Report to 17-April 2018

Report Date
April 2018

Summary RAG for each Work package

 

Work package RAG summary
ID Description RAG Status Comments    
Phase 1 End-to-End process for Main exam diets GREEN      
WP1 Exam Scheduler product GREEN Manual workarounds available for all known issues    
WP2 Student Systems Connector GREEN

All parts of the connector signed off after UAT in TEST

   
WP3 Calsync Exam feed to Office365 AMBER

In Test – started w/c 5-March- 2 unresolved issues with Split locations and Calsync logging - more time for testing and bug fixing required

   
WP4A BI Suite Reporting AMBER

On Track. Testing of new BI Suite universe and initial reports done, small amount of rework identified for S/W dev team - will require fix for split locations

   
WP4B Generic Web Timetables GREEN

On Track. Built and tested. Working OK - will require fix for split locations

   
           
Phase 2 Exceptions for Resits and Fixed date exam resits GREEN      
WP5 Resits GREEN On Track - population of students on Exam resit - passed testing in TEST    
WP6 Fixed date exam resits GREEN On Track - more testing to be done - no showstoppers expected    
WP7 Calsync Enhancements ( from Calsync lessons learned ) GREEN

On Track - The Critical issues with deletions has been resolved by  hotfix from supplier S2unified and is being managed by IS Service Management as part of the business-as-usual service.

 

   
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issues

 

  • Open - Critical bug with Exam Scheduler with error in calculation of absolute extra reading time when exam duration changes - reported to Scientia support  on 8-Jan - patch expected by end of April 2018
  • Open - Split Location fix required for Calsync , Exam web timetables and BI Suite reporting
  • Open - Calsync error log file - needs config change to pull in text description 
  • Open - EQIA not completed - task escalated to Scott Rosie, and assigned to Sabrina Fijalkowski and Alison Ramsay

 

Risks

 

  • Legacy systems could fail before being replaced 
  • Scientia technology will constrain final end-to-end solution - more workarounds required than envisaged in PID - impact : additional staff costs in Exam timetabling team

 

Next Steps

 

  • Phase 1 - WP3 - Calsync -  fix Split Location issue and complete UAT
  • Phase 1 - WP4 - Complete BI Suite / Web exam timetables rework from UAT testing - fix Split location issue
  • Phase 1 and Phase 2 - complete implementation plan for deploy to LIVE , secure resources for handover to support
Project Status
RAG Status
Time
AMBER
Cost
GREEN
Scope
GREEN
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
Issue - resource conflict on IS S/W Dev team and IS Service Management slowing down bug fixing for Calsync feed to Office365 and changes to reports for BI Suite reporting
Change Status
Activity
Approved budget
470.0 days
Activity this month
10.0 days
Activity this year
239.0 days
Activity to date
315.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
100.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
60.0 days