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Report for December 2013

Report Date
December 2013

Report compiled by Jamie Thin (IS Apps Programme Manager) for Jim McGeorge (SASG), Shelagh Green (Careers), Steve Norman (Careers), John Cavani (C&M) , Ronnie Millar (Counselling) , Sheila Williams (Student Disability Service), Susan Graham (Records Management) (and other business area owners)

 

Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

Section Two: Projects Not Started

Section Three: Projects In Progress

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 

 

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Section One: Programme Commentary, RAG and Resources Update

 

The Student services programme has 5 projects in progress .

 

 

 

 

Section Two: Projects Not Started

 

 

Project InfoProgramme Manager's Commentary
Student Disability Services - Reasonable Adjustments Data to EUCLID Budget reduced from 100 days to 50 days to balance STU Programme budget, requires resource to be available  from SACS / SSP to enable this project to start

 

 

Section Three: Projects in Progress

 

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
  

STU233 Open Days and Tours Migration

 

 

Category: Sponsor Funded

Milestones

16-Dec-2013Close

 

RAG Status

 AMBER

 

 Report by Franck Bergeret for December 2013

 

Achievements in last period

  • Initial scope's closing report has been sign off by project team
  • New scope has been agreed with business Lead and project team

Issues

Next Steps

  • agree more funding  and schedule work: new nilestones will be set up

 

 

STU234 -

Upgrade SAGE to CF9

 

Category: Core

Milestones

13-Jan-2014System Deployment sign-off
16-Jan-2014Project Closure

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by David Watters for December 2013

 

Achievements in Last Period

  • Access issues reported by Careers staff addressed and solution applied to TEST

Issues

  • Access issues reported by Careers staff - problems for staff with 'browse' accounts
  • Testers unavailable until early January

Next Steps

  • Deployment milestone mid-January
  • Project closure prepared and submitted for approval

STU235 External Examiners Online Reporting System

Category: Core

Milestones

16-Jan-2014Brief sign off

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Franck Bergeret for December 2013

Achievements in last period

  • Completed consultation meetings with 2 of the 3 User Groups to review business processes, determine requirements and priority. Final meeting with 3rd User group in January
 

Issues

n/a

Next Steps

  • Approve Brief for the IT Tool
  • Start Agile Workshop with core project team (Foundation Phase)

STU236 -

Student Disability Service database and web application enhancements

 

Category: Compliance

Milestones: Planning 06/12/13

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by Sally Hayward for November 2013

 

Achievements in Last Period

  • Draft of Project Brief has been created and will be submitted to WIS in December 2013
  • Business Analysis Intiated
  • Development Services Team have started investigation into current framework

Issues

  • SQL Database is version 2000 and this needs to be upgraded to 2008 before enhancements can begin
  • ColdFusion is version 6.1 and this needs to be upgraded prior to enhancements
  • Investigation is required into the framework technology as this may need to be transferred to Mach II

Next Steps

  • Project brief to WIS 6/12/2013
  • Complete and Approve the Business Brief and Project Plan
  • Complete investigation into framework requirements

STU237 -

Essential Enhancements to Student Counselling Systems

Category: Compliance

Milestones:

17-Jan-2014System Analysis Sign-off
28-Feb-2014Build Stage Sign-off
21-Mar-2014Acceptance testing sign-off
25-Mar-2014Deployment milestone
01-Apr-2014Deployment stage sign-off
11-Apr-2014Closure approved

 

RAG Status

GREEN

Report by David Watters for December 2013

Achievements in Last Period

  • Business Analysis completed & signed off
  • Requirements prepared and published
  • Meetings with Registry & SCS stakeholders

Issues

  • None

Next Period

  • Meetings with HR re staff fields
  • System design to start
  • Build stage to commence
  

Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects

 

 

Project InfoProject Managers Commentary
  
  
  

 

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Programme
Student Services (STU)
Programme Manager
Susan Ridder-Patrick
Programme Owner
Jim McGeorge
Status
Open
Management Office
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