Report for September 2019

Report Date
September 2019

Achievements in Last Period

  • ECA pilot started on 24/9/19. There are approximately 100 students applying on the job board which will lead to around 30 student internships being processed.  Students have until 4th October to choose and rank 3 opportunities, and to upload the relative cover letters and CV. 

  • Draft Pilot Briefs / Terms of Reference for the other pilots beyond ECA (with suggested start dates) have been completed for the following pilot Schools: 
    • LLC (being reviewed with the School) 
    • SPS (being reviewed with the School) 
    • Business School (will shortly be reviewed with the School) 
    • Biological Sciences (will shortly be reviewed with the School) 
  • Agile project framework now in place and the first fortnightly sprint took place on 16/9/19
  • 3 system demos have taken place

Issues

  • None in this reporting period

Next steps

  • Complete Pilot Briefs / Terms of Reference for remaining pilot Schools
  • Start pilots in remaining pilot Schools
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
RED
Cost
AMBER
Scope
RED
Overall
RED
RAG Commentary
Overall status red due to challenges with time and scope (which are all red). These challenges are being worked through with the Project Sponsor, Project Team and wider SA&S Programme.
Change Status
Time
Significant
Cost
Significant
Scope
Significant
Overall
Significant
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
SA&S Programme Manager. SA&S Programme Lead.
Activity
Approved budget
1415.0 days
Activity this month
20.7 days
Activity this year
50.3 days
Activity to date
249.1 days
Estimate to complete current year
1158.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Study and Work Away Implementation
Code
SAS016
Programme
Service Excellence - Student Administration and Support (SAS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Chris Copner
Project Sponsor
Chris Yeomans
Current Stage
Execute
Status
In Progress
Project Classification
Transform
Start Date
30-Oct-2018
Planning Date
29-Mar-2019
Delivery Date
31-Jul-2020
Close Date
07-Aug-2020
Programme Priority
1
Overall Priority
Higher
Category
Discretionary

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