Report for October 2023

Report Date
October 2023

Report by Muriel Mewissen for Rick Arnautovic (Portfolio Owner) and CAHSS Programme Stakeholders.

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

During October, a new project was started:

The remaining projects in the programme are reporting either a RED RAG status:

or an AMBER RAG status because of low stakeholder availability.

The low resource availability in Project Services as a HIGH impacting the programme delivery.

The status of the programme is set to RED.

Please note that the project RAG status is following the revised guidelines: A one-page summary of the IS RAG status indicators is available on this page.

 

Programme RAG Overview & Forward Look - October 2023

 

Programme Resource to end of October 2023

Note that the programme budget for session 23/24 is not yet finalised.

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project Info Core Funding Budget Allocation

Possible areas of work to be started this session:

  1. Support for renewal of the WAM supplier contract

CAHSS has 150 ring fenced days in 23/24. The following allocations have been made:

Ring Fence:

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

HSS040 ECA MiniPortfolio Procurement and Implementation

 

Milestones

Title Target Date
Deliver UG mini-portfolio solution for ECA UG programmes 10-Nov-2023
Closure 15-Dec-2023
 
RAG Status 

RED

Report by Muriel for October 2023

 

This is a secure project and only those with access will be able to review the October project report.

 

HSS041 Coordinating ISG Services for EFI Launch

 

Milestones - formal milestone changes to me completed

Milestone Due Date
ECA link completed 08-Sep-2023
Delivery review 06-Oct-2023
Project Closure (MAJOR) 27-Oct-2023
RAG Status 

AMBER

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for October 2023

Achievements this period

  • Drafting of closure report for phase 1 project started
  • LST continued to work on AV installation outside of teaching spaces and supporting the resolution of snagging issues
  • Planning work for phase 2 is underway

Issue

  • Estates have advised that an additional comms room will be needed for phase 2
  • Resouring capacity in ITI CIS has meant testing of the completed ECA resilient link has not been completed

Next Steps

  • Test resilient link
  • Complete closure

HSS042 Peace Agreements Database - Continous Improvements 22/23

 

Milestones

Title Target date
Handover to Production 20-Oct-2023
Deliver improvements sign-off 20-Oct-2023
Close 30-Oct-2023
 
RAG Status 

RED

Report by Chantal Reilly for October 2023

Achievements this period

  • Developments toward turning php off continue
  • Development priorities discussed
  • Jira process and organisation changes planned
  • Discussions on production handover continue

Issues

  • Project was due to close on 30-OCT-2023, and a new project started to cover the 23/24 CSI work. A late change in Dev staff availability means this project will now extend to March.
  • Budget will need to be confirmed to support the new timeline. A change of milestone will also be needed for this Project extension.
  • A Change of PM is now required as the project is not closing and the current PM who moving to a new role mid-November. No alternative resourcere is available to take over immediately.

Next Steps

  • Assign new PM
  • Implement Jira organisation changes 
  • Handover to Production
  • Update documentation for handover
  • Continue developments with a view to turning off php site

HSS043 Online Survey Tool Requirements

 

Milestones

Title Target Date
Planning approval (MAJOR) 17-Nov-2023
Completion of market research and procurement options 01-Dec-2023
Completion of Options Appraisal document 15-Dec-2023
Project Delivery (MAJOR) 12-Jan-2024
Project Closure (MAJOR) 26-Jan-2024
 
RAG Status 

AMBER

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for October 2023

 

This is a secure project and only those with access will be able to review the October project report.

HSS044 Business School IRM On Boarding

Milestones

Title Target Date
Project Initiation Approval 05-Oct-2023
Planning Complete 19-Oct-2023
Data Mapping and Business Requirements Complete 10-Nov-2023
Sandbox Environment Available 13-Nov-2023
Business Requirements Sign Off 15-Nov-2023
Data Migration (Sandbox) Complete 17-Nov-2023
Data Migration (Sandbox) Sign Off 24-Nov-2023
User Training Complete 24-Nov-2023
Data Migration/IRM Config Live 11-Dec-2023
Deployment Sign Off Review - Migration 13-Dec-2023
Data Cleanse of Business School Salesforce Instance (for areas migrating to IRM 15-Dec-2023
Project Closure 12-Jan-2024
 
RAG Status 

GREEN

Report by Catherine Hetherington for October 2023

Achievements this period

  • Project Brief approved at Apps Review
  • Training has commenced with Exec Ed Team training completed and training scheduled for Events Team and main Business School users
  • Licences have been migrated from Business School Salesforce Org to IRM for Exec Ed Team with
  • Migration Plan and Business Sign off is awaiting confirmation from one of the Senior Users who was on annual leave. This has resulted in extending some of the milestones which has been approved by the Project Sponsor and Project Team. The migration is currently on target for December
  • remaining licences agreed with Salesforce to transfer in December
  • Sandbox environment has been set up
  • Connector from Business School Salesforce Org to IRM has been set up
  • Migration plan has been reviewed with two of the Senior Users

Issues

  • Migration Plan and Business Sign off is awaiting confirmation from one of the Senior Users who was on annual leave. This has resulted in extending some of the milestones which has been approved by the Project Sponsor and Project Team. The migration is currently on target for December

Next Steps

  • Finalise business requirements with remaining Senior User
  • Finalise migration plan
  • Migrate data to Sandbox for UAT and sign off
  • Complete User Training

 

Section Four: Closed Projects

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

N/A

No project has been closed yet this year.

Section Five: Programme Meeting Minutes

Date Comments
29 September 2023 Programme Review for September 2023
18 August 2023 Programme Review for August 2023
13 July 2023 Programme Review for July 2023
16 June 2023 Programme Review for June 2023
11 May 2023 Programme Review for May 2023
13 April 2023 Programme Review for April 2023
16 March 2023 Programme Review for March 2023
9 February 2023 Programme Review for February 2023
12 January 2023 Programme Review for January 2023
8 December 2022 Programme Review for December 2022
17 November 2022 Programme Review for November 2022
Programme Status
RAG Status
Overall
RED
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Head of Project Services
RAG Commentary
The lack of availability of PM and BA in Project Service (see issue 139) continues to impact 2 projects: HSS040 ECA MiniPortfolio Procurement and Implementation and HSS042 Peace Agreements Database - Continous Improvements 22/23. Both are reporting a RED RAG status

Documentation

Not available.