BSTP-BRP 12-15
BSTP BRP Highlight ReportProgramme Title / BSTP / SRO / Julie Thompson / Reporting Period / January 2015
Director of Operations / Sam Waide / Reported by / Simon McGrattan / Report
Date / 20/01/2015
Project Title / Benefits Realisation Project
Overall status / Residual Activity / Benefits Realisation
Previous / Current / Previous / Current
HRPTS / Amber / Amber / Amber / Amber
FPL / Amber / Amber / Amber / Amber
Key messages & / Key message for FPL Stream
- Work continues on Residual FPL activities
- Resourcing for the approved FPL initiatives has been agreed
- Meeting took place with the AD Steering group on 14th January to review BRP HRPTS Initiatives. This included updates on; Electronic Payslip, SPF, Efficiencies through ESS/MSS, plus OM and L&D CRs.
- RTM meeting took place on 16th January to agree the way forward for the remaining items. Progress has been made and each item categorised with a plan of action. CR updates to be provided to the BRP Team to work through with Axon.
- Electronic Payslip CR284 for ESS Payslip switch on/off Bulk upload will be available for HSC Organisations at the end of January 2015
- Deployment of eRec – readiness activity on track for full system go-live and cutover, SEHSCT, NIAS and NIMDTA (2 February 2015) and BHSCT (1 April 2015). eRec will be deployed for use by retained service and dormant for transferring recruitment services until transition to SSC. Draft readiness plans shared with WHSCT and NHSCT for go-live and deployment in May 2015.
Approvals/
Decisions required by BRP Project Board / Decision required – Licence allocation proposal
Status (Red, amber or green) / Enter Target
Date for completion / Reporting Area / Where status is red or amber this period, please state reasons and mitigating steps being taken.
Last period / This period / Milestone Target Date / Area / Key Milestone /Comments
FPL Residual Activity
A / A / 28 Feb 15 / JAC / AP interface in Live. GL interface failed UAT. Retesting indicated another fault, HSC to retest.
G / G / 31 Dec14 / Direct Debits / End-to-end testing completed. Discussions on-going with SS AR on how to deploy the functionality.
A / A / TBC / Cheque Printing / Specification and testing completed. Awaiting confirmation that Central Bank Account mandates have been updated
A / A / 28 Feb 15 / SEHSCT Estates / UAT on-going, but awaiting resolution of an infra by ABS.
A / A / 28 Feb 15 / Saffron / Interface is in UAT. UAT is being planned by HSC. UAT is dependent on further deployment of Saffron functionality
A / A / 28 Feb 15 / Bank Reconciliation / Scripts are currently in UAT and have been tested. Original date was Jan 15 this has been re-baselined by SS And Trusts
FPL BRP Activity
G / G / 28 Oct 14 / FPL BRP Activity / Wave 1. Work packages presented at BRP Project Board 28/10/14 and Programme Board 03/11/14. Approval to develop CRs. CRs have drawn up (except Marketplace and Supplier Portal) and have been approved by the SRO.
HRPTS Residual Activity
Last period / This period / Milestone Target Date / Area / Key Milestone /Comments
R / G / 25/11/14 / Licence costs / Agree cost for additional licences
Costs have been submitted by HCL Axon for additional licences £2880 +15% uplift +19% maintenance charge year on year per licence. HCL Axon have also put forward a proposal for the bulk buying of licences (i.e.) if 150 licences were purchased then HCL Axon could discount the cost by 65%.
R / R / 30/12/14 / Licence Allocation / Licence Allocation Model
The licence allocation model was put forward to BRP members (6th January) to agree. Option 4 was identified as the preferred option however some members requested an opportunity to assess the impact with their staff and feedback at the next BRP Project Board 27th January 2015
A / A / 30/09/14 / Team Support Role / Team Support Role – Pilot
TSR is in production but deployment dependent on licence allocation/availability. Defect raised delaying pilot at BHSCT.
R / A / 31/10/14 / Requirement Traceability Matrix / RTM review meeting 16th January 2015
RTM meeting took place on 16th January to agree the way forward for the remaining items. Progress has been made and each item categorised with a plan of action. CR updates to be provided to the BRP Team to work through with Axon.
A / G / 31/08/15 / ESS / MSS Deployment / ESS/MSS Forecasted Deployment January 2015
Plans have been updated by the WHSCT Trust for ESS/MSS and deployment drops were completed in Dec’14 (1191) and Jan’15 (2498). This brings the total deployed to date for WHSCT to 7385.
Based on Trusts forecasted deployment plans at the end of January 2015 ESS/MSS will have reached 37286 approx. 58% of the ESS/MSS population.
Options for the category “No ESS access” are being investigated by the BRP Team and will be updated in the SAP Fiori Paper.
G / G / 31/05/15 / E Rec
Deployment / E Rec Deployment
SHSCT live with E-Rec on a phased basis since 10th November 2014. SEHSCT, NIAS and NIMDTA on-track with plans to go live with eRec and deploy to retained services on scheduled dates (2nd February 2015); BHSCT on track for 1 April 2015. Readiness and cutover templates shared with NHSCT and WHSCT.
HRPTS BRP Activity
G / G / 31/01/2015 / Single Pay Frequency / SPF Next Steps
Agreement has been reached to progress the SPF Business Case - Option 4 for approval within the current financial year however the associated risk with this option needs to be addressed with HMRC before it can be taken through the approvals process. The next steps are as follows;
- HMRC issues to be addressed
- Capital and revenue requirements to be finalised to move this forward for approval.
- Business Case submitted through the BC process for sign-off and approval
A / A / BRP Project Board 25/11/14 / HRPTS BRP / Benefits Realisation Initiatives–
Electronic Payslip – Will be available to HSC Organisations at the end of January 2015. The nextsteps are as follows;
- Regional Decision
- Communication
Commencement date of ESS Electronic Payslip
Process for completing the template
- Template Submission
Any other comments