Report for October 2014

Report Date
October 2014

Susan McKeown (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Margaret Ayers  (Programme Owner)

 

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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

HRS082 - CLOSED in this period.

HRS083 - GREEN - Enhancing Employment Removal of HTBN project opened this month with the brief due for sign-off on 07/11/14.

AP34-025 - AMBER- Project Board met on 31 October 2014 and approved that the team should prepare costed proposals for converting the character set and an upgrade. The enhancements will be postponed to 15/16. Budget to be confirmed.

AP45-042 - GREEN - Enhancing Employment Balance Row to be used for the analysis project starting late November.

AP23-053 - AMBER- This project will primarily be Project Services time developing a Business Case leading into a Procurement. Confirmation required on budget and approval required from University for project to proceed.

 

HRSP01 shows as overspent due to pre-planning for projects work for Enhancing Employment and eRecruitment. HRSPB2 The five day deficit has now been corrected by reducing the effort to complete this year to 25 days.

 

 

  

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

  

 

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary

 AP34-025

eRecruitment Phase 2 (Redeployment and Talent Pool)

Funded

Planning - November 2014

Delivery - July 2015

RAG Status

AMBER

Plan

October Project Board agreed in principle that the activity for this year should be converting the character set and upgrading rather than the further enhancements noted in phase 2's proposal. The team are to produce costed proposals for the Board's consideration. The analysis of v20 is still to be completed so that communications to the User Group can include what can be expected in the upgraded version this year as there will be benefits for the users. 

 

 

Dependencies

 Approval of costed proposals noted above from Project Board

AP45-042

Enhancing Employment Balance Row

Compliance

Planning - November 2014

Delivery - May 2015

 RAG Status

GREEN

Plan

This is the second project from AP45-042 in 14/15. This project will complete the analysis of the many employment contract profiles members can have in preparation for the technical implementation project in 15/16. The Business have already started mapping out the possible employment profiles.

 

Dependencies

Resource availability in Project Services, HRS and local HR teams.

AP45-063

HESA Staff Return 14/15

Compliance

Planning -April 2015

Delivery - October 2016

RAG Status

GREEN

Plan

 Project planned to start 30 March 2015. The programme is planning to complete carryover tasks from the HESA 13/14 project as the opportunity arises in Development Services between December 2014 and the start of this project.

 

 

Dependencies

AP23-053

Learning Management

Funded

 Planning - Feb 2015

Delivery - Jan 2016

 RAG Status

AMBER

Plan

 The work for 14/15 will predominantly be Project Services time assisting in the completion of the Business Case leading into a Procurement. HR are in the process of confirming the funding for this project.

 

Dependencies

Business approval for project to proceed and confirmation of budget.

 

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

 

  

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

HRS083 (AP45-042)

Enhancing Employment Removal of HTBN

Compliance

Milestones

 

Target dateTitle
07-Nov-2014Planning Milestone
04-May-2015Final Removal of HTBN
29-May-2015Closure

 RAG Status

GREEN

Achievements this Period

  • Project was initiated - time recording code and website established

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • Project Brief sign-off
  • Identify all affected central systems and outputs
  • Identify all key stakeholders for affected systems
  • Develop change plans

 

 

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

  

  

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

Project Code (AP-No)

Project Title

Report by Project Manager

Project Closure Milestone Achievement date

Provide link to the project's Completion Report

HRS078 (AP34-024)

Moving eRecruitment Database to new Infrastructure

Report by Anne Mathison

Project Closure Milestone Achievement date 22-Aug-14

Project's Completion Report is available on the website.

HRS080 (AP34-924)
Capture Staff Levels in Oracle HR and Payroll

 

Report by Anne Mathison

Project  Closure Milestone achieved 30-Sep-14

Project's Completion Report

HRS082 (AP34-022)

HR HESA Staff Return 13/14

Report by Anne Mathison

Project Closure Milestone Achievement date 24-Oct-14

Project's Completion Report is available on the website