December 2015

Report Date
December 2015

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Section Three: Projects In Progress

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

During December,

From a programme perspective, there was the requirement to transfer 2 days from the sponsor funded contingency (ACSPB2) to cover the additional 2 days projected to complete ACS033.  As a result, the sponsor funded contingency budget  was reduced from 10 days to 8 days, with no overall change to the previously revised programme budget (in November) of 45 days.

Further to the mid-year review, the overall programme budget of 6 days is now close to being exceeded and will require to be discussed at the next programme meeting.  In the interim a new programme risk (ref 3) has been recorded.

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

The scheduled projects for 2015-16 are

 

Project InfoProgramme Managers Commentary

AP56-057

Booking Agent Interface

Funded

Planning: January 2016

Delivery: April 2016

Plan

This project has been declared as part of the annual planning process .

- project scheduled to commence on at the start of February 2016

- initial planning phase scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2016

- delivery date scheduled for April 2016

Dependencies

- largely dependant on supplier delivering module

- will require a large commitment from Accommodation Services team to oversee user acceptance testing

- will require input from IS Applications Development Technology team to assist with systems integration

AP56-059

Delivered Catering External

Funded

Planning: June 2016

Delivery: t.b.c.

Plan

This project has been declared as part of the annual planning process .

- project to commence in June 2016

- initial planning phase scheduled to be completed in June 2016

- delivery date to be defined

Dependencies

- totally dependant on current supplier delivering new application module or an alternative product is procured

- will require a large commitment from Accommodation Services team to oversee user acceptance testing

- will require input from IS Applications Development Technology team to assist with systems integration

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

ACS033

Student Application - Enhanced Student Data Feed

Discretionary

Milestones

15-Jan-2016ASOR (Acceptance Sign Off) UoE WorkAccept   
29-Jan-2016DeploymentDeliver   
12-Feb-2016DSOR (Delivery Sign Off)Deliver   
26-Feb-2016CloseClose   
 
  
  
  
  

RAG Status

Amber

Report by Colin Forrest for December 2015

Achievements in the last period

  • Following our re-deployment into TEST Kx have also made the changes necessary within their system

Issues

  • The project budget will require a small review after significant Production Man time was used to create test users.

Next steps

  • Confirm that Kx have tested and are happy with the feed.  Accommodation Services have not heard from Kx and we need their confirmation to proceed.  SSP have already tested the feed changes from our side. 
  • Have an acceptance sign off for the project and set a LIVE deployment date.

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
ACS034 - Uniware Cashless Catering

Project closed on 4th December 2015

Project Closure Report

AP56-056

Upgrade Kx Test Infrastructure

Project withdrawn on 4th December 2015

AP56- 058

Migration to Kx Cloud Environment 

Project withdrwan on 4th December 2015

 

Section Five: Programme Risks

DateRisk Ref.Programme RisksRag StatusRisk Owner
30/06/151

Unable to commence scheduled project - Migration of Kx to Cloud Environment

Risk closed after confirmation that project will not be undertaken this year

ClosedClaire Barnish
30/06/152

Unable to commence scheduled project Delivered Catering External

Rag Status adjusted from Red to Green after confirmation that the project is to progress

GreenClaire Barnish
05/01/163Programme Management Budget being exceededGreenAndrew Stewart

Section Six : Programme Meeting Minutes

 This section details the minutes from the programme meetings held in 2014-15

DateComments
16/09/15Minutes from Programme Meeting
11/11/15Minutes from Programme Meeting
02/12/15Minutes from Programme Review Meeting