Report for September 2015

Report Date

September 2015

Achievements in Last Period

• Built 'recording reasons for changes to marks'  
• Built changes to course roll forward for assessment structures
• BI Universe enhancments made to support board reports
• Re-assessment analysis and consultancy
• Prepared draft proposed board processes for consideration at workshop at beginning October
• Inducted new Student Systems Operations staff member who will be responsible for business support for the new system
• Provided support for pilot schools

Issues

• The project is being disrupted by the impact of developer leaving. See issue 27
• Progress wasn't as good as expected during this period due to lead developer having to deal with unforseen issues arising whilst Defeng Ma was on annual leave. See issue 28 
• It is likely that additional work will have to be carried out to accommodate calculation of Grade Point Averages. This is seen as a risk to the project see risk 11

Next Steps

• Test and deploy record changes to marks and course roll forward
• Develop marks status flags functionality
• Develop changes to existing marks upload
• Develop board reports
• Design and start build on re-assssment functionality
• Analysis of 'elevated hurdles' and other DPT anomalies ane present to steering group.
• Produce papers for CPSC for proposed key dates, exam board processes and data required at each exam board so that these can can be adopted across the institution.
• Meet with group 2 schools individually and support pilot schools entering S1 asessment marks

Milestones