Report for July 2016 - DRAFT

Report Date
July 2016

Susan McKeown (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Zoe Lewandowski (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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

HRS089 - GREEN - Project's budget updated and resources booked for rescheduled dates, with delivery due on 28 September HRS090 - GREEN- Progressing to plan HRS091 - RED - Project brief was signed off with revised estimate. RED status reflects that project's budget was reduced by more than 20%.

 

Resources to 31/7/16  

 

Forward Look for July 2016

 

 

 Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

All projects are either in progress or delivered

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary

 

 

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

HRS089 (AP56-907)

eRecruitment Upgrade

Category: Funded

Milestones

05-Aug-2016Final testing by HR Systems
09-Sep-2016Completion of prep work on LIVE
16-Sep-2016Completion of TEST Environment/Acceptance Sign-off
28-Sep-2016Delivery
12-Oct-2016Delivery Sign-off
12-Oct-2016Completion of Major Governance Assessment Review
28-Oct-2016Closure

RAG Status

GREEN

 

Report by Susan McKeown for July 2016

Achievements in Last Period

  • All issues, with the exception of JIRA 76, have been resolved and re-tested
  • Fix for remaining issue, JIRA 76, has been applied to the DEV environment and final checks by Supplier are in progress ahead of HR systems completing their final testing on DEV and TEST.
  • Accessibility testing of v21 has been scheduled to take place on 23 August.
  • Budget has been reduced by 7 days to 158 days: this reflects PM time no longer being recorded against the proejct being offset against the additional work that has been required to support the resolution of the JIRAs in DEV and TEST. There is more effort being continued into 16/17 than originally planned.
  • Demo of TestRail to IS Senior Supplier and Head of Development Services was positively received and IS Applications will be pursuing implementing this type of software as another success factor in projects.

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • Minor release testing to be completed by CoreHR
  • Final HR System testing - minor release for JIRA 76 fix on DEV and TEST
  • Special CAB approval for delivery date to be requested
  • Accessibility testing to be completed

 

 

HRS090 (AP56-025)

HESA Staff Return 15/16

Category: Compliance

Milestones

30-Sep-2016Final HESA return
14-Oct-2016Commit
11-Nov-2016Final Submission
25-Nov-2016Closure
 

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Anne Mathison for July 2016

 

Achievements:

  • Deployed to LIVE in July
  • Apex work has been completed in Dev

Issues

  • None

Next Steps

  • Apex work will be progressed to TEST and LIVE
  • Start iterative testing in LIVE in August

 

 

HRS091 (AP56-049)

Working Time Capture and Reporting ( was Enhancing Employment Technical Implementation)

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

05-Aug-2016Testing complete
12-Aug-2016Deployment complete
26-Aug-2016Closure

RAG Status

RED

Report by Susan Duff for July 2016

Achievements in Last Period

  • Project Brief signed off and planning phase completed
  • Breach report spec finalised and report developed for intial review.
  • APEX report draft spec reviewed and agreed.
  • IS Development resource made available and development of the APEX report completed

Issues

  • Re-issued Project Brief with revised deliverables and scope approved with exception of Gordon Forbes who has been unavailable due to A/L and priority committments. Issue closed
  • Not all the days allocated to this project will be used due to the reduction in the scope. Programme Manager and WIS approval for reduction of budget from 82 to 48 and also work continuing into 16/17. Issue closed
  • Decision still needed from Project Sponsor on override of multipliers by approvers. Will be taken forward by the Project Sponsor for consideration as an additional piece of work. Issue open

Next Steps

  • APEX report to be deployed into TEST
  • Rework from initial feedback on eTime report to be completed
  • Business resources to be confirmed for testing and business process change
  • User Acceptance Testing of breach report and APEX report to be carried out
  • Communication plan to be finalised
  • Deployment

 

The project Status is RED to reflect the change in deliverables agreed in the now signed off Project Brief which has resulted in a reduction to the budget. The budget reduction and continuing effort into 16/17 has been approved by the Programme Manager and WIS.

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

HRS086 eRecruitment Proof of Concept

Category: Discretionary, Funded

Report by Susan McKeown

Project Closure Milestone achieved on 25-Aug-15 Project's Completion Report is available on the website.

HRS085 HESA Staff Return 14/15

Category: Compliance

Report by Anne Mathison

Project Closure Milestone achieved on 20-Nov-15 Project's Completion Report is available on the website.

HRS087 HR Reward Calculator

Category: Funded

Report by Susan McKeown

Project Closure Milestone achieved on 18-Dec-15 Project's Completion Report is available on the website.

HRS088 HR Transformation: Governance and Planning

Category: Compliance

Report by Susan McKeown

Project Closure Milestone achieved on 18-Dec-15 Project's Completion Report is available on the website

HRS084 Enhancing Employment Analysis

Category: Discretionary

Report by Franck Bergeret

Project Closure Milestone achieved on 18-Feb-16 Project's Completion Report is available on the website