Report for September 2015

Report Date
September 2015

Report compiled by Dawn Nicholls on behalf of Rhian Davies (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Charles Hill (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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 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

 N.B. There has been a change to the way that the project RAG status is determined for all IS Projects, with the changes applying from this month onwards. The main change is that the RAG will now also reflect the changes over the last month, whereas previously it was the current status at the time of writing the report. This means that if there has been a change to the time, cost and/or scope during the reporting period that would otherwise have made the project status RED or AMBER at that time, then the project will be reported as RED or AMBER. This means that we expect to see more RED or AMBER projects than previously. A one-page summary of the ISG RAG status indicators is available on this page.

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary
  

 

 Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

CSG006 (In-year)

OPAS Migration

Category: Compliance

 Milestones

28-Oct-2015Deployment sign off review
30-Oct-2015Project closure

RAG Status : RED

Report by Chris Konczak for September 2015

Achievements this period

  • Progress with random disconnections has been made

The major issue we had last month was OPAS staff all getting simultainously disconnected from the OPAS database a number of times a day. Some of these disconnections were due to SQL Server restarting itself, and the others were not traceable as there was nothing in the logs. Before carrying out network investigations, the power saving mode on the client PCs was extende to two hours. Directly after this there was a marked improvement, with the only disconnections now being the SQL restart.

Another issue that may have contributed was one user was using a sys admin login to OPAS, and as they were on holiday at the time, this would be checked when they returned. On return their login profile was rebuilt to allow them to use their user name. There have been two random disconnections since their return. Their PC will now be replaced and we will continue to monitor this.

Issues

  • Another issue has been brought to our attention. The old SQL server had restrictions on IP address with the firewall. The new SQL Server does not allow this as the database is now on a shared instance instead of on its own instance. We are meeting with section heads to discuss whether wheather the security we now have in place is sufficient.

 

Next Steps

  • Resolve IP / Firewall security concerns.
  • Deployment Sign off Review
  • Closure

CSG007 (In-year)

Learning and Development Requirements for CSG

Category: Discretionary

 Milestones

Target dateTitle
09-Oct-2015Business Analysis
27-Nov-2015Closure

RAG Status : AMBER

Report by Ben Armstrong for September 2015

Achievements this period
  • Completed review of business requirements
  • Signed off Project Brief and Planning milestone
  • Produced a draft solution options report including costs, benefits and timescales

Issues

  • The Planning and Business Analysis milestones were delayed due to resource availability, but approval was granted to extend these to October 2nd and October 9th respectively, so the issue has now been resolved
  • The project exceeded its budget (hence the Amber status) but an increased estimate has been approved by the project sponsor, with an additional 10 days budget granted, so the issue has now been resolved

Next Steps

  • Present solution options document to Project Sponsor and CSG Director
  • Sign off Business Analysis milestone
  • Gain agreement on the preferred option following the CSG Away Day
  • Establish if further work is required to prepare for implementing the preferred option
  • Communication update to project stakeholders

CSG008 (AP56-045)

RETAIN Enhancements for mass-based substances

Category : Compliance

Milestones

 

Target dateTitle
30-Oct-2015End of development stage
02-Nov-2015Final go-live
13-Nov-2015End of maintenance
27-Nov-2015Closure

RAG Status : AMBER

Report by Dawn Nicholls for September 2015

 Achievements this period

  • Completion and sign-off of planning stage
  • Completion and sign-off of foundations stage
  • Start of development iterations.  Iteration 1 completed 25th Sept.  Completed User Stories can be seen on the Iteration 1 summary page

Issues

  • Resource conflict for Lead Developer meant that development iterations had to take a one week break.  The time was utilised to look at BI requirements to minimise impact on the overall project.  The project has been reported on AMBER status to highlight this conflict & the impact on the project timeline.

Next steps

  • 2 x further development iterations

 

 

 

 

 Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary

AP number / project code

Project name

PM name

Category: Discretionary/Compliance/Funded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Documentation

Not available.