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IDM Continuous Improvement

Proposal Sponsor: 
Alex Carter

Overview

Continual Service Improvement work on the IDM, adding and amending functionality in response to changing needs of data providers and consumers, as well as targeted improvements to address bugs or other problems.

 

IDM Prioritised Fixes

This project is to resolve known issues on the IDM service and responding to changing business environment. There are a number of Known Errors held on JIRA which require development and are likely to change in response to consultation with stakeholders and operational issues

 

Scope, Objectives and Deliverables

The scope of the project is to reduce a number of current know issues that are affecting the IDM service. The current known list of issues are held on JIRA under IDM001 and on the wiki.

The objective is resolve a number of known issues within a limited budget. The issues are prioritised against the level of development (small, medium, large) required and the business need (1, 2, 3) resulting in

  • S1 = Critical
  • M1 = High
  • S2 = Medium
  • Other = Low

 

These issues have been added as JIRAs and appropriate business requirements/technical background will be documented. Software Development Team will estimate the effort required and identify the most costly elements of the work.

Success Criteria

No impact to service

Improve data accuracy in IDM, reducing service issues

Reduce support resource time and cost required to manage these known outstanding issues

Reduction in number of known errors held on JIRA

Other contributors: 
Chris McKay
What would happen if the project did not take place?: 

IDM would not be able to meet the changing needs of the University community and support costs would continue to be incurred as problems were left unresolved. 

Who does it affect?: 

Areas or services using IDM

Why is it needed/What are the benefits?: 

Previous IDM CSI activity in 2012/13 (COM005) demonstrated considerable ROI as support calls logged halved year on year and there was a 30% reduction in  KSR activity required.

Benefits

To remove a number of known issues affecting the IDM service

To reduce cost of support for known issues

To reduce time for support team investigating these known issues

BI/MI requirement?: 

N/A

External costs?: 

N/A

Compliance justification (if relevant): 

N/A

Fit with University strategy: 

Enablers - Infrastructure

x

Themes – Outstanding student experience

x

Ensure students are getting the services that they are entitled to in a timely manner.

Score for portfolio comparison: 

1.Alignment with University Strategic Plan/Business Objectives

3

2.Risk of not doing the project

2

3.Benefits relative to cost

2

4.Time to deliver tangible benefit

3

TOTAL SCORE

10

 

Planning Status: 
Approved
Programme Priority: 
14
Overall Priority: 
3
Portfolio: 
ISG
Planned Start: 
15/16
Multi-Year: 
No
Project Owner: 
ISG
Procurement > £50K: 
No
Funding Source: 
Core Grant
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Estimation Type: 
Software Development (in-house)
Estimation Confidence: 
Highly Confident (done this before)
Estimated IS Apps Days: 
Small
Estimated Service Management Days: 
Small

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