Project journal

• The go-live of release 3 successfully went ahead as planned
• A couple of minor issues have been reported, these are in the process of being rectified/tested and a maintenance release will be carried out next week.
• The team are preparing their closure report and the closure review meeting is booked for next week

eStores has now been rolled out to QMRI and Chancellors stores at Little France.

Researchers in the labs are now able to place stores orders via an online shopping cart, which displays realtime stock availability & prices.

This new system replaces their previous semi-manual system.

The latest release of eStores went live at School of Chemistry Stores on Thursday 8th November.

This latest release incorporates WIndows Mobile functionality to support the new Elf barcode scanners.  These scanners are used at the Store checkout to to issue products to researchers, details are then sent via WiFi to eStores back office, where they're validated and send on to eFinancials.

A summary of the functionality included in this release can be found in the Release 1 Info pages.

• The project is on a between-iteration break this week, so no development has taken place. Development for Release 3 start on Monday.
• Swann stores went live this week (Thursday) as a barcoded store.

• This is the 2nd week of iteration 2
• One of the new scanners was set up to conect to the Test system and taken to Chemistry for on-site testing.
• Several test orders were successfully placed by the stores staff and interfaced into eFinancials.
• Some minor issues have been identified for correction in release 2 (e.g.

• This is the 2nd and final week of Iteration 1.Scanner software is complete but there are still some elements of the back-office validation and ID card printing to finish off.  End-to-end testing has not yet taken place.
• Following team discussions with the business representative, the go-live planned for Monday will be delayed by a few days to allow further testing to take place.
• A presentation and demo of the scanner software took place at Kings Buildings for the School Administrator, Finance and Research Administrator, stores staff from Chemistry/Ashwo

• 2-day development 'spike' undertaken to assertain whether Windows Mobile & C# could be successfully used to deliver the required functionality on the barcode scanners.  The results were positive, although a residual risk of using this technology remains, as it is not commonly used within the University.
• High-level design for eStores Mobile has taken place, mock-up screens have been sent to stakeholders for consideration.
• Estimation has taken place and stories/tasks collated for iteration 1 which will start on Monday
• A visit to Ashworth/Swann stores took plac

• Stores workshop held with Stores reps from Roslin, Little France and Chemistry attending.  Initial set of requirements gathered and prioritised by Stores.
• Sales Rep demonstrated 2 potential new models for barcode scanners - these are now on loan for a week.  A further potential model is on loan for 2 weeks.
• Discussions with IT reps about WiFi coverage at barcoded stores.  Additional WiFi points may be needed for Ashworth and Swann Stores if barcode scanners are to be used.

• Project Brief ready for review by stakeholders
• Timeline replanned around Dev Team's recruitment activities
• Stores workshop re-planned for 24th September
• New risk identified regarding lack of end-user input into requirements gathering (User Stories) - see Risk Log for further information