Project journal

Title Description Author Post date
Update w/c 16/05/2016

 

  • Workshop held with ISG support group staff
  • Workshop outputs written up & distributed for review
  • New Business Analyst joined the team to start analysis of workshop outputs
  • Meeting held with Business Lead to discuss project budget with a view to either reducing the budget or extending the timeline into 16/17. Final decision will be made next week after the Finance steering meeting.

 

Dawn Holmes 20-May-2016
Update w/c 06/06/2016

  • Workshops have been held with Cash Office, Research Grants and Accommodation Services
  • Workshop outputs have been documented and distributed to attendees for review
  • Compilation and analysis of all workshop outputs to-date is progressing well
  • Next step is to chase up missing workshop RAG statuses and categories
Dawn Holmes 10-Jun-2016
Update w/c 23/05/2016

  • Further workshops being planned with Schools, Procurement, Accommodation Services and USG.
  • First pass of workshop output analysis produced and reviewed with Finance leads
Dawn Holmes 27-May-2016
Update w/c 09/05/2016

  • Workshop held with SCE College finance staff
  • Workshop held with MVM College finance staff
  • Workshop outputs written up & distributed for review
  • Meeting planned for next week with Project Sponsor to review project budget with a view to reducing it
Dawn Holmes 13-May-2016
Update w/c 02/05/2016

  • Outputs from Financial Accounting workshop written up & distributed for review
  • Interviews are currently taking place for a contract Business Analyst to join the team to start the consolidation of the workshop outputs
Dawn Holmes 06-May-2016
Update w/c 18/04/2016

  • Outputs from Accounts Receivable workshop written up & distributed for review
  • Workshop held with Financial Accounts
Dawn Holmes 22-Apr-2016
Update w/c 11/04/2016

  •  Workshop held with Accounts Receivable
Dawn Holmes 15-Apr-2016
Update w/c 04/04/2016

  •  Workshop held with Accounts Payable
Dawn Holmes 15-Apr-2016
Update w/c 21/03/2016
  • Workshop held with VAT/Tax  team
  • Project Brief review meeting held with IS Apps representatives
  • Planning milestone signed-off & reported to WIS

 

Dawn Holmes 25-Mar-2016
Update w/c 14/03/2016

  • Project Brief review meeting held with the Business Lead, who has now confirmed sign-off of the planning stage
  • Meeting booked with IS stakeholders for next week to review & sign-off the Project Brief
  • 8 of the 10 planned workshops are now confirmed.
Dawn Holmes 18-Mar-2016
Update w/c 07/03/2016
  • Follow-up workshop undertaken with HSS College Finance team
  • 6 further workshops have now been booked in for the coming months
  • Further workshop planning is ongoing

 

Dawn Holmes 11-Mar-2016
Update w/c 29/02/2016

 

  •  Workshops are being planned into diaries with areas identified by the Project Sponsor

 

Dawn Holmes 04-Mar-2016
Update w/c 15/02/2016

  • Request to start project submitted to Head of IS Apps and Portfolio Manager
  • Draft Project Brief produced
  • The Project Support Officer has joined the team and will be arranging the workshops
  • Business Lead has made contact with the key stakeholder in each area identified for inclusion in the workshops
Dawn Holmes 19-Feb-2016
Update w/c 08/02/2016

  • Agreement reached with the Project Sponsor to formalise the workshop & analysis activities into a project with sponsor funding of up to 100 days
Dawn Holmes 19-Feb-2016
Update w/c 25/01/2016

  • Pilot workshop held with VAT team
  • Workshop outputs documented and distributed to workshop attendees for review & further completion
Dawn Holmes 19-Feb-2016
Update w/c 26/10/2015

  •  Pilot workshop held with representatives from Management Accounts
Dawn Holmes 19-Feb-2016
Update w/c 30/11/2015

  •  Pilot workshop held with representatives from the HSS finance team
Dawn Holmes 19-Feb-2016

Project Info

Project
Strategic financial review
Code
FIN112
Programme
Finance (FIN)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Dawn Holmes
Project Sponsor
Lee Hamill
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Start Date
01-Oct-2015
Planning Date
n/a
Delivery Date
n/a
Close Date
02-Aug-2016
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Discretionary