Report for November

Report Date
November 2013

Nikki Stuart (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Eilidh Fraser, Terry Fox (Programme Owners)

 

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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

 

Commentary

HRS071 - Project closure is now underway. 

HRS072 - Project Closed in last reporting period, outstanding issues with RTI and Autoenrolment reporting will either be progressed via the HRS075 project (if Oracle provided fixes for these as patches) or through the normal support channels. 

HRS073 - Project Board agreed that the project could now close. Closure is underway.

HRS075 - Investigation to confirm required prerequisite patches underway. Issues encountered during the DEV clone resolved and this is expected to complete by 6th December.

 

 

 

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary

 AP34-025

eRecruitment Phase 2 (Redeployment and Talent Pool)

Funded

Planning - October 2013

Delivery - July 14

RAG Status

GREEN

Plan

Business Consultations are running through to end July. This project cannot start until clear agreement has been reached on how to proceed.

The eRecruitment Project Board has requested that the eRecruitment team review the high level plan for Phase 2 and the functionality of the next few releases of eRecruitment to confirm a plan for the January Project Board.

 

Dependencies

Redeployment Business Consultations complete and policy decisions agreed with all stakeholders

AP34-023

HR & Payroll Reporting Tool

Compliance

Planning - January 2014

Delivery - July 2014

RAG Status

GREEN

Plan

Overall project requires to be scoped with the initial work to focus on the Pensions reports. 

 

Dependencies

 

AP34-022

HESA Staff Return 13/14

Compliance

Planning - February 2014

Delivery - August 2014

RAG Status

GREEN

 

Plan

 

 

Dependencies

HESA have indicated that as the changes for 12/13 were substantial that changes for 13/14 will be minimal. This will not be certain until HESA release details of any required changes. 

AP34-024

Moving HR Databases (R12 /eRecruitment) to New Infrastructure

Compliance

Planning - March 2014

Delivery - July 2014

RAG Status

GREEN

Plan

Head of Production Management (IS Apps) has indicated that this Oracle HR & Payroll migration should be completed before the Family pack patching for HR & Payroll Annual Maintenance 13/14. However, it has been agreed that the risk to the Tax Year End patching is to great and the migartion will now start in March with the LIVE environment to be migrated early summer. 

 

Dependencies

eRecruitment migration will need to be co-ordinated with Core should they need to undertake any updates to the application configuration. 

 

 

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

HRS071 (AP23-006 )

HR HESA Staff Return 12/13

 

Category: Compliance

 

Milestones

 

13-Dec-2013Closure
 

 

RAG Status

BLUE

 

Report by Nikki Stuart for November 2013

 

Achievements in last period:
  • HESA confirmed acceptance of the submission
  • Final project tasks completed
  • Deployment sign off agreed
  • Closure report drafted

 

Issues:

  • None

Next Steps:

  • approve closure

 

HRS073

eRecruitment Phase 1b

 

Category: Funded

Milestones

13-Dec-2013Closure

 

RAG Status

BLUE

 

Report by Nikki Stuart for November 13
 
 

Achievements in last period:

  • Deployment sign off for Core deliverables

  • closure report drafted

  • Project Board agreed to proceed to project closure

 

Issues:

  • Performance of DEV and TEST is still an issue but will be progressed by support teams to allow the project to close

Next Steps:

  • decommision old Jobs application

  • approve closure

 

HRS075 (AP34-021)

HR & Payroll Annual Maintenance 13/14

 

Compliance

29-Nov-2013Clone of DEV complete
06-Dec-2013Clone of TEST complete
06-Dec-2013Phase 1 - Design/Planning (Pre-Requisite Patches)
13-Dec-2013Phase 1 - DEV Patching Complete and Signed Off
17-Jan-2014Phase 1 - TEST Patching Complete and Sign Off
03-Feb-2014Phase 1 - LIVE Patching Deployment
07-Feb-2014Phase 2 - Design/Planning (TYE and Legislative for start or Yr)
10-Feb-2014Phase 1 - Deployment Sign Off
14-Feb-2014Phase 2 - DEV Patching Complete and Signed Off
05-Mar-2014Phase 2 - TEST Patching Complete and Sign Off
11-Mar-2014Phase 2 - LIVE Patching Deployment
18-Apr-2014Phase 2 - Deployment Sign Off
12-May-2014Phase 3 - Planning/Design (Critical Post Budget Changes - if Req)
16-May-2014Phase 3 - DEV Patching Complete and Signed Off
30-May-2014Phase 3 - TEST Patching Complete and Sign Off
06-Jun-2014Phase 3 - LIVE Patching Deployment
20-Jun-2014Phase 3 - Deployment Sign Off
27-Jun-2014Project Closure

RAG Status

GREEN

 

Report by Anne Mathison for November 13

 The Clone issues has been escalated with Oracle 4-Dec-13

Achievements this period
  • Project Brief approved 22-Nov-13
  • Project team agreed and resource managers agreed the teams that which will carry out each of the stages
  • Clone issue resolved in DEV on 5-Dec-13

 

Issues

  • None

 

 Next steps

  • Investigate the work required for the Phase 1 Design/Planning (Pre-Requisite Patches)
  • Clone of DEV complete
  • Clone of LIVE complete
  • Phase 1 Dev Patching Complete and Signed off

 

 Current Milestones

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

  

Project Code 

HRS074 & AP23-053

Project Title

Staff Development Procurement and Implementation

Report by Nikki Stuart

It was agreed with HR that both the Staff Development Procurment and Implementation projects should be withdrawn. A revised proposal will be submitted during annual planning 13/14 which may cover a revised scope. 

 

 

 

 

HRS072 (AP23-005)

Oracle HR & Payroll Annual Patching 2012/13

 

Category: Compliance

Report by Anne Mathison

It was agreed that the project can be closed

Completion Report for HRS072 Closure Milestone Review