Report for September 2018

Report Date
September 2018
Achievements in Last Period
  • Production environment available for performance testing

  • First phase of UAT completed

  • Project re-planned in line with delays caused by performance issues

  • Performance tuning in progress

  • SLD document ready for approval

Risks/Issues
  • DataStore performance issues
  • Early adoption period removed from current project scope
Next Steps
  • Run second phase of UAT
  • Apply performance tuning and rerun tests
  • CAHSS workshop scheduled for 30/10/2018
  • Arrange workshops for MVM and SciEng
  • Finalise GDPR DPIA with stakeholders
  • Approve Service Level Definition (SLD)
  • Soft launch rescheduled to 12/11/2018

Milestones

Target Date
Title
Stage
Complete
11-Oct-2017 Full service solution initial planning complete Plan Yes

16-Oct-2017

Scrum approach adopted; first sprint started; project tasks added to Jira

Plan Yes
02-Feb-2018 Website wireframes approved Design Yes
28-Feb-2018 Deposit/retrieval/encryption (TSM) completed Build Yes
06-Mar-2018 Website UI screens completed Build Yes
30-Mar-2018 GDPR review  in progress Analyse Yes
13-Apr-2018 Deposit/retrieval/encryption (Cloud) completed Build Yes
20-Apr-2018 Full test server operational Build Yes
23-Apr-2018 Demonstration of deposit archiving and retrieval to internal (TSM) and  external cloud storage Deliver Yes
25-May-2018 Integration testing completed Integrate Yes
25-May-2018 Minimal viable product (MVP) for Data Vault available (interim UI) Deliver Yes
31-Jul-2018 Cloud service contract in place Integrate Yes
03-Aug-2018 Key management system in place for test environment Integrate Yes
03-Aug-2018 Full test environment in place Integrate Yes
08-Sep-2018 Production environment available for performance testing Integrate Yes
15-Sep-2018 UAT phase 1 completed Accept Yes
26-Oct-2018 UAT phase 2 completed Accept No
26-Oct-2018 Performance testing/tuning completed Accept No
05-Nov-2018 Data Vault GDPR compliant Deliver No
12-Nov-2018 Data Vault soft launch/early adoption period Deliver No
07-Dec-2018 Project closure approved Close No
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
AMBER
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
DataStore performance issues may delay soft launch
Change Status
Time
Moderate
Overall
Moderate
Has formal escalation taken place?
Yes
Escalated to
Tony Weir
Activity
Approved budget
468.0 days
Activity this month
27.5 days
Activity this year
65.0 days
Activity to date
385.5 days
Estimate to complete current year
103.5 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Data Vault
Code
RSS022
Programme
ITI - Research Services (RSS)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Lawrence Stevenson
Project Sponsor
Robin Rice
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Project Classification
Transform
Start Date
08-Feb-2017
Planning Date
16-Oct-2018
Delivery Date
25-Jan-2019
Close Date
15-Mar-2019
Overall Priority
Highest
Category
Discretionary