Organisation

Work/Task Breakdown

*Days are worst case scenario

O1 To update to the latest version of Xerte

 

Tasks

Who

P

Days*

When

O1 D1

Upgrade Xerte from v3.6 to v3.8 on

  • DEV
  • TEST

incs peer testing & documentation

Software Dev

 

M

6d

9  Mar to

3 Apr 20

  • UAT
  • Rework for UAT

+ peer testing & documentation

Alison for UAT

Software Dev

6-10 Apr 20

 

8-13 Apr 20

Upgrade Xerte from v3.6 to v3.8 on

  • LIVE

Software Dev

 

20 Apr 20 to 22 Apr 20

  • Test Xerte v3.8 in new cloud version of LEARN
    • Provide test logs
  • Test Xerte in cloud Learn – rework
  • Test Xerte in cloud Learn  - peer testing

Alison & Karen

Software Dev

M

2d

24 - 30 Apr 20

 

 

24 - 30 Apr 20

 

 

O2 To allow automatic creation of new accounts

 

Tasks

Who

P

Days

When

O2 D1

  • Define user groups - determine who can access the system
    • EASE or certain bits of a school?  Not EASEfriends.
    • Can we segment up using Shibboleth
    • Check what other universities have done
  • Involve Helpdesk – current levels of calls? Inform of changes. Involve in testing?
  •  

DevTech

& Alison

M

2d

9  Mar to

29 Apr 20

O2 D1

  • EASE authentication has been added but not account creation therefore development work to allow the creation of new accounts
  • incs peer testing & documentation

DevTech

Software Dev

 

M

3d

3d

6 Apr to

29 Apr 20

O2 D1

  • Promote to Test and Live BAMBOO

 

O3 Allow external access to Xerte learning objects

 

Tasks

Who

P

Days

When

O3 D1

  • Investigation task to determine the security around making objects publically accessible
  • Speak to Xerte developers for their input

 

About making sure that if a learning object is public the private learnings objects cannot be accessed in any way

Software Dev

M

2d

10 Mar to

17  Apr 20

 

O3 D2

  • Update configuration settings to allow Xerte learning objects to be publishable externally, if required

Software Dev

 

M

4d

23 Apr  to

15 May 20

O3 D2

  • Promote to Test and Live BAMBOO

Software Dev

 

 

O4 Review and update supporting documentation

  • Don’t create new policies if already exist

 

Tasks

Who

P

Days

When

O4 D1

  • DPIA

Alison

 

 

To 28 May 20

O4 D2

  • EQIA
  • With Alison - in preparation for centralisation - is ongoing with input from Viki Galt about accessibility. Alison has been in contact with Xerte developers re community accessibility statement

Alison

 

 

To 28 May 20

O4D3

  • SLA – to review existing OLA and see what changes need to be made to conform with LTW methods
    • Updates made

 

Karen

 

 

To 28 May 20

O4 D4

  • Training material - to review and update where necessary

Alison

 

 

To 28 May 20

O4 D5

  • Take down policy – confirm University takedown policy/Student policy covers everything for Xerte
    • Link/point to it from Xerte
    • If it doesn’t completely cover add an addendum in Xerte to cover points

Karen

 

 

To 28 May 20

 

O5 To contribute to a business case to be submitted to LTW for Xerte to become a centrally supported service

 

Tasks

Who

P

Days

When

O5 D1

  • Business case available for submission to LTW for Xerte to become a centrally supported service 

Muriel,

Sue,

Alison

3d

Inc in PM

 

 

To 5 Jun 20

O5 D1

  • Changing service to be communicated

Karen Alison

 

 

 

 

O5 D2

  • Documentation on the setup of the pilot service  (shape of the documentation, contents, contributors etc)

Karen plus All

 

 

To 5 Jun 20

O5 D3

    • Presentation of usage data collected since launch – Alison is already collecting this data  - just needs to be presented
  • Use cases
  • Investigate what can be gathered from database (admin panel should provide data)
  • Look into benchmarking in order to support the benefits of moving to a centrally supported system

Alison

Karen

Software Dev

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.5d

To 5 Jun 20

 

 

Resources, Skills and Costs

Task

Effort

 

  • Programme Management

5

2d plus time for business case 3d

  • Project Management

10

20 weeks at 0.5d per week = 10d

Includes work on business case

  • Senior Supplier

none

 

  • Planning

3

 

  • Closing

2

 

  • Meetings

2.5

 

  • Unplanned

1.5

 

  • Resourcing –Resource managers

1

 

  • Total AppsMan

1

 

  • Total TechMan

1

 

  • Total ISG Software Dev

21

 

  • Total ISG DevTech Services

5

 

Total IS-Apps

54d

Worst case scenario

Total LTW Services

 

 

Total Service Owner

 

 

Overall Total

 

 

 

Project Stakeholders

Name Business Area Role Communication Plan
Adrian Richardson Software Development Software Development Lead

Project team member

Alison Christie University Business School- Xerte Service Owner Business Lead & Senior User

Project Team Member

Xerte Subject Matter Expert 

Fraser Muir CAHSS - Portfolio Owner Project Sponsor  
Karen Howie LTW DLAM Team Manager

Project team member

Muriel Mewissen IS ProjectServices Portfolio manager  
Nik Pardoe Development Technology Xerte System Administrator

Project team member

Peter Jackson Development Technology Xerte System Administrator

Project team member

Sheila Fraser Head of IT for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine MVM rep  
Sue Woodger IS Project Services Project Manager

Project team member

Suran Perera Production Management Application Development Team Manager (CAHSS)

Project team member

Victoria Dishon Head of IT for the College of Science and Engineering CSE rep  

Project Estimations

Link to Estimation Log

 

Training

  • Currently no-one can get access to Xerte without training, Alison Christie runs the training
  • A Xerte User Guide and Xerte support videos have been created for staff and students.

 

 

Project Info

Project
Xerte Pilot - authorisation and business case
Code
HSS032
Programme
CAHSS Portfolio Projects
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Chris Konczak
Project Sponsor
Rick Arnautovic
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Grow
Start Date
03-Feb-2020
Planning Date
06-Mar-2020
Delivery Date
13-Dec-2021
Close Date
28-Jul-2022
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Discretionary