Report for March 2023

Report Date
March 2023

 

Achievements in Last Period

  • Continued progress with Puppet deployment minor config changes have been identified and implemented
  • Dspace structure successfully deployed in digital library via puppet
  • Testing front end for Heriot Watt
  • Testing front end for Research Scotland
  • Testing Database for Heriot Watt
  • Testing Database for Research Scotland 
  • Further accessibility changes identified and deployed to vanilla instance
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Issues and Risks

  • Industrial action impacting delivery.
  • Resources over deployed across department resulting in delays.
  • Cambridge have informed of service degradation with new Dspace 7 instances, will measure on vanilla installs and revert

Next Steps

  • Deploy HW to Production  
  • Deploy RSC to Production 
  • Prioritize remaining instances, inform timelines to partners
  • Engage with partners and agree timelines

 

Future Milestones

  • Continue with development tasks throughout industrial action  

 

Project Sponsor Commentary / Approval

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
GREEN
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
GREEN
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Ianthe Sutherland
Activity
Approved budget
0.0 days
Activity this month
0.0 days
Activity this year
0.0 days
Activity to date
0.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
0.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
DSpace 7 Upgrades
Code
LUC065
Programme
Library & Collections - Digital Library BAU (LUCDL)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Ianthe Sutherland
Project Sponsor
Ianthe Sutherland
Current Stage
Execute
Status
In Progress
Start Date
01-Sep-2022
Planning Date
01-Nov-2022
Delivery Date
18-Dec-2024
Close Date
17-Jan-2025
Category
Compliance

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