Impact

Priority and Funding

This project is classed as a Priority 2 'Discretionary' project which is Core Funded.

The original estimate allocated to this project at Annual Planning 15/16 was 100 days for IS Apps resource.

However from initial discussions with IS Apps Development and Application Support teams during planning stage, it is felt that the project should be estimated at planning stage as 150 days effort.

It is important to note that this will be reviewed following receipt of Business Requirements documentation and also production of an Application and Data Architecture Document due to the potential impacts on VRS and the future vision for the application as initially described by Service Management.

 

Impact and Dependencies

There are other projects which are being delivered in 15/16 which have the potential to make change to VRS:

  • COM023 Enhancements to Visitor Registration System (including CF Upgrade) which will upgrade the version of ColdFusion used by VRS, currently the application uses CF6 however the latest version available is now CF11 and also looking to complete some VRS enhancements.
  • SMI012 Digital Images Submission for Staff and Visitors  (secured)- The project teams will be liaising closely with the work being undertaken particularly for Visitor element to ensure there are no overlaps or changes conflicting developments. It has been suggested that the Business Analyst aligned to LMP006 is also assigned to this project for the Visitor Analysis to ensure continuity and consistency of knowledge.
  • Due to the potential impacts on VRS and risks associated with LMP006, SMI012 and COM023 it has been agreed for a Change Manager to be allocated to oversee these project deliverables
  • It is important to note that the upgrade of ColdFusion via COM023 requires to be completed ahead of any development changes to code required for any LMP006 and SMI012 visitor requirements
  • Please note this project has not taken into consideration any User Services Division additional costs for any new card production envisioned for new visitor types, should this be required then a change request can be raised and assessed for inclusion in the project.