Friday, 16 February 2018

Wolverhampton weekly newsletter #14


  • Road map for legacy BI reporting tool emerging along with a briefing paper on options considered (although many options "not viable" these will be included for completeness).
  • IT Out of Hours support service paperwork prepared and passed for discussion/approval next week.
  • Attended DAS Leadership Team meeting including review of all budget areas to complete Q2 forecast.  There are a number of specific budget related follow-ups to arrange.
  • 1-2-1 sessions with team. JISC Penetration testing report reviewed and by the end of the week, all four of the high priority issues had been dealt with.
  • Orders placed for Faculty of Arts student desktop replacement.   Dealt with student feedback from the Faculty.
  • Completed a staff handover meeting and agreed communications.  Met with purchasing to discuss potential priorities from Purchasing perspective with respect to IT activities.
  • Met with Print Unit manager and Ricoh regarding BI reporting from the Ricoh print systems.  No implications ref interfaces as stand alone reporting solution.
  • Met with Organisational Development regarding request for Alluminate product.  Full business case shared together with procurement justification.  We will need to deal with a few things such as GDPR and ensuring contract covers information security requirements.  This is a system already used by External Relations.

Good News
  • IT Investment plan 17/18 approved in full.
  • Second Line Support Analyst approved - and post advertised on fast track internally before the end of the week.
  • Two of out three PMO posts approved in principle.
  • No P1 incidents.

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