Project Report for April 2024

Report Date
April 2024

Achievements this period

  • Planning milestone was pushed back to end April. Planning signed off by Project Team and Sponsor but Apps Review approval delayed due to illness. Now expected to be submitted to AR 09/05/24.

Issues

  • The project manager has been conflicted to work on the Web Publishing Platform Projects/programme. This has delayed progress with completing planning and resulted in the project being given an AMBER RAG. 
  • Possible issue due to pause on hiring students, as USD rely on having several students available.

Next Steps

  • Complete planning.
  • Complete purchasing where required.
  • Start comms on IT Readiness Strand.
  • Complete recruitment for project assistant intern.

RAG Commentary

Issue: The project manager has been redeployed 2 days per week on the Web Publishing Platform Projects/programme. 

Impact: This reduces the time the project manager can progress with planning and other project activities.

Next steps: The PM will try to bring in another PM to assist with planning and project management. 

Project Milestones

Stage Milestone Due Date
Plan  Planning Review Milestone 30-Apr-2024
Execute  IS Staff Involvement Agreed (D1.2a, D1.2b, D3.1) 20-May-2024
Execute  Established List of Projects, Services, Teams and Reporting/Tracking (D1.1a, D1.1b, D1.7) 25-May-2024
Execute  IT & Library Readiness Fortnightly Reporting Begins 03-Jun-2024
Execute  IT & Library Readiness Weekly Reporting Begins 05-Aug-2024
Execute  Welcome Week Planning Complete (D1.3, D1.4, D1.5a, D1.5b, D1.6, D1.8, D1.9, D1.10) 19-Aug-2024
Execute  IT & Library Readiness Weekly Reporting Ends 06-Sep-2024
Deliver  International Arrival and Start of Welcome Week (External Milestone) (D2.1) 07-Sep-2024
Deliver  Start of Teaching Week 1 (External Milestone) 18-Sep-2024
Deliver  Start of Teaching Week 2 (External Milestone) 25-Sep-2024
Deliver  Delivery Sign Off Review following Start of Session 17-Oct-2024
Close  Project Closure 02-Dec-2024
Project Status
RAG Status
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
Issue: The project manager has been redeployed 2 days per week on the Web Publishing Platform Projects/programme. Impact: This reduces the time the project manager can progress with planning and other project activities. Next steps: the PM will try to bring in another PM to assist with planning and project management.
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Activity
Approved budget
0.0 days
Activity this month
0.0 days
Activity this year
0.0 days
Activity to date
0.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
0.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
IT & Library Business Service Readiness for Start of Semester 24/25
Code
USD034
Programme
ISG User Services (USD)
Management Office
ISG PMO
Project Manager
Tim Gray
Project Sponsor
Neil Bruce
Current Stage
Close
Status
Closed
Start Date
01-Mar-2024
Planning Date
07-May-2024
Delivery Date
22-Nov-2024
Close Date
04-Dec-2024
Overall Priority
Highest

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