SMART enhancements to all schools in HSS
Scope
To include prioritised requirements that are enhancement within the agreed budget (141 days). The prioritised requirements will be identified and agreed by HSS users and USD/SACS. Those which cannot be completed within the budget will be out of scope.
IS Apps Man have identified calls that will be done as part of support.
Documentation and training are also out of scope.
Objective
To support HSS schools to use SMART.
Deliverables
- Test system scalability as all HSS schools but one are likely to use SMART (from current 2 HSS schools).
- Pass/Fail enhancement .
- Reporting: 2 reports being designed by IS Service Management, and more frequent updates of the Universe
-As well as enhancements prioritised from the current WIKI list (https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/CHSSConsultancy/SMART+Queries+-+Outstanding):
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"The problem with SMART handling 0 and null values (SMART wiki issues 32, 33, 54 and 60)" |
1 |
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"Problems with SMART averaging marks/grades for a programme (SMART wiki issues 19, 47, 50, 51 and 53)" |
2 (tied) |
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"Need to clarify and modify how SMART handles the yearly roll-over, particularly from September to December (SMART wiki issues 36, 46, 63 and 64) *Note: We can discuss how to perform roll-over later, just rank on importance " |
2 (tied) |
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"Change calculation of Honours degrees from ratio of years 3 to 4 from 50:50 to 1:2 (SMART wiki issue 62)" |
4 |
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“Notes” field needed for each course – an extra text field in SMART for each student on each course. Some in CHSS Schools described this as a “deal breaker” for using SMART |
5
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Vertical text Alignment in column headers for Progression Sheets |
6 |
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"Problems with SMART rounding numbers down or to the nearest integers (SMART wiki issues 49 and 59) *Note: We can discuss how to round numbers later, just rank on importance " |
Likely not an issue, but may require final confirmation |
Current project status
| Report Date | RAG | Budget | Effort Completed | Effort to complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | BLUE | 183.0 days | 188.0 days | 0.0 |