2021 Report details for project: Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT)
| Project name | Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT) - there are 9 reports for this project: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
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| Organisation | HO (D16 ) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2021 (data is from March 2021) |
| Category | ICT - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | The Immigration Platform Technologies (IPT) Programme is delivering the technology and information systems to support the immigration service through delivery of three integrated modern technology services that are cheaper to operate than those they replace. IPT will achieve operational efficiencies, optimise use of data and provide a more modern and streamlined customer journey. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber/Red |
| DCA text: | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating remained at Amber/red. This is primarily due to the following factors: The programme's delivery plan was impacted by Covid-19 delaying roll-out and adoption; the complexity of the requirements, solution and business change for the final cross-Borders Immigration Citizenship Services solutions/services to be delivered. The challenges faced in delivering the data and Management Information elements of the programme were also underestimated; drawing on 14 months' worth of experience of delivering these elements, the programme plan has been reviewed and revised, resulting in a longer delivery timeframe. |
| Start date | 2013-04-01 |
| End date | 2021-10-29 |
| Schedule text | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the project's end-date increased from 30 September 2020 to 29 October 2021 This is primarily due to the following factors: The Programme end date has been delayed primarily due to Brexit and Covid-19. Both Brexit and Covid caused operational areas to need to prioritise other operational activities. Brexit added scope to the wider immigration portfolio impacting on IPT and Covid deferred demand which delayed beta activity across a range of services, slowing the progress of roll out. There has also been unforeseen complexity during the development stages which has led to the build phases being longer than previously planned. In addition new priorities and emerging demand have arisen across the Home Office placing additional demands on the programme team. |
| Baseline | £28.30m |
| Forecast | £37.58m |
| Variance | 33.00% |
| Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. COVID significantly impacted the programme's plans for the year. In particular, planned public betas had to be cancelled and re-scheduled to later dates requiring delivery resources to be retained for longer. In addition to Covid-19 a number of issues have impacted the programme including: Transition complexity for the programmes cross-Home Office release; Extensions of the Private and Public Betas durations owing to the volume and cadence of cases processed by the operational teams; Change requests to the Minimum Viable Product arising from changes to the operational business and new Ministerial commitments such as British Nationals Overseas or Health Visas. |
| Whole Life Cost | £337.25m |
| WLCost text: | Compared to financial year 19/20-Q2, the projects Baseline Whole Life Cost increased from £304.95m to £337.25m. This is primarily due to the following factors: Covid-19 has impacted planned betas, with the majority postponed until operational teams could re-engage. This caused an elongation of the programme timelines and required retaining resources for longer. Further, BREXIT took key stakeholders away from the programme for periods of time (and also introduced change freezes) which caused delay. |
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| Sourcefile | IPA_2021.csv |
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