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Current and future sprints

Phase 2 -

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Topics, Degrees and Programmes

SprintDatesThemeNotesMilestones/Decision points
2523/11 - 4/12 30 Topics and programmes 4
  • Topic build
2
  • Topic build
  • Framework - Joe and Andrew
  • Content - writing for topics
 
267/12 -  18/12Topic build 3
  • Topic build
  • Content - interview and writing for topics
  • Content - degree requirements - define and review by SMEs
  • Topic content structure confirming practical approach - Tash/Andrew
 
27 Programme build 1
  • Topic build
  • Shaping User Stories into chunks for development and testing - Paul/Joe/Andrew- Andrew and Joe
    • API Design
  • Staff profiles - Fronde
  • Topic testing plan
  • Topic content
    • editing existing Topic pages and sending for SME approval
    • interviews with academics
    • writing up content
    • sending topic pages for SME approval
  • UG Degree content
    • Degree examples - Paul
    • Degree content - Gabe and Alida
    • Apply process - Gabe and Alida
  • Alternative search terms - Paul
  • PG programmes page - TashPG programmes metadata - Anne/Sarah
  • Project Content on Intranet - Jane, Paul, Alida and Gabe
 
2831 Topics and programmes 529 Programme build 3Programme
  • Topic build
2
  • Alternative search terms - Paul
  • Staff profiles - requirements and process approval
      
      • Design - Joe
      • Build - Nathan
      • API and Squiz - Andrew
    • Topic test
      • planning - Jane & Paul
      • execution - Andrew and Planit
    • Topic content
      • editing existing Topic pages and sending for SME approval
      • interviews with academics
      • writing up content
      • sending topic pages for SME approval
      • Loading content
    • Presentations of F&S approach to Schools - Jane
     
    32 Topics and programmes 6
    • Topic build - Andrew and Joe
    • Topic testing - ?
    • Topic content
      • interviews with academics
      • writing up content
      • sending topic pages for SME approval
      • Loading content
     
    33 Topics and programmes 7
    • Topic build - Andrew and Joe
    • Topic testing - ?
    • Topic content
      • interviews with academics
      • writing up content
      • sending topic pages for SME approval
      • Loading content
     
    Future sprints  
    • Staff profiles 
    • Further staff profiles analysis - subject to Ian availability and gaining an understanding of ITS plans for this area
    • Prioritisation of requirements

    Other WIPII epics

    Write up embedded media and images

    F&S structure & purpose

    F&S order recommendations

    F&S development/release approach

    All faculties preparatory work (review of content etc.)

    News & events

    Features (Anne)

    Changing domain names of schools (moving away from acronyms).

    1. Create list of alternative domain names.
    2. Test with users if necessary
    3. Finalise list
    4. Later: implement changes
    • Do we want user stories for f&s (as per programmes)?
    • Any further demographics work required? Discuss at a team story time
     

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    SprintDatesThemeNotesMilestones/Decision points
    1111/05 - 22/05Workshop prep and CSP

    Law workshop

    Business workshop

    Arch and Design workshop

     
    1225/05 - 05/06CSP and Faculty workshops

    Science workshop

    Education workshop

    Engineering workshop

    Prep for CSP reference group on 15 June

    CSP UG and PG options

    Potentially scheduling of next steps from F&S workshops

    Ethics application and submission

    Staff profiles

    Further Library analysis

     
    1308/05 - 19/06CSP delivery approach

    FHSS workshop

    Workshop next steps - content and functional next steps (including epics working groups)

    User testing (subject to approval) - as a minimum test planning (Sam, Anne, Paul, Joe)

    CSP reference group meeting - subject focussed

    Centres, institutes and chairs next steps/approach, content approach - Paul/Anne

    Staff profiles continued

    Prepare for FM meeting - finalise approach?

    Finalise personas - review from Joe, gaps with Marketing

    Development areas - still to be discussed

    Videos - Sam

    Content management

    Subjects sorting

     
    1422/06 - 03/07

    F&S approach

    F&S's:

    User research

    Straw person(s) development

    FM meeting - workshop updates and web analytics. Site purpose?

    Initial functional requirements groups

    Channels (carried over from S13)

    Staff profiles survey and analysis

    Scope "challenging issues" for new staff profiles

    CSP:

    Finalise our subject taxonomy

    Draft alternative search terms for topics and subjects

    Programme template

    Topic page design

    Other:

    Write up thoughts on metadata and tagging

    Aim to complete one or both straw persons for end of sprint (subject to testing)

     

    Phase 2 - CSP & F&S

    SprintDatesThemeNotesMilestones/Decision points
    1506/07 - 17/07

    F&S usability testing

    CSP

    F&S's:

    User research (AN & PS)

    Develop final proposal

    CSP:

    Topics - testing of proposed taxonomy, and some terms/labels (PS and SM)

    Topic prototype development

    Programme page - consult with selected stakeholder review group (incl. Jane, Charlotte, Sofia) (PS) - this will rollover to Sprint 16 and could potentially take longer depending on what comes out of these meetings.

    Other:

    Tagging in Squiz

    Info pages - AB - this will roll over until Sprint 16

    Functional testing

    Events and News (PS) - this will roll over until Sprint 16 as we are waiting on feedback.

    Write user stories for images and embedded media (PS)

    FYI: Chrissi a/l

    Complete testing on topics taxonomy

    First prototype/wireframe for topic page

    Draft of programme page

    Proposed solution for consultation

    1620/7 - 31/7

    F&S usability testing (part 2)

    CSP

    F&S's:

    • Confirm and communicate that FHSS is first cab
    • Planning the presentation of Faculty and Schools approach (AN)
    • Socialise F&S proposal (AN)

    CSP:

    • Topics and subjects
    • Programme
      • Scoping Programme requirements - (PS) and (AN)
      • Programme prototype/wireframe (JL) - requirements won't be finalised until the end of the first week of sprint.
    • Mapping relationships between subjects/topics/programmes/courses Sam Motion (Unlicensed)
    • Identify alternative search terms for subjects and topics (PS)

    User research

    • Complete current students and document (AN) - also Tash
    • Scoping international (AN)

    Other

    • Personas: Overlay current student goals and behaviours on a small number of the current personas. Anne and Sam to help select best match (PS)
    • Functional testing (JL)
    • Continue to nurture events and news (PS)
    • Testing the development site and tweaking as required (AB)

    FYI: Chrissi a/l

    173/8 - 14/8

    CSP and F&S wrap up

    Milestone decisions

    F&S's:

    • Approach feedback v2 (AN)
    • Delivery/order (CD)
      • Content mapping and further analysis to support decisions, delivery approach etc. (PS)

    CSP

    • Reference group (CD)
    • Topics and subjects
      • Elicit feedback on subject groupings from faculties and schools (PS & SM)
      • Approval/sign off on groupings (CD/PS)
      • Prototype/wireframe development (JL)
      • Topic page example writings (SM)
      • Planning for content writing (SM)
    • Programme (UG focus)
      • Scoping Programme requirements - (PS) and (JL)
      • Content strategy (AN)
      • Content outline (AN)
      • Programme prototype/wireframe (JL)

    User research

    • 2 additional new students (SM)
    • Testing planning (PS)

    Dev/technical work

    • Tagging (AB)
    • Info pages (AB)
    • Test site in Squiz (AB)

    Other

    • Staff profiles - discussion with ITS (CD)
    • Demographics - analysis of reports (AN)
    • Final work on personas
      • Future (PS)
      • Current (SM)
    • Comms - plan from Kim and specific focus on F&S communication and sign off. Presentation for SLT (CD)
    • Resourcing (CD)
    • Channels summary (SM)
    • Relative sizing (CD) - S, P and F&S

    Topic page

    Programme page

    F&S approach

    Sizing/estimating

    Release options/breakdown

    1817/8 - 28/8Topics

    Programmes

    • Present draft programme content strategy at CSP reference group - Anne
      • Create table of content (from plan) with sources. Suggested includes the following columns - Section, content area, source, new content (Y/N) - Anne
    • Continue wireframe development - Joe
    • Map programmes back to topics or megatopics - Paul

    Topics

    • Circulate final topic content strategy to CSP reference group
      • Create table of content (from plan) with sources. Suggested includes the following columns - Section, content area, source, new content (Y/N) - Anne and Sam
    • Finalise wireframe development - Joe
    • Touch bases with Careers Team for final confirmation of careers content approach - Anne
    • Review of options for CSP delivery - Anne & Paul
    • Plan for initial engagement with faculties and schools (ensure done in conjunction with Chrissi, and presented as investigation - nothing finalised yet)
      • Assumes starts with FHSS but to confirm - will need to discuss with K M-G
      • Plan workshops/interview questions
      • Run initial workshop
    • Finalise topics and subjects groupings - Paul

    Faculties and Schools

    • Review delivery approach options - Paul What order to we approach each content area?
    • Prepare presentation/consultation on F&S approach - Chrissi
    • Do we want user stories for f&s (as per programmes)? I believe they are valuable, necessary even - Paul

    Staff profiles

    • Unpack the interface and overlap between ITS and us - Paul

    Development planning

    • Templates - investigate what information is required to ensure that templates existing are sufficient, or what other 'elements' are required - Andrew?
    • Test site development - Andrew?

    PM work

    • Resourcing - Chrissi
    • Sizing in association with CSP delivery task above - Chrissi
    • Comms continued - Chrissi
    • Prioritisation continued - Chrissi

    Analysis work

    • Trace sources of content and where it surfaces - Paul
    • Initial interviews to plan/prepare for PG user research - Paul
    • Do you want user stories written for any other epics at this stage? - Paul

    Other/overlap from sprint 17....

    • Test planning?
    • Channel summary
    • Info pages
    • Tagging
    • Orientation for Ben (Engagement BA) - Paul & Chrissi

    Priorities

    1. Topic feedback from CSP reference group and sign off from PMO
    2. Topics content - sources and writing
    3. Programme development
    4. F&S approach presentation/consultation
    1931/8 - 11/9 

    Content

    • Planning
    • Topics
      • FAD interviews
      • Estimate on how long to get all FAD topics drafted
      • Metadata - Sam
    • Careers
      • Societies and History (7 topics) - Anne
      • Languages and cultures, Creative (- music) (7 topics) Sam

    Dev & other tools

    • Programme wireframes - Joe 50%
    • Course wireframes - Joe 50%
    • Squiz API - Andrew
    • Brainstorming post discussion with Fronde - Andrew & Nathan
      • Staff profiles - Nathan & Andrew
        • Discussion with Fronde (28.08.15)
        • Next meeting with ITS (including Edwin and someone from Banner team) - Andrew & Nathan

    Analysis

    • Topic and programme consultation - Chrissi & Paul
    • PG testing/user research - Paul
    • Events - further analysis - Paul
    • Staff profiles - Paul

    Project managment/other

    • Comms planning
    • Consultation planning
    • 2015 plan and review of delivery approaches

    Revised delivery for CSP to be reviewed

    F&S delivery approach to be discussed

    CSP writing continues

    Programme template continues

    Topic template to PMO (meeting cancelled last sprint)

    COO work commences (Joe)

    Tools to be investigated (dev and analysis)

    2014/9 - 25/9Release 1 prep & initial programme consultation

    Content

    • Topics
      • FAD interviews - Sam and Anne
      • Estimate on how long to get all FAD topics drafted
    • Careers
      • (x topics) - Anne

    Dev & other tools

    • Programme & Topic wireframes - Joe 70%
    • Course wireframes - Joe 30%
    • Squiz API - Andrew
    • Brainstorming post discussion with Fronde - Andrew & Nathan
      • Staff profiles - Nathan & Andrew
        • Discussion with Fronde (15.09.15)
        • Next meeting with ITS (including Edwin and someone from Banner team) - Andrew & Nathan

    Analysis

    • Topic and programme consultation - Chrissi & Paul
    • PG testing/user research - Paul
    • Events - further analysis - Paul
    • Staff profiles - Paul

    Project managment/other

    • Comms planning
    • Consultation planning
    • 2015 plan and review of delivery approaches

    Taxonomy release prep

    Content interviews with schools

    2128/9 - 9/10Taxonomy release, programme feedback

    COO wireframe development

    • Joe (1 day - subject to meeting 23/09)
      • development tweaks
      • feedback to users

    Topics and programmes

    • Topic and programme release plan - Chrissi
    • Release 1 of taxonomy - All
    • Release 2 - scope of second taxonomy release - Chrissi, Paul, Joe
    • Topics test planning - Joe & Paul
    • Next round of changes to the wireframe - Joe
    • Topic page build in Squiz - Andrew
    • Testing design for programme and topics (spike test) - Andrew
    • Programmes - consultation with just CSP group
      • Review of group feedback - Paul & Joe
      • More internal consultation with web team (Nathan)
      • Priorities for release - Chrissi

    Topics taxonomy

    • Changes to the taxonomy - Paul

    Staff profiles

    • Review of Fronde feedback - Nathan, Andrew, Chrissi, Paul
    • Meet with ITS - Nathan, Andrew, Chrissi, Paul

    Events

    • Review of Pauls stories - Nathan, Andrew, Chrissi

    Content

    • Topics writing - Anne and Sam
    • Meetings with HoS's - Anne and Sam

    Analysis

    • Library - Paul (discuss with Nigel Friday 25th)
    • Events feedback - Paul
    • Staff profiles - Paul
    • Disciplines - Paul

    Project management/other

    • Continued comms & consultation planning - Chrissi
    • F&S planning
      • Consultation - Chrissi
      • Web publishing model - Chrissi and Nigel
    • Terminology - Chrissi/Nigel/Madeleine
    • Freeze topic and subject grouping for remaining content development
    Taxonomy release 1
    2212/10 - 23/10

    Second release build

    Finalise topic design

    Topics release plan

    Testing

    • Second release for taxonomy - Joe and Andrew
      • Search implementation - Andrew/Nathan
    • Wireframe testing - Paul and Joe
    • Initial review of GA and mouseflow for taxonomy and subjects a-z (present back to PMO) - Andrew and Chrissi
    • Survey results - Chrissi and Paul
    • Spike test work continued - Andrew PRIORITY
    • Content - interview and writing for topics - Anne and Sam
    • Topics release plan - Chrissi and Paul
    • Staff profiles - tbc
    • Second round of developments for programmes (based on agreed priorities and feedback)
      • Priorities and releases need to be documented and agreed
    • Topic API breakdown - Joe and Andrew
    • Review of topic and programme builds - Nathan, Joe, Andrew, Paul, Chrissi (week 2)
    • Content review approach - Tash
    Release 2 dev work