Report for November 2019 | Project Management

Report Date: November 2019

Achievements:

The first module of the planned MicroMasters will be launched as a standalone MOOC in February
Discussions are ongoing to identify lead academics and to confirm funding requirements
DLAS Programme Board has agreed to utilise DLAS resources to support the delivery of this MicroMasters

Risk, Issues and Changes:

RISK: DDI does not agree to support the development of the MicroMasters
RISK: Academics are unavailable to deliver to the target start date of the MicroMasters

Next steps:

Academic contributors to be identified
Confirm timeline for request for DDI funding and target start date of MicroMasters
Plan programme and initial module designs
Continue discussions with edX and market analysis to determine demand
Agree route and timeline to requesting funding

Project Status

RAG Status

Time: AMBER

Cost: GREEN

Scope: GREEN

Overall: AMBER

RAG Commentary: The academic team has still to be identified.

Change Status

Overall: Moderate

Has formal escalation taken place?: No

Change Commentary: There has been a moderate change in that the RAG status has moved from Green to Amber.

Activity

Approved budget: 0.0 days

Activity this month: 0.0 days

Activity this year: 0.0 days

Activity to date: 0.0 days

Estimate to complete current year: 0.0 days

Estimate to complete future years: 0.0 days

This article was published on Dec 3, 2019