Report for June 2019

Report Date
June 2019

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Commentary:

The overall status of the SCE programme is AMBER, with both the College Project Marking Tool  and the GeoSciences project reporting an AMBER status this month.  There are still 49 days available to use in 18/19, so options are being considered to make best use of this funding within the constraint of available IS resourcing to the end of 18/19.

During June:

  • A high level estimate was agreed for the GeoSciences database upgrade and migration which will take the project into 19/20
  • There was further development undertaken for the College Project marking tool

Please note that the project RAG status is following the guidelines available on the Project RAG status guidance page.

Forward Look - June 2019:

 

 

Resources to end June 2019:

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Project Info Programme Manager's Commentary

The broad scope for a project to implement system changes to support PGT Deposits was agreed but we have not been able to initiate a project as there are no resources available in SSP, and no immediate plans to initiate the the SEP deposits strand of the Student Finance Project.  This is likely to be escalated with the relevant SEP Boards, however it is unlikely that a College led PGT Deposits project could be initiated in 18/19.

A Business Analysis task has been started to examine the Student Scholarship application process at school and college level, and to confirm feasibility and requirement to develop a single system.

The proposal for a project to support GDPR was put forward in 2017/18 but hasn't been resourced or started in 2018/19; it's now likely to be undertaken in 19/20.

CSE has a budget of 150 ring fenced days for 18/19; with 101 days assigned to the following projects:

49 days are yet to be allocated.

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info Project Managers Commentary

SCE014 Creation of a developer community for a College Project Marking Tool

Category: Discretionary

Milestones

Stage Milestone Due Date Complete   
Plan

End of Planning

09-Nov-2018  Yes
Analyse    Analysis Completed                  30-Nov-2018  Yes
Deliver Sprint 1 Completed 15-Feb-2019  Yes
Deliver Sprint 2 Completed 22-March-2019  Yes
Deliver Sprint 3 Completed 26-April-2019  Yes
Deliver Sprint 4 Completed 31-May-2019  Yes
Deliver Sprint 5 Completed Withdrawn  N/A
Deliver Delivery Completed 10-Jun-2019  No
Close Project Closure 24-Jun-2019  No
RAG Status:  AMBER

 

Report by Ken Miller for June 2019

Achievements

  • Scope of 5th sprint confirmed.
  • Follow on meeting held regarding recommendations report and future developments.
  • Recommendations Report progressed in schedule for initial review in mid-July.
  • Initial draft TAD completed and returned to Dev Tech for review.
  • Initial sprint 5 development phase completed and updated Test environment released for review.

Issues

  • Project to be re-planned to include a 5th development sprint to close off loose ends.  Planning meeting scheduled for mid-July to agree revised milestones.
  • Progress is dependent upon users carrying out testing upon release of updated tool.  Level of testing and resultant feedback, either approval or comments, disappointing.

Next Steps

  • Planning meeting scheduled for mid-July.
  • Fifth sprint review scheduled for July 22nd due to staff unavailability over the holiday period.
  • Hosting and Recommendations Report work to be progressed.
  • TAD review meeting to be arranged with Dev Tech.

SCE015 GeoSciences Databases Upgrade and Migration

Category: Discretionary

 

Milestones:
  • To be finalised after Planning

 

RAG Status:  AMBER

Report by Richard Bailey for June 2019

 Achievements this period

  • TAD was drafted by DevTech
  • High level three point estimate agreed with relevant Teams / Project Team Members
  • Project Manager agreed, due to fully pick up this Project from w/c 08-Jul-2019

Issues

  • Planning stage still not complete, but a proposal is in place to complete by 19-Jul-2019

Next Steps

  • Complete Project Planning and Project Brief 
  • Agree milestones and delivery dates
  • Engage with Project Team / Business

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

Project Info Project Manager's Commentary

SCE012 Support for PGT Deposits - Requirements

This project was approved by WIS for closure on 15th February 2019.  See here for the closure report https://secure.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/sce012/closure-report
SCE013 ShareLatex and Overleaf software trial This project was approved by WIS for closure on 8th March 2019.   See here for the closure report https://secure.projects.ed.ac.uk/project/sce013/closure-report

 

Section Five: Programme Meeting Minutes

Date Comments
27 June 2019 Programme Review for May 2019 - meeting notes
9 May 2019 Programme Review for April 2019 - meeting notes
11 April 2019 Programme Review for March 2019 - meeting notes
5 March 2019 Programme Review for February 2019 - meeting notes
29 November 2018 Programme Review for October 2018 - meeting notes
30 October 2018 Programme Review for September 2018 - meeting notes
27 September 2018 Programme Review for August 2018 - meeting notes
22 August 2018 Programme Review for July 2018 - meeting notes
16 July 2018 Programme Review for June 2018 - meeting notes
18 June 2018 Programme Review for May 2018 - meeting notes
17 May 2018 Programme Review for April 2018  - meeting notes
16 April 2018 Programme Review for March 2018 - meeting notes
21 March 2018 Programme Review for February 2018 - meeting notes
12 February 2018 Programme Review for December 2017 & January 2018 - meeting notes
15 January 2018 Programme Review for November 2017 - meeting notes

Documentation

Not available.