Report for October 2019

Report Date
October 2019

Achievements in Last Period

  • It was agreed at the DSOR 29/08/19 that the project could not yet close due to issues which have come up in the period post deployment. Closure milestone date moved to 31/10/19.
  • The emailing from assessments issue has been recognised as a known issue by Questionmark: they have proposed to resolve this with an upgrade to the application; it has been agreed that this upgrade be carried out by Questionmark but would need to be scheduled for the Christmas period and would be in service. 
  • It was requested that DR testing be carried out before project closure however the outcome of discussion with ITI was proposal to move on to the stretch cluster, given that DR has been verified on the platform.

Issues

  • There remain two issues preventing project closure; there is a plan to resolve both of these (one within the project, the other in service).

Next Steps

  • Ensure platform is on infrastructure with verified level of DR.
  • Decommissioning of legacy QMP platform / update of TAD / Deployment checklists completed.

Milestones

Decommissioning of old servers

05-Oct-2019

Close

31-Oct-2019

 

Rag commentary: Project is AMBER

Overall RAG being flagged as AMBER as there are open issues preventing closure.

 

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
AMBER
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
The current RAG is AMBER as there are open issues. Current impact is on two areas of functionality. One of these can be resolved by a fix which can be implemented following the change freeze, and the supplier has advised that the second can be resolved by a further upgrade to the application, which the service team advise may possibly be scheduled for the Christmas period. All other closure tasks to be completed in October and a decision then made on whether an upgrade be managed in service.
Change Status
Time
No Change
Cost
No Change
Scope
No Change
Overall
No Change
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Escalated to
No escalation required at this time.
Activity
Approved budget
119.0 days
Activity this month
1.4 days
Activity this year
7.3 days
Activity to date
140.3 days
Estimate to complete current year
6.6 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
QMP Upgrade
Code
TEL052
Programme
ISG - Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Colin Watt
Project Sponsor
Karen Howie
Current Stage
Execute
Status
In Progress
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
08-Jan-2018
Planning Date
15-Nov-2018
Delivery Date
11-Jul-2019
Close Date
20-Dec-2019
Overall Priority
Higher
Category
Compliance

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