Report for October 2015
- Report Date
- October 2015
Report compiled by Dawn Nicholls (Programme Manager) for Liz Welch & Lee Hamill (Programme Owners)
Section 1: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update
Section 2: Projects Not Started
Section 3: Projects In Progress
Section 4: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
Section 1: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update
- FIN086 ePay Reconciliation closed this month
- FIN081 Document Management & FIN104 Scan & Destroy remain suspended due to insufficient budget to re-open. Discussion are taking place with the Project Sponsor to agree options.
- FIN110 Coldfusion Migration is RED this month as the scope and budget have increased significantly within the reporting period. The additional days have been secured by reducing & deferring other project in the programme and releasing days from the contingency balance. The changes have now been agreed so the project will be returning to GREEN status
- FIN111 eExpenses Enhancementment started this month
- AP45-020 E&B Finance Interface Requirements may not be needed. Once confirmed these days can be released to cover shortfalls for other priority work in the programme.
- FIN109 Essential Enhancements (SAS) has sacrificed 10 days to help fund the shortfall for the priority compliance work for Coldfusion migrations
- FIN106 ALBACS Replacement has been flagged as AMBER due to the extending timelines. These delays are the result of a culmination of minor issues which are preventing finalisation of the on-site date for the supplier.
- The Strategic Review project is starting to undertake activites but no Project Brief has been agreed or funding secured so this has been flagged as RED.
The overall FIN budget has been re-assessed and re-balanced in preparation for the mid-year review and is now in a balanced position
Section 2: Projects Not Started
| Project Info | Programme Managers Commentary |
AP45-020 Estates & Buildings - Finance interface requirements Core funded Planning - Feb 2016 Delivery - Jul 2016 RAG Status : GREEN | Due to delays in thework being undertaken in Estates & Buildings, this project may be deferred to 16/17 and the days used to fund other priority Finance work |
AP56-016 eFinancials upgrade Core funded Planning - May 2016 Delivery - Mar 2017 RAG Status : GREEN | ABS have yet to confirm the release date for the new version of eFin. The current forecast is for the beta version in December 2015 which would result in the project not starting until Jun/Jul 2016 |
AP56-017 Migrate JAMS & eTime applications Core funded Planning - Jan 2016 Delivery - May 2016 RAG Status : GREEN | |
AP56-039 Financial documents revitalisation (Version One) Core funded Planning - Nov 2015 Delivery - Mar 2016 RAG Status : GREEN | |
AP56-054 Finance BI improvement Core funded Planning - May 2016 Delivery - Jan 2017 RAG Status : GREEN | |
TBC Strategic review of financial systems Sponsor funded Planning - tbc Delivery - tbc RAG Status : RED | Work is already starting on this project but no Project Brief or budget has been agreed. Effort is being temporarily coded to the programme level but this needs to be formally agreed. |
Section 3: Projects in Progress
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary | ||||||||||||||
FIN081 (AP12-024) Document Management for Finance Applications Category: Discretionary Milestones (TBC) RAG Status : BLUE (Suspended) | Project is currently suspended and the programme has insufficient budget to re-open | ||||||||||||||
FIN086 (AP23-004) ePay Reconciliation Category: Compliance Milestones N/A RAG Status: BLUE (Closed) | Report by Jill Nicoll for October 2015 Achievements in last period
Issues n/a Next Steps n/a | ||||||||||||||
FIN104 (AP45-018) Supporting scan & destroy policy using Serengeti Category: Compliance Milestones (TBC) RAG Status : BLUE (Suspended) | Project is currently suspended and the programme has insufficient budget to re-open | ||||||||||||||
FIN106 (In-year) ALBACS Replacement Category: Compliance Milestones
RAG Status : AMBER | Report by Anne Mathison for October 2015 Achievements:
Issues:
Next Steps:
Project has been updated for the April decommissioning. | ||||||||||||||
FIN108 (AP56-042) Essential Enhancements (FIS) Category: Discretionary Milestones
RAG Status : GREEN | Report by Jill Nicoll for October 2015 Achievements in last period
Issues
Next Steps
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FIN109 (AP56-042) Essential Enhancements (SAS) Category: Discretionary Milestones RAG Status : BLUE (suspended) | Report by Jill Nicoll for October 2015 Project is currently suspended | ||||||||||||||
FIN110 (AP56-015) Coldfusion upgrade for finance applications Category: Compliance Milestones
RAG Status : RED | Report by Dawn Nicholls for October 2015 Achievements this period
Issues
Next steps
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FIN111 (AP56-036) eExpenses enhancements Category: Discretionary Milestones
RAG Status : GREEN | Report by Dawn Nicholls for October 2015 Achievements this period
Issues
Next steps
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Section 4: Closed or Withdrawn Projects
| Project Info | Project Managers Commentary |
FIN105 (AP45-019) Financial reporting changes for FRS102 David Watters Category: Compliance | Project closed 07/09/2015 Link to completion report https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/fin105/completion_report |
FIN102 (In-year)eExpenses Phase 2 Dawn Nicholls Category: Discretionary (Sponsor Funded) | Project closed 11/09/2015 Link to completion report https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/fin102/completion_report |
FIN101 (AP23-003)SSO/Launchpad Phase 2 Morna Findlay Category: Discretionary | Project closed 18/09/2015 Link to completion report https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/fin101/completion_report |
FIN086 (AP23-004) ePay Reconciliation Category: Compliance | Project closed 07/10/2015 Link to completion report https://www.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/fin086/completion_report |