Project journal

Title Description Author Post date
w/c 25th November 2019
  • DSOR 
    • Unable to sign-off DSOR at this time as further work is required on the OLA.  Once completed, (scheduled for 29/11/19), Production will then sign-off DSOR 
  • Project Closure 
    • Approved by the project team 
    • Currently awaiting approval from Production and the Senior Supplier
    • Due to the above, the project closure has been withdrawn from WIS this week and will be re-submitted next week
  • Supplier Support 
    Andrew Stewart 28-Nov-2019
    w/c 18th November 2019
    • SSO
      • Service alert issued
      • SSO live configuration switch-over to Live completed on 19th November 
      • Project closure report updated and circulated for approval 
      • Updated remaining JIRAs
      • Completed review of Risk Log 
      • Prepared Closure request for WIS next week
    Andrew Stewart 21-Nov-2019
    w/c 11th November 2019
    • SSO - Testing completed and signed-off 
    • Confirmed Go-live with GoCAB for Tuesday 19th November 
    Andrew Stewart 21-Nov-2019
    w/c 4th November 2019
    • SSO
      • SSO testing commenced, but has been delayed due to unexpected issues with the ageing of visitor accounts
    Andrew Stewart 15-Nov-2019
    w/c 4th November 2019
    • SSO
      • SSO testing commenced, but has been delayed due to unexpected issues with the ageing of visitor accounts
    Andrew Stewart 15-Nov-2019
    w/c 4th November 2019
    • SSO
      • SSO testing commenced, but has been delayed due to unexpected issues with the ageing of visitor accounts
    Andrew Stewart 15-Nov-2019
    w/c 28th October 2019
    • SSO
      • It was not possible to complete SSO testing (on Test EASE) due to the unavailability of the Service management lead through illness
      • SSO has been configured on for the Live environment and is now ready to be switched-on after final testing of SSO
    Andrew Stewart 05-Nov-2019
    w/c 21st October 2019
    • Email issue appears to have been resolved 
    • SSO 
      • After discussions within the technical project team, it was agreed that the existing SSO configuration was acceptable by incorporating the double log in process regarding 
        • confirmation of user account within the application 
        • confirmation of an active EASE user
      • Final tests regarding visitor accounts scheduled for next week 
    Andrew Stewart 05-Nov-2019
    w/c 14th October
    • Deployment Checklist 
      • Followed up regarding completion of deployment Checklist 
        • Applications management to follow up OLA with Service Management 
        • Technology Management advised that they were commencing review on Tuesday
    • Email Issue
      • Advised notification from the supplier that the issue may now have been resolved
      • A request has been made for a new DPIA for the CSG015 Risk Management project as a test - unfortunately, the issue still exists and support have been notified
    Andrew Stewart 16-Oct-2019
    w/c 7th October 2019
    • Project Closure Report
      • First draft excluding ASTA analysis circulated to the project team for review
    • SSO Testing 
      • On-going 
    • Email Issue
      • It has been reported that system generated emails are being delivered from the supplier address as opposed to the generic UoE account that had been created 
    Andrew Stewart 07-Oct-2019
    w/c 30th September 2019
    • SSO 
      • Test script prepared for initial SSO testing 
      • Initial SSO testing completed successfully - however a few observations noted with regards;
        • greater integration with EASE 
        • the policy of visitor accounts for external staff completing a DPIA
        • the ability to bypass SSO if required 
      • Further tests to be completed with both visitor and student accounts
    • STU257-29 Deleting Users
      Andrew Stewart 01-Oct-2019
      w/c 23rd September 2019
      • SSO
        • Test script developed for SSO
        • System alert issued to current users of the system regarding on-going SSO testing 
        • two test accounts created for Test EASE 
      • Documentation 
        • First draft of the TAD produced and forwarded to Production 
        • Deployment checklist commenced 
        • creation of OLA commenced 
      Andrew Stewart 27-Sep-2019
      w/c 16th September 2019
      • SSO
        • SSO successfully tested against Test EASE 
        • Data permission granted by HR (Ease user name and password)
      • Deployment Check List 
        • Suran Perera to undertake Deployment CheckList 
      • System Documentation 
        • System template workflow documented 
      • Project Governance 
        • Milestone changes for DSOR (11/10/19) and Closure (11/10/19) approved by WIS
      Andrew Stewart 20-Sep-2019
      w/c 9th September
      • SSO
        • Further conference call with Apps technical, ITI and the supplier in an attempt to resolve the issue
        • Noted
          • the issue appear to be with the certificate 
          • that double encryption settings with UoE could be impacting on this - currently not supported by the supplier 
          • ITI to forward log details to teh supplier technical representative 
          • Requirement to again follow up request with HR
      • Accessibility 
        Andrew Stewart 13-Sep-2019
        w/c 2nd September 2019
        • SSO
          • Request raised to supplier for a fresh copy of the metadata file (as opposed to manually amending.  In addition, noted that the certificate is user-facing as opposed to self-signed.  Fiel subsequently received 
          • Further tests failed 
          • NP to discuss potential workarounds relating to the certificate with ITI
          • Conference call arranged for Wednesday 11th September
        • Live Issue 
        Andrew Stewart 09-Sep-2019
        w/c 26th August 2019
        • SSO 
          • Student Systems have approved and signed-off 
          • Still no feedback from HR
          • Conference call held with supplier in an attempt to resolve issue.. as a result, further certificate forwarded to UoE
        • Meta data 
          • further thoughts circulated regarding DPIA searching 
        • Email
          • Confirmation that all related email details are encrypted
          • JIRA STU257-19 Email Configuration can now be closed 
        Andrew Stewart 27-Aug-2019
        w/c 19th August 2019
        • Project Team meeting held 
        • SSO
          • Details of logs relating to SSO issues have been forwarded to the supplier 
          • In an attempt to resolve this issue, a new certificate was uploaded and SSO activated by the supplier, with no prior notice, resulting in user access being denied.  SSO has subsequently been disabled.
          • Further conference call scheduled with the supplier on  Wednesday 28th August
        Andrew Stewart 22-Aug-2019
        w/c 12th August 2019
        • Project Team meeting 
        •  Nick Pardoe joins project team to assist with technical integration issues 
        • Accessibility - advised by supplier that all Accessibility related requirements / request should be formally logged 
        Andrew Stewart 16-Aug-2019
        w/c 5th August 2019
        • Accessibility 
          • After discussion with the Implementation Manager, the advice is that any enhancements should be processed through the supplier ideas site.
        Andrew Stewart 12-Aug-2019
        w/c 29th July 2019
        • Technical lead unavailable at the start of the  week through illness
        • Single Sign-On
          • Feedback from Euclid lead acknowledging receipt of Data Request and will respond in next two weeks
          • No feedback received from HR regarding Data Request
        • Accessibility 
          • The Account Manager has now acknowledged Accessibility Review and will discuss with Implementation Manager 
        • User Documentation 
          • Updated to incorporate further guidance regarding Risk Management
        Andrew Stewart 12-Aug-2019

        Project Info

        Project
        Privacy Impact Assessment Tool (GDPR Requirement)
        Code
        STU257
        Programme
        Student Services (STU)
        Management Office
        ISG PMO
        Project Manager
        Andrew Stewart
        Project Sponsor
        Renate Gertz
        Current Stage
        Close
        Status
        Closed
        Project Classification
        Run
        Start Date
        07-Aug-2017
        Planning Date
        06-Oct-2017
        Delivery Date
        03-Jul-2019
        Close Date
        12-Dec-2019
        Programme Priority
        2
        Overall Priority
        Normal
        Category
        Compliance

        Documentation