Overview

  

The Service Management Improvement Initiative is a programme of projects and activities that aims to develop IT service management within the university.

It will utilise the ITIL framework to provide quality IT services to customers within the university, focusing on the resources and facilities needed to support the succesful depoyment of IT. The programme is Vision-led and among its aims targets two of the three strategic Enablers outlined in the University's Strategic Plan for 2008-2012

  • Quality Services
  • Quality Infrastructure.

The Vision is the full implementation of an integrated service management software package to encourage and facilitate continuous service improvement methods and measures.

Since its procurement and installation over 2009/2010, the software package has been TOPdesk, underpinning the UniDesk service which is a joint partnership between Edinburgh, St Andrews and Abertay, Dundee, which also has Sheffield Hallam, Ulster, Stirling, and Edinburgh Napier University as service users.

The programme therefore also includes upgrades and enhcancements to UniDesk.

 

Contacts

 

 

Name Role Contact Details
Neil Bruce Programme Owner

neil.bruce@ed.ac.uk

Alex Carter Programme Owner alex.carter@ed.ac.uk

Colin Watt

Programme Manager (IS Applications)

colin.watt@ed.ac.uk

 

 

Current Programme status

Report Date RAG
July 2023 GREEN
Code RAG RAG Date Manager Status Stage
SMI007 UniDesk Service Level Management BLUE October 2015 Maurice Franceschi Closed Close
SMI010 UniDesk Environment Build for Stirling BLUE October 2015 Neil Grant Closed Close
SMI015 Card Front End ColdFusion Upgrade BLUE February 2016 Dawn Holmes Withdrawn Close
SMI009 IS Alerts Enhancements 2015 BLUE February 2016 Chris Konczak Closed Close
SMI014 Online Print Credit (PCounter) ColdFusion Upgrade May 2016 Sue Woodger Closed Close
SMI016 UniDesk for Napier BLUE June 2016 Iain Moore-McLaughlin Closed Close
SMI012 Digital Image Submissions for Staff and Visitors BLUE July 2016 Colin Watt Closed Close
SMI013 UniDesk Annual Upgrade BLUE October 2017 Colin Watt Closed Close
SMI008 Improved Unidesk reporting BLUE June 2017 Colin Forrest Closed Close