Report for August 2025

Report Date
August 2025

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary

All projects are reporting a AMBER status

Ring Fenced

Sponsor Funded:

 

Please note that the project RAG status is following the revised guidelines: A one-page summary of the IS RAG status indicators is available on this page.

 

Programme RAG Overview & Forward Look -August 2025

 

HSS5a5a5  

 

 

Programme Resource to end of August 2025

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project                                                                           Programme Manager's Commentary 
                               

Section Three: Projects Closed

 

Project Programme Manager's Commentary   
HSS040 - ECA MiniPortfolio Procurement and Implementation Project closed August 2025 

Section Four: Projects in Progress

Programme, Course and Cohort Mailing List Solution  (HSS050)

 

 

RAG Status

AMBER

Report by Jack Ross for August 2025

Achievements

  • Meetings with the project team have continued.
  • Conversations/interviews have continued taking place with contacts within the schools.
  • The Project Sponsor has confirmed the intention for the solution to roll out across the University.

Issues

  • (ONGOING) Budget increase required. Referred to Project Sponsor and awaiting sign-off.
  • (ONGOING) Milestone update (below) to be referred to Apps Review once budget is agreed.

Next steps

  • SSP BA resource to be agreed.
  • Technical requirements to be validated by SSP BA.
  • Software Developer to complete build of user interface.
  • SSP Developers to complete new API(s) so that the user interface can extract data from EUGEX.
  • Service Management to prepare School Data Sync.
  • Interface (and backend API(s)) to be tested.
  • Solution to be deployed.

 

Proposed new Milestones

 

Stage Milestone Due Date Previous Date Complete
Initiate Project Initiation (MAJOR MILESTONE) 27-Feb-2025 No date available Yes
Plan Project Brief Completion (MAJOR MILESTONE) 28-Mar-2025 No date available Yes
Analyse Requirements gathering complete 27-Jun-2025 30-May-2025 Yes
Analyse Decision on solution made 04-Jul-2025 No date available Yes
Build School Data Sync prepared and associated works complete 19-Sep-2025 01-Aug-2025 No
Build New API(s) written 26-Sep-2025 18-Jul-2025 No
Build Front-end interface built 17-Oct-2025 25-Jul-2025 No
Accept Solution signed off in TEST environment 24-Oct-2025 08-Aug-2025 No
Deliver Solution deployed into LIVE environment (MAJOR MILESTONE) 14-Nov-2025 15-Aug-2025 No
Accept Solution signed off in LIVE environment 21-Nov-2025 22-Aug-2025 No
Close Project Closure (MAJOR MILESTONE) 28-Nov-2025 29-Aug-2025 No

 

Peace Agreements Database – Continuous Improvements 24/25 (HSS048)

 

RAG Status

ANBER

Report by Alan Donald for August 2025

Achievements

  • Fortnightly sprints have continued
  • Sprint organisation on Jira board updated
  • New PM identified for next project

Issues

  • N/A

Next steps

  • Complete closure report, move outstanding issues to next project

Peace Agreements Database – Continuous Improvements 25/26 (HSS052)

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Sue Woodger for August 2025

This programe is secure

   
Programme Status
RAG Status
Overall
AMBER
Has formal escalation taken place?
No

Programme Info

Not available.

Documentation

Not available.