Report to 17-April 2018
- Report Date
- April 2018
Summary RAG for each Work package
ID | Description | RAG Status | Comments | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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WP4B | Generic Web Timetables | GREEN |
On Track. Built and tested. Working OK - will require fix for split locations |
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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.
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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
- 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