Report for November 2023

Report Date
November 2023

Achievements this period

  • Change of project manager - Sue Woodger took over from Catherine Hetherington wef 14/11/23
  • Business requirements with remaining Senior User finalised
  • The data cleansing task is now complete.
    • The data is not as reduced as much as originally envisioned but it is in a better state than it was. The Business School have thought about their data and is a starting point for future thinking
  • The Data Migration (Sandbox) Complete milestone had been moved out to Thursday 30 November as it had been difficult scheduling a meeting with the remaining area senior user. This has now been completed and the area senior user is happy with the requirements – no changes were required – and she is happy with the data in the sandbox  This enables the live migration to go ahead on the 2nd December.
  • User Training completed
    • The last of the user training took place on 23 Nov 23 and the milestone is complete. There were 3 sessions in total

Issues

  • The DPIA work is still ongoing but the team have now heard back from Rena Gertz. She is cloning an existing DPIA and amending as necessary for the policy directory. Just waiting on confirmation that this has been and will then be reviewed by the team.
  • Issues with licences
    • Salesforce say that the transfer for last licences has been difficult. Has escalated to the US but not getting any traction from them.
    • However, a workaround has been put in place by purchasing new licences. This has been approved by Alex Carter
    • The process to deal with remaining licences will be confirmed between the Salesforce account manager, the Project Sponsor and the IRM Service Manager
  • The figures in ASTA had not included team members time for December and January. PM has been reviewing and estimates that this could add approx. 5d to the project. Team members are being consulted for forward estimates.

Next Steps

  • Migration of the config into Live to happen on 2 December with it being opened to users on the 4 December
  • Confirm forward estimates and submit for approval

 

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
AMBER
Scope
GREEN
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
DESCRIPTION: Current plan has not included forward estimates IMPACT: The current budget will be exceeded as cover is required for Dec and Jan PLAN: team members have been asked to confirm estimates for Dec and Jan. An issue item will be created and then submitted to programme manager and programme owner for approval.
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Activity
Approved budget
20.0 days
Activity this month
12.0 days
Activity this year
18.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
10.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Business School IRM On-boarding
Code
HSS044
Programme
CAHSS Portfolio Projects
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Sue Woodger
Project Sponsor
Mette Cameron
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
05-Oct-2023
Planning Date
18-Oct-2023
Delivery Date
13-Dec-2023
Close Date
11-Jan-2024
Programme Priority
5
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Discretionary

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