Report for December 2019

Report Date
December 2019

Achievements in Last Period:

  • v5.16.2 was deployed to both the development and test environments, the latter ahead of plan.
  • Project raised in categorisation to 'Highest.'

Issues:

  • No forward plan to compensate for loss of the Project Manager in January (reason for reporting a RAG status of RED).

Next Steps:

  • Preparations for deployment of v5.16.2 to the live environment.
  • Further discussions to be had with the 3rd party Elsevier on the use of a cloud portal.
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
The project manager is due to end their contract in January 2020. Due to a shortage of resources in Project Services we currently have no availability to take on the PM role should the contract not be extended. Failure to assign a project manager in January will delay the project, impacting our preparations for the REF submission in November 2020. Effort is being progressed on a contract extension.
Change Status
Time
No Change
Cost
No Change
Scope
No Change
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Portfolio Manager
Activity
Approved budget
50.0 days
Activity this month
1.5 days
Activity this year
8.5 days
Activity to date
8.5 days
Estimate to complete current year
37.5 days
Estimate to complete future years
4.0 days

Project Info

Project
Pure Annual Upgrades v5.16 to v5.18
Code
RIS011
Programme
Research Information Systems (RIS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Kevin Hone
Project Sponsor
Dominic Tate
Current Stage
Execute
Status
In Progress
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
14-Oct-2019
Planning Date
08-Nov-2019
Delivery Date
31-Jan-2020
Close Date
30-Sep-2020
Overall Priority
Highest
Category
Compliance

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