Organisation

Work/Task Breakdown

Description

Responsibility

Planning  
  •  Project brief, project plan, estimation and risks and issues
  • Project Services/Project team
Build  
  • Align environments
  • P&M
  • Upgrade Development environment to Worktribe 2022.7 and v 2023.1 and complete satisfactory testing
  • Worktribe / RIS & Applications Management
  • Complete User Acceptance Testing.  This should include testing the functionality provided by v2022.7 and 2023.1
  • RIS, ERO + College Representatives
  • Complete Integration Testing.  This should be a single test cycle post implementation of  v2022.7 and v2023.1
  • Applications Management 
   
Deployment (TEST and LIVE)  
Upgrade Test environment to Worktribe 2022.7 and 2023.1
  • Worktribe /RIS, ERO + Applications Management
  • Upgrade TEST and LIVE environments to Worktribe v2022.7 and v 2023.1 and complete business & patching testing.  
  • Worktribe / RIS, ERO, College Representatives + Applications Management
  • Produce user guidance  for the business community.
  • RIS & ERO team
  • Communication with users groups relating to the upgrade.
  • RIS & ERO team
  • Deployment Sign off review.
  • Project Services/Project team
Closure  
  • Project Closure
  • Project Services/Project team

* Assumption no data refresh for version 2023.1 but will be checked nearer time of upgrade

 

Resources, Skills and Costs

IS Applications - Project Services 

IS Applications - Applications Management 

Non chargeable to project:

  • IS L&UC Research Information Systems
  • 3rd party supplier Worktribe
  • Edinburgh Research Office (Pre-Award, Post-Award and Contracts) 
  • Finance Information Systems
  • College Representatives (CSE, CAHSS and MVM)

 

Project Governance

  • Regular meetings will be set up to monitor progress
  • Project upgrades will  be planned for a Tuesday or a Wednesday night
  • Monthly reporting 
  • Any project issues that may arise will be escalated to the Project Sponsor / Supplier / Senior Supplier / Director where necessary
  • Copying in P&M with progress

 

Project Stakeholders

Anna Anderson ERO ERO Business Representative  
Anne Graham Applications Management Applications Management Manager (Project Team)  
Arti Nair ERO Research Grants  
Caroline Scotland School of Biological Sciences Research Administrator  
Chris Konczak Project Services Project Manager wef 24 Oct 22  
Clare Whittaker Edinburgh Research Office (ERO) Head of Research Contracts, Governance and Integrity  
Nik Hussin Library Research Support - RIS Business Lead (Project Team)  
Dominic Tate Library Research Support Project Sponsor (Project Team)  
Emma Mcnab Project Services P&M Contact UAT (Project Team)  
InfoSec InfoSec Information Security

Information Security Team 

Chief Information Security Officer CISO - Alistair Fenemore

Deputy CISO - Garry Scobie

Senior Information Security Consultant - David Creighton-Offord   

Isobel Blair MVM MVM Representative  
Janet Ball CSE CSE Representative  
Jayne Glendinning School of Biological Sciences Research Office Manager  
John Chan P&M Environment Manager  
Karen Stirling Project Services Programme Manager (Project Team)  
Kelvin Clark Library Research Support RIS Business Lead (Project Team)  
Lorna Thomson ERO Director of Edinburgh Research Office (Senior User)  
Loukia Koutsoventi ERO Research Finance Manager (EU & International)  
Murray Bell ERO Research Grants  
Natasha Curley ERO ERO Business Representative  
Seetha Subramanian Applications Management Applications Support Analyst (Project Team)  
Shona Dale Business School Research & Knowledge Exchange Officer  
Susana Guzman ERO Contracts Officer  

 

Project Estimations

IS Applications Project Services - Project Manager 12 days

IS Applications Project Services - Programme Manager 2 days

IS Applications Management - 16 days

Total = 30 days

Project Info

Project
Worktribe Upgrades v2022.7 and v2023.1
Code
RIS024
Programme
Research Information Systems (RIS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Chris Konczak
Project Sponsor
Dominic Tate
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Run
Start Date
22-Sep-2022
Planning Date
20-Oct-2022
Delivery Date
23-Mar-2023
Close Date
27-Apr-2023
Programme Priority
2
Overall Priority
Normal
Category
Compliance

Documentation

Plan