To upgrade the Scientia Exam Scheduler (ES) product from ES v3.5.11 to latest new release ( ES v3.5.XX or ES v3.6.XX )

- this will move the Exam Scheduler product to the latest release to ensure the product stays fully supported by Scientia, and to deliver small enhancements to the product.

The upgrade will be applied to DEV and TEST , then regression testing will be done by business users in the Exams team before applying the upgrade to LIVE.

The upgrade tech tasks will be done remotely by the supplier tech consultancy team (Scientia).

ISG Project manager will co-ordinate the upgrade tasks and testing.

Testing will include testing of the upgraded product plus feeds to downstream systems - Calsync for Exams , BI Reporting and Exam web timetables.

The project activity has to be squeezed into the Exams business cycle between the end of the Exam Scheduling for the August 2020 resits , and before the start of scheduling for the main Dec 2020 exam diet in early Sept 2020

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the upgrade will require extensive testing by business users in the Exams Office in TEST , ahead of deploying changes to LIVE

previous projects were started in July, due to availability of Exams team - best if future projects are started earlier in June , after the April / May main exam diet