Report for January 2025

Report Date
January 2025

USD Monthly report for Neil Bruce (Programme Owner) for January 2025.

Section One: Commentary, RAG, and Resources Update

Programme Commentary

January monthly report for USD Programme. 

RAG Status and Forward Look

Resources

 

Section Two: Projects to be Started

Project Info Commentary
IT & Library Business Service Readiness for Start of Semester 25/26 Project to be started March 2025

Section Three: Projects in Progress

Project Info

Project Managers Commentary

USD028 Card Implementation

Milestones

RAG

AMBER

Report by Colin Watt for January 2025

This is a restricted project. Those with access will be able to view the January report on the project's website.

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USD031 Business Continuity for ISG Services

Milestones

Milestone Due Date
Start University Repository Build 02-Dec-2024
Complete University Repository Build 07-Feb-2025
Complete University Repository UAT 28-Feb-2025
Complete User Manual for University Repository 28-Feb-2025
Major - University Repository Delivery 14-Mar-2025
Major - Project Closure 28-Mar-2025

RAG

GREEN

Report by Sonali Nakhate for January 2025

Achievements this period

  • DPIA for BCP repository completed and approved.
  • Development nearing completion of a University wide repository.

Issues

None

Next Steps

  • Complete Development work of the University wide repository.
  • Carry out User Acceptance Testing of the University repository.

USD032 ISG Staff Intranet

Milestones

Milestone Due Date
Complete Build of Staff Intranet 21-Feb-2025
Complete Accessibility Testing 07-Mar-2025
Complete UAT 21-Mar-2025
UAT Acceptance Review 28-Mar-2025
Deliver - Test complete, ready for go-live - Major 11-Apr-2025
Closure - Major 09-May-2025

RAG

AMBER

 

Report by Sonali Nakhate for January 2025

Achievements this period

  • Revised milestones and budget signed off by the Project Board and Apps Review.
  • Build work ongoing on the SharePoint site.
  • Test preparation in progress, use of TestRail agreed to carry out UAT.
  • Engagement with individual content owners/editors to review user stories and ensure their content readiness
  • Updates to Information Architecture based on changes to user stories and ownership.

Issues

Next Steps

  • Complete build of the site and migration of existing content to a demo site.
  • Complete Test preparation
  • Start Accessibility testing of the test site.
  • Continue engagement with content owners/editors.

USD036 Move IS Alerts System to the cloud

Milestones

To be agreed in planning.

RAG

AMBER

Report by Colin Watt for January 2025

This is a restricted project. Those with access will be able to view the December report on the project's website.

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USD037 UniDesk Archive

Milestones

To be agreed in planning.

RAG

GREEN

Report by Colin Watt for January 2025

This is a restricted project. Those with access will be able to view the January report on the project's website.

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USD038 Managing Sustainable Printing

Milestones

To be agreed in planning.

RAG

GREEN

Report by Sonali Nakhate for January 2025

This is a restricted project. Those with access will be able to view the January report on the project's website.

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Section Four: Closed or Withdrawn Projects 2024/25

Project Info.    Project Managers Commentary

USD029 Printer Fleet Contract

Project Closure approved Apps Review 07/11/24
ISG027 ISG Website Migration  Project Closure approved Apps review 28/11/24
USD034 IT & Library Business Service Readiness for Start of Semester 24/25

Project Closure approved Apps Review 04/12/24

USD034 Closure Report

USD033 Cloud Printing Implementation Phase  Project Withdrawal approved Apps Review 09/01/2025

 

Overall
 
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
RAG Commentary
Overall Programme RAG status this month is GREEN.
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Programme Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No