Project journal

Title Description Author Post date
Weekly update w/c 27/10/14
  • Project closure was approved by WIS and the project is now closed
Dawn Holmes 03-Nov-2014
Weekly update w/c 20/10/14
  • Project completion report signed-off by project stakeholders
  • Project closure submitted to WIS for approval
Dawn Holmes 03-Nov-2014
Weekly update w/c 13/10/2014
  • Team meeting held to sign-off final version of Review paper
  • Analysys spreadsheets from online survey and Google Analytics passed to Procurement Office for future use as baseline
  • Draft closure report distributed for comment
Dawn Holmes 17-Oct-2014
Weekly update w/c 01/09/14
  • Meeting booked for next week to review outstanding tasks and schedule accordingly
Dawn Holmes 05-Sep-2014
Weekly update w/c 11/08/14
  • No progress this week due to conflicts for the Project Managers time
Dawn Holmes 15-Aug-2014
Weekly update w/c 04/08/14
  • Analysis of the online survey results has been taking place this week.  The first draft summary results were discussed with Procurement Office reps which highlighted further areas for analysis.
  • 2nd draft of new graphic design reviewed with Procurement Office reps
Dawn Holmes 08-Aug-2014
Weekly update w/c 28/07/14
  • Both business reps are out of the office this week.
  • 2nd draft of new designs received from Graphic Design team
Dawn Holmes 01-Aug-2014
Weekly update w/c 21/07/14
  • The first draft designs for the new website have been received from the graphic design team.  One of the designs has been selected for further development
  • The online survey is now closed. 380 replies have been received and the results are now being analysed
Dawn Holmes 25-Jul-2014
Weeklu update w/c 14/07/14
  • The team met with a rep from the Graphic Design Team to discuss a 'new look' for Procurement Office
  • As at 15th July 244 replies had been received tot he online survey, which is due to close Friday evening.  A survey reminder was sent out to all recipients mid-week to encourage a few more people to respond.
Dawn Holmes 18-Jul-2014
Weekly update w/c 07/07/14
  • Online survey was launched this week and emailed to a variety of staff across the University as well as suppliers and other external contacts.
  • An error was spotted in the launched survey and although participants could work through this, it was agreed that it would be better to correct the error and re-launch. The results of the two surveys will be added together for analysis.
  • To-date 225 survey reponses have been received.
  • Draft strategy and review papers were reviewed at the weekly project meeting
Dawn Holmes 11-Jul-2014
Online survey launched to evaluate Procurement Office website

The University of Edinburgh Procurement Office is currently reviewing the information provided by its website http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement in order to best meet the needs of its staff/student buyers, suppliers and other users.

To inform this review an online survey has been launched to gather feedback from users of the website.  Completing the survey only takes 5 minutes and asks about which areas of the site they use, how often, and to rate the website's usability.

Dawn Holmes 08-Jul-2014
Weekly update w/c 30/06/14
  • Meeting to agree Google statistics baselines for the current site
  • Meeting with Procurement reps to review progress.
  • The online survey is ready to be launched, we're just waiting for the distribution list from the lead Business Rep
  • Draft review paper and strategy document have been started
  • New project risk raised as progress is slower than hoped and the project may not be able to complete within this financial year (and there is no carry-over for next year)
Dawn Holmes 04-Jul-2014
Weekly update w/c 23/06/14
  • Review of draft online survey
  • Review of draft analysis of other Universities procurement websites
  • Mapping of existing website completed
Dawn Holmes 27-Jun-2014
Weekly update w/c 02/06/14
  • FIrst draft of online survey completed and circulated for review
  • Meeting held to finalise survey questions, Procurement Office will now convert these questions into an online survey using Bristol Online Surveys - final survey questions
  • The current procurement website has been mapped so that it can be further analysed - website mapping
Dawn Holmes 06-Jun-2014
Weekly update w/c 26/05/14
  • Draft questions, initial recipients and advertising discussed for online survey. Draft to be completed b& distributed for review before review meeting next week.
Dawn Holmes 29-May-2014
Weekly update w/c 12/05/14
  • No updates for this week as the Business Lead is on annual leave
Dawn Holmes 16-May-2014
Weekly update w/c 05/05/14
  • Meeting held with Web Integration Team to secure resources for usability consultancy 
  • Meeting held with Multimedia and Communications Team to secure resources for graphic design later in the project
  • Planning milestone moved back to 23rd May as the key Business Rep is on annual leave so unable to sign-off the draft Project Brief
Dawn Holmes 09-May-2014
Weekly update w/c 28/04/14
  • Draft Brief underway
  • Key business stakeholder is now on annual leave - meeting booked for their return on 19th May to establish website target audience
Dawn Holmes 01-May-2014
Weekly update w/c 21/04/14
  • Request to start project submitted to WIS for approval
  • Project website created
  • Kick-off meeting held with Procurement Office
Dawn Holmes 25-Apr-2014