Revised Project Schedule

With the changed status of Swansea Metropolitan University, the final stages of the JISC Smudie project have been re-scheduled to reflect the new institutional management arrangements and focus. The new merged university will be undertaking major structural changes that will not be complete by the time the Smudie project ends in July 2013. For this reason, the original plan to implement changes in the information management system based on the evaluation findings are no longer realistic. It is therefore proposed that the project outcomes, particularly the planned 'To Be' model, be structured as an advisory input to the discussions about the new institutional information management system. The expectation is that the final report and recommendations be of significant value in that process, and that the outcomes will be of equal value to other institutions in the JISC community planning similar developments. The revised schedule is shown below.