June 2019

Report Date
June 2019

Achievements in Last Period

  • Completed the executive summary for project board -Provided estimations of work for 1) software change, 2)migration to HECOS, 3) business change
  • Detailed the implementation migration of JACS to HECoS and estimated resources
  • Completed data governance and reviewed with Ops

Issues

  • Dates still not known: expected HESA to announce new dates in July 2019 (was May 2019)

  • Resource gaps highlighted to project board. Decision required following replanning work over 3 years and as per priority . At the moment no Developer secured apart from lead dev. BA gap too. Raised at programme level https://secure.projects.ed.ac.uk/unpublished/programme/sac/risks/44- and escalated to programme owner to clarify funding with GASP

  • Dependencies with suppliers to address some of the issues raised:
    • software release (Aug & Oct 2019)
    • Tribal consultancy booked from July 2019 onwards

Note that 2nd stream - new data required to be captured at the next registration. PM secured and analysis work in progress see separate initiated project https://secure.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/sac078

Next Steps​

  • Replan work over 3 years and present priorities
  • New go live date from HESA board expected in July: replan project/milestones accordingly

Milestones 

Revised dates to be confirmed in July by HESA, new dates are tbc once work has been replanned over 3years

    previous                 New
Analyse End Analysis/Design 21-Jun-2019  not changed
Analyse Recommendations completed 28-Jun-2019 tbc
Analyse HESA to announce rescheduled date for new data futures return 31 May 2019 12-Jul-2019
Execute End Migration to JACS code HECoS in Test 30-Aug-2019 01 Jun 2020
Build End Build 30-Aug-2019 tbc likely Jun 2020
Build Tribal release of new DF functionalities-Dependency 31-Aug-2019  
Integrate User Testing completed 16-Sep-2019 tbc likely Jul 2020
Deliver Go Live Build 30-Sep-2019 tbc likely Aug 2020
Deliver Migration JACS code to HECoS in Live completed 29-Nov-2019 26 Jun 2020
Deliver
Migration of HECoS codes validated (*new)
n/a 25 Sep 2020
Deliver First Test Return (if there is one) 27-Jan-2020 tbc
Deliver First New Return 27-Jul-2020 tbc Oct 2020??
Closetbc Close 31-Aug-2020 tbc
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
AMBER
Cost
AMBER
Scope
AMBER
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
Still Amber as there is 1)uncertainty of the HESA new dates, 2)resource gaps. Action taken to replan & prioritise work over 3 years in July, and present it back to project board. This will inform the timeline and resources.
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
project board
Activity
Approved budget
240.0 days
Activity this month
35.0 days
Activity this year
152.0 days
Activity to date
152.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
17.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
120.0 days

Project Info

Project
Data Futures - Requirements Analysis & Implementation
Code
SAC077
Programme
Student Systems Partnership SSP
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Victoria Weinsberg
Project Sponsor
Lisa Dawson
Current Stage
Design
Status
In Progress
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
26-Nov-2018
Planning Date
21-Dec-2018
Delivery Date
23-Oct-2022
Close Date
01-Dec-2022
Programme Priority
3
Overall Priority
Higher
Category
Compliance

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