Report for November 2023

Report Date
November 2023

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

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

During November, one project continue to report a RED RAG status:

Two projects are reporting an AMBER RAG status:

The remaining projects in the programme are reporting GREEN RAG status:

The status of the programme is set to AMBER.

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 - November 2023

 

Programme Resource to end of November 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 

AMBER

Report by Muriel Mewissen for November 2023

 

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

 

HSS041 Coordinating ISG Services for EFI Launch

 

Milestones - formal milestone changes to be completed

Milestone Due Date
ECA link completed 13-Dec-2023
Project Closure (MAJOR) 25-Dec-2023
RAG Status 

GREEN

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for November 2023

Achievements this period

  • Closure report out for feedback
  • ECA resilient link test scheduled for 13th December
  • Phase 2 planning discussions in progress

Issue

  • Milestones to be rescheduled
  • There was an escalation with Director of ITI and Chief Operating Officer of EFI due to the Estates instruction of work for a new comms room for phase 2.

Next Steps

  • Test resilient link
  • Close this project and start phase 2 project.

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 Muriel Mewissen for November 2023

Achievements this period

  • No update from Dev team

Issues

  • The PM has left Project Services mid November and a Change of PM is now required. No alternative resources is available to take over immediately. In the meantime, the project is development led.
  • The Project is extended to complete this phase of work. The milestones and budget need to be confirmed.

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
Completion of market research and procurement options 15-Dec-2023
Completion of Options Appraisal document 15-Dec-2023
Project Delivery (MAJOR) 12-Jan-2024
Project Closure (MAJOR) 26-Jan-2024
 
RAG Status 

GREEN

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for November 2023

 

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

HSS044 Business School IRM On Boarding

Milestones

Title Target Date
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 

AMBER

Report by Sue Woodger for November 2023

Achievements this period

  • Change of project manager - Sue Woodger took over from Catherine Hetherington wef 14/11/23
  • Business requirements with remaining Senior User finalised
  • The data cleansing task is now complete.
    • The data is not as reduced as much as originally envisioned but it is in a better state than it was. The Business School have thought about their data and is a starting point for future thinking
  • The Data Migration (Sandbox) Complete milestone had been moved out to Thursday 30 November as it had been difficult scheduling a meeting with the remaining area senior user. This has now been completed and the area senior user is happy with the requirements – no changes were required – and she is happy with the data in the sandbox  This enables the live migration to go ahead on the 2nd December.
  • User Training completed
    • The last of the user training took place on 23 Nov 23 and the milestone is complete. There were 3 sessions in total

Issues

  • The DPIA work is still ongoing but the team have now heard back from Rena Gertz. She is cloning an existing DPIA and amending as necessary for the policy directory. Just waiting on confirmation that this has been and will then be reviewed by the team.
  • Issues with licences
    • Salesforce say that the transfer for last licences has been difficult. Has escalated to the US but not getting any traction from them.
    • However, a workaround has been put in place by purchasing new licences. This has been approved by Alex Carter
    • The process to deal with remaining licences will be confirmed between the Salesforce account manager, the Project Sponsor and the IRM Service Manager
  • The figures in ASTA had not included team members time for December and January. PM has been reviewing and estimates that this could add approx. 5d to the project. Team members are being consulted for forward estimates.

Next Steps

  • Migration of the config into Live to happen on 2 December with it being opened to users on the 4 December
  • Confirm forward estimates and submit for approval

 

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
15 November 2023 Programme Review for November 2023
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
Programme Status
RAG Status
Overall
AMBER
Has formal escalation taken place?
No