CSP Options

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Last updated: Aug 11, 2015
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Paper presented to Madeleine 15.06.15 

Notes:

  • Options presented do not attempt demonstrate timeframes, only that CSP is less complex than a faculty and school site
  • The first faculty site dealt with is likely to be a longer development activity
  • All 7 teaching faculties are planned to be dealt with via one of these options
  • FGR approach TBC

Options Summary

OptionDescriptionProsConsComments
1Top slice courses, subjects and programmes. Once complete commence on faculty and school sites.
  • Adheres to initial view of completing centralised repositories first
  • Optimised for the goal of "supporting recruitment benefits by our 1 October deadline"
  • Delivers some benefits to all faculties this year
  • Delays work on the faculty and school sites
 
2Top slice courses and subjects. Programmes done with faculty and school sites.
  • Adheres to initial view of completing centralised repositories first
  • Move onto F&S sites earlier as programmes are addressed in this development
  • Recruitment process will bounce all future students to an old style programme page
 
3One faculty at a time, with their CSP first.
  • Each faculty and school site is completed and released as a whole
  • Still addresses CSP first, but focuses on priority faculties upfront
  • Slows engagement across faculties
  • Increased duplication of course outlines, as COO runs ahead of WIP II.
 
4Two parallel work streams. CSP in one, and F&S sites in another.
  • Allows progress on F&S sites and CSP in parallel
  • Improves engagement across all faculties, as will work with them sooner on CSP
  • Enables more flexible resource mapping (specialists to priority task)
  • Any specific faculty will be slower due to prioritising CSP
APPROVED OPTION

 

Option 1 & 2

  1. Top slice each faculty and do entirety of CSP prior to commencing development on the broader F&S site.
  2. Top slice but for courses and subject only.  Do programmes as part of the wider F&S site.

Option 3

Do one faculty at a time.  Start with CSP.  Once completed commence development on the broader F&S site.

Option 4

Two work streams.  CSP and F&S sites started and ran in parallel.  CSP will finish ahead of F&S sites.  F&S sites may overlap towards the end of each development block. First faculty site will take longer.