Science Service Delivery Review May 2006 Dorothy Corrick SDM

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Science Service Delivery Review May 2006Dorothy
Corrick- SDM
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Science Faculty KPI Summary May 2006
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Science Faculty May 2006
IS Accomplishment Successful initial move of
Sports and Exercise Science into Spinnaker
Building Earth and Environmental Sciences IT
teaching room performance investigation
productive wash-up meeting between SEES and
IS. Successful negotiations with Science Faculty
regarding concerns raised by Science over IS
allocation of N drive space particularly for
researchers/laptop users. Urgent customer needs
have now been addressed, with long term
requirements to be covered by IS storage
strategy. Over 100 Science and Humanities
Network printers converted to Iprint in
preparation for XP rollout Dorothy Corrick
attended an Essential Management course at
Cranfield University
Future planned work and exposure to
risks Conversion of all Faculty notebooks to XP
there may be problems due to lack of memory and
failure to locate drivers Rollout of 53 x Expert
Centre notebooks now awaiting James Watson
move New equipment purchase for Burnaby teaching
rooms - awaiting tender agreement Graduation
preparation IT rooms store to be cleared in
Park basement will need more caretaker
assistance than usual due to staff involvement in
IS projects and team reorganisation. Clearing
IT rooms in Park to be re-arranged will need
more caretaker assistance than usual due to team
commitments and team reorganisation.
Customer and Business Concerns/Status/Accomplishme
nts Concern voiced over GroupWise deployment
start date
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Science Faculty - May 2006
Customer Accomplishments The Institute of
Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences (Director
Professor Geoff Kneale) - has been awarded an
academic fellowship for research in the area of
Biomolecular Science. Dr Tara Dean - School of
Health Science and Social Work - led a team of
researchers from the David Hide Asthma and
Allergy Research Centre on the Isle of Wight, and
discovered Infants' diets are being restricted in
the mistaken belief that they have an intolerance
to certain foods. Dr Clare Hencken of Sports and
Exercise Science has developed a strategy for
tackling obesity that could be used to improve
the health of thousands of people across the
country and save the NHS money. The new programme
incorporates diet, nutrition and exercise as well
as a new monitoring system that includes
psychological evaluation and counselling - unlike
traditional weight loss programmes, it aims to
change the way people think about their health
encouraging them to look at their overall body
image. And on a lighter note .Charlie and his
mum Rosie Sizer, who is department manager for
the Sport and Exercise Science Department at the
University of Portsmouth, will be flown to
Germany for three days of the World Cup. Charlie
filled in a form on the back of a McDonalds
Happy Meal box to be a mascot for the World Cup
and was overwhelmed when a letter arrived by
special delivery post saying he had won the
national competition.
Customer activities and key dates Building
moves School of Health Science and Social Work,
Admin/research staff plus the Expert Centre move
postponed due to sewerage leak in James Watson
move in July. School of Health Science and
Social Work All academic centres still on
target to move into St. Michaels in Summer of
2006 Geography Dept joining Science Faculty on
1st August.
Issues and outages
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Science Faculty Plan of Record
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Science Faculty IS Project Status May 2006
Active IS Projects Prime Deliverables
Date Status XP Rollout Phase 2 James King All
staff converted to XP July 06 Yellow GroupWise
Project Martin Gillingham Conversion from
Pegasus to GroupWise Summer Yellow Corporate
Software conversion Mary Withers Conversion of
Corporate software for XP project June
06 Green
Risks / Issues Action Plans (list those issues
driving the red and yellow indicators above) XP
rollout held up by tender procedure for
replacement PCs GroupWise project held up by
move of servers to James Watson although training
has started
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Status Legend
(cut/paste appropriate button for each update)
Complete
Improving but not yet reaching target Not yet
reaching target Worsening and not reaching
target
Improving but seriously behind
target Seriously behind target Worsening and
seriously behind target
Improving and consistent with target On
target Worsening but consistent with target