Organisation

Work/Task Breakdown

PM tasks

Supplier management - booking Scientia resources and managing tasks for Scientia consultants

Tech Upgrade tasks ( Scientia) 

Regression testing and Functional system testing ( Exams office) 

Deployment Implementation Plan ( UoE and Scientia) 

Deployment checklist ( IS production) 

Deployment to LIVE - separate releases for WP1 and WP2 and WP3

Post-deployment review

Project closure

 

Resources, Skills and Costs

2.5 days tech consultancy from Scientia - to remotely login into UoE servers and complete upgrade in each of DEV, TEST & LIVE

3d tech consultancy from Scientia - to make changes to the Connect workflows and deploy them to DEV, TEST and LIVE

Project Governance

No requirement for a project board. Project team meetings with Business lead and project team. Reporting by exception to the Project Sponsor

 

Project Stakeholders

Name

Business Area

Role

 

Alison Ramsay

Exam Timetabling team

Business lead

 

Alister Webb

IS Dev Tech

IS Dev Tech lead

 

Brian Denholm

IS Apps Production Management

IS Apps Management lead for Timetabling

 

James Slattery

Exams office

Business user

 

Jamie Thin

IS Apps Project Services

Project Manager

 

Mario Kowalski ( Scientia)

Scientia Tech consultancy

tech consultant

 

Mark McGowan

IS Apps Production Management

IS Tech management lead

 

Scott Rosie

Timetabling and Student Systems

Head of Timetabling / Project Sponsor

 

 

Project Estimations

 

From Annual Plan 18/19 - initial estimate was 50d IS effort, as part of planning this is now expected to reduce to approx 20d effort , incl some contingency to fix any issues which are found during testing - to cover all 3 work papckages

 

Project Info

Project
Scientia Exam Scheduler Upgrade
Code
TTU019
Programme
Timetabling (TTU)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
James Thin
Project Sponsor
Scott Rosie
Current Stage
Plan
Status
In Progress
Start Date
19-Jul-2019
Planning Date
30-Aug-2019
Delivery Date
18-Sep-2019
Close Date
31-Jan-2020
Overall Priority
Normal

Documentation

Plan