for review by the User Group The Business Lead (Radioactivity-related requirements) has now left on early paternity leave. This was previously captured in the risk log so the team has a contingency plan to start work on the bio User Stories and the leave the radioactivity requirements until later iterations when the Business Lead will be back at work The technical work on the Coldfusion mig	Dawn Holmes	27-Feb-2015
Weekly update w/c 16/02/2015	End of planng stage formally signed off by project stakeholders and WIS Team meeting to agree and assign priority actions for CF9 to CF10 migration Presentation prepared for bio user workshop next week	Dawn Holmes	20-Feb-2015
Weekly update w/c 09/02/2015	Project Brief completed and circulated for review Meeting held with Health & Safety to review Project Brief, timeline, risks and progress with actions Bio User Group booked for 24th Feb Meeting held with Production Management and Dev Tech to discuss their involvement in the project All routine meetings now booked into diaries	Dawn Holmes	13-Feb-2015
Weekly update w/c 02/02/2015	Planning meeting held with Software Development to review scope, risks and general approach First draft of Project Brief in progress	Dawn Holmes	05-Feb-2015
Weekly update w/c 26/01/2015	Project Manager allocated Project website created Kick-off meeting held with Project Sponsor and key business stakeholders to discuss project scope, timescales and stakeholders	Dawn Holmes	04-Feb-2015