Organisation

Work/Task Breakdown

Task

Deliverable

Owner

Project Management

  • Project authorisation, Planning and Project documents. Communication and coordination with stakeholders. 
  • Manage project, sign off, resources, budget and reporting.
  • Project Manager (Project Services)

Analyse

N/A

 

Communicate

  • Design communication strategy for FIN128 stakeholders

 

  • Project Manager

Design

N/A

 

Build

  • FPM v2.4.0.15 and v2.4.0.16 software configuration
  • Re-point existing reporting BI universes
  • Systems Admin, Dev Tech
  • Acceptance Testing Support
  • UAT / Re-work Support

 

  • Apps Support Analyst, App Services
  • Systems Admin, Dev Tech

Document & Handover

  • Deployment /  Release Notes
  • IS Production - Apps Services

Deploy

  • Deploy system solution to Production
  • Dev Tech
  • Communicate changes to Finance stakeholders

 

  • Business Lead/ Senior User

Close

  • Develop Project Closure Report
  • Project Manager

 

Resources, Skills and Costs

Development Technology., App Services - CSG & SCE and Project Services days: the FIN128 project budget for 18/19 has been estimated at 30d (days).

Key project delivery resources include:

  • 0.1 FTE System Admin support (from Dev Tech, IS Development Services)
  • 0.1FTE Apps Support Analyst (from Apps Services - CSG & SCE, IS Prod. Management) , and
  • 0.2 FTE PM (from Project Services)

Additional resource effort from Finance, including support from the Business Lead/Senior User and UAT testers (during the project acceptance testing period) is also required.

 

Project Governance

   Reporting

  • Project progress will be reported in line with IS Applications monthly reporting process.
  • Each key project milestone will be assessed in detail by the project team before formal reporting to WIS.

 

Project Board / Steering Committee

Proposed Membership:

Craig Henderson (Sponsor), Douglas Stewart (Senior User/Business Lead), Leon Toland (Project/Programme Manager),  Mark Lang (Dev. Tech.), Anne Graham (Apps. Services)

 

Terms of Reference:

Key responsibilities of the Committee include:

  • Ensure that FIN128 project's scope aligns with the requirements of the stakeholder groups;
  • Provide the project team with guidance on project business issues;
  • Ensure effort and expenditure are appropriate to stakeholder expectations;
  • Address any issues that have major implications for the project;
  • Keep the project scope under control as emergent issues force changes to be considered, and
  • Reconcile differences in opinion and approach, and resolve disputes arising from them;

Meeting Frequency:

Monthly / As Required

Project Stakeholders

Name

Position

Project Role

 

Craig Henderson

Head of Finance Systems

Project Sponsor

 

Dr Leon Toland

Senior Project & Programme Manager, Project Services

Project/Programme Manager(project team)

 

Douglas Stewart

Business and Strategy Team Leader, Finance Systems

Senior User/ Business Lead (project team)

 

Emma McNab

Portfolio Manager, CSG, Project Services

Portfolio Manager

 

Mark Lang

IS Dev Tech Team Manager

Team Leader - Dev Tech (project team)

 

Anne Graham

IS Production Management, App. Services – CSG & SCE

Team Leader- App Services (project team)

 

John Bannaghan

Senior Finance Admin Support Officer

Acceptance Tester, Finance (project team)

 

Stephanie McHugh Business & Strategy Officer Deputy Business Lead, Finance (project team)

 

 

 

Project Estimations

(Please attach/link from Estimation Log): https://secure.projects.ed.ac.uk/unpublished/project/fin128/estimations;

 

 

Project Info

Project
FPM Upgrade
Code
FIN128
Programme
Finance (FIN)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Kevin Hone
Project Sponsor
Craig Henderson
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
21-Jan-2019
Planning Date
22-Feb-2019
Delivery Date
10-Dec-2019
Close Date
31-Jan-2020
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Compliance