Report for February 2024

Report Date
February 2024

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

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

During February, a project was successfully delivered and closed:

HSS040 ECA MiniPortfolio Procurement and Implementation is reporting a RED RAG due to several issues post Go-LIVE that have impacted the submission process and that require to be addressed. This has caused additional work for all teams involved, and impact on timeline and budget.

HSS045 ISG Services for EFI Launch - Phase 2 continue to report an AMBER RAG due to the building contractor delays which means less time will be available for the ISG teams to do their work on site.

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 - February 2024

 

Programme Resource to end of February 2024

 

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 07-Feb-2024
Closure 15-Mar-2024
 
RAG Status 

RED

Report by Muriel Mewissen for February 2024

 

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

 

HSS042 Peace Agreements Database - Continous Improvements 22/23

 

Milestones

Title Target date
Handover to Production 01-Mar-2024
Deliver improvements sign-off 01-Mar-2024
Close 29-Mar-2024
 
RAG Status 

GREEN

Report by Alan Donald for February 2024

 

Achievements this period

  • PM involved in first whole team meeting
  • Software Dev resource confirmed until end of April
  • New deployments ready for live
    • Final data import from Peace Agreements PHP site signed off
    • Researchers in PeaceRep team entering data into new platform in TEST as part of UAT
    • Update ready for LIVE site to prepare for the Tracker subsite launch in February

Issues

  • The Project is extended to complete this phase of work. The milestones and budget need to be confirmed.

Next steps

  • 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

 

RAG Status 

Closed

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for February 2024

 

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

 

 HSS045 ISG Services for EFI Launch - Phase 2

 

Milestones

Title Target Date
End of Planning - Major 09-Feb-2024
Delivery - Major 15-Apr-2024
Project Closure - Major 20-Dec-2024
 
RAG Status 

AMBER

Report by Susan Ridder-Patrick for February 2024

Achievements this period

  • Brief almost fully drafted
  • ITI CIS and LST have made good progress in the building despite lots of delay and conflicting readiness information from Estates/BBK project
  • Business Analyst has drafted some requirement for DDI Hub requirements in anticipation of what will be in the leases
  • The EFI Control sheet has been updated to reflect all the changes that have occurred since phase 1 (eg the new comms room and knock-on impact to usage of space)

Issues

  • PM delayed in issuing brief for approval due to prioritising STU268
  • Estates/BBK programme plan not being adhered to by BBK
  • Test results are not being provided to ITI CIS when required
  • Project still waiting for confirmed DDI HUb requirements

Next Steps

  • Issue brief for approval
  • Complete ITI CIS installation
  • Compelte LST installation
  • Receive and check test results and drawings
  • Receive agreed leases and update requirements for tenants
  • Confirm service design and work required to enable services for all users
  • Install printers

 

Section Four: Closed Projects

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary
HSS043 Online Survey Tool Requirements This project was started in September 2023 and was closed on the 29 February 2024. The Closure Report is available to view.
HSS044 Business School IRM On Boarding This project was started in October 2023 and was closed on the 11 January 2024. The Closure Report is available to view.

HSS041 Coordinating ISG Services for EFI Launch

This project was started in March 2023 and was closed on the 15 December 2023. The Closure Report is available to view.

 

Section Five: Programme Meeting Minutes

Date Comments
13 February 2024 Programme Review for February 2024
16 January 2024 Programme Review for December 2023 & January 2024
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
Programme Status
RAG Status
Overall
AMBER
Has formal escalation taken place?
No

Documentation

Not available.