Project journal
| Title | Description | Author | Post date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project preparing to close |
The project is expected to close next week ( w/c 25th September) and any stakeholders are invited to send suggestions and comments for the closure report, lessons to be learned etc to the project manager. |
Morna Findlay | 23-Sep-2016 |
| August switchover to new academic year completed |
All timetabling components have now been switched to pick up data for the new academic year 16/17 |
Morna Findlay | 09-Aug-2016 |
| Course Timetable Browser roll-forward completed |
The course timetable browser (CTB) has now been rolled forward to point to the new academic year.
This is the latest step to be delovered in the annual timetabling roll-forward project which points services at the upcoming academic year database at several stages. |
Morna Findlay | 05-Jul-2016 |
| Bookable Rooms feed roll forward completed |
The latest stage in the annual Timetabling roll-forward stage has been completed. The feed of bookable rooms to the bookable rooms website has now been rolled-forward to 16/17.
The attributes (such as pictures) of rooms which will be available for booking in 16/17 are now available to view.
Rooms which will not be available in 16/17 can still be booked in the remaining weeks of 15/16, but attributes about them will no longer be available. |
Morna Findlay | 16-Jun-2016 |
| Automation of timetabling LEARN building block completed |
The deloyment of the timetabling LEARN building block is quite complcated and in the past there has always been the risk of human error. We have now automated this which will make all future deployments quicker, simpler and more reliable. |
Morna Findlay | 16-May-2016 |
| Roll-forward of staff data completed |
The latest stage of the annual-roll-forward project has completed successfully. All staff data has been loaded into the new 16/17 timetabling database. This roll-forward takes place every year but for the first time, no downtime was required during this update. Users were able to use all timetabling services without interruption. |
Morna Findlay | 12-Apr-2016 |
| Iteration 1 meeting |
The project team ( joined bu=y John Grezinski) met to review upcoming releases:
Replace SSRS reports - Martin to start next week, supported by Greg - no standups for now, use hipchat instead - new risk raised in case we need to index RDB
- work can't start till TTU011 signed off - this is expected next week |
Morna Findlay | 10-Feb-2016 |
| Annual Timetabling Service Rebuild and Roll-Forward |
The Scientia Enterprise applications (Enterprise) comprise the University's chosen application suite for providing a centralised Timetabling and room-booking service. These applications interface with an application database known as the Scientia Database (SDB) which relates to a single academic year.
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Morna Findlay | 05-Jan-2016 |
| Timetabling annual rebuild and roll-forward started |
The project to begin the annual process by which the timetabling service is rebuilt, allowing a switchover between the current and new academic years has begun. This is an essential process as the users of timetabling service must be able to begin planning for the new academic year while still in the current year. It is also a lengthy process as different parts of the service are configured to make the 16/17 year services available to those users at different times, beginning in late 2015 and continuing until the final switchover in August 2016. |
Morna Findlay | 30-Sep-2015 |