Wolfram Bayer
[FOI #24199 email]
3 December 2009
Our Ref: FOI 2009/205 – F0080188
Dear Mr Bayer,
Re: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information
Thank you for your email which was received by the University on 3 December 2009 timed
12:31 hours, requesting the following information:
1. For Phase I of the Student Lifecycle Project you were allocated £650,000 but you spent
£808,017. With regard to this:
a. Could you please let me know when the Project Board was notified of the need for extra
funds?
b. Could you please send me the case that was made for the additional funds and the minutes
of the Project Board meeting where this was discussed.
c. Who approved the additional funds? Please provide me with the relevant case that was
made and the minutes of the meeting where this case was discussed and approved.
2. In your proposal "Review of Student Administrative Processes" that was submitted to the
University's Senior Management Group meeting of Tuesday 26 June 2007, you stated:
"The present development strategy of continued enhancement and technology refreshes of
the in house system, with a relatively small development resource (annual cost of
approximately £700K) and tackling high priority areas only, is not a viable option given the
pace at which business change is required."
Could you please let me know what will be the annual running cost of the new system?
3. How do you measure the viability of this project? By this I mean under what circumstances
the University will decide to terminate this Project?
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4. Have you assessed the maximum amount of money that the University will be able to
allocate to this project?
5. What are the fall back plans if the University is not able to continue with this project?
6. When was legal advice sought for the Student Lifecycle Project? What were the legal fees?
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