Organisation States of Jersey |
General Business Use |
Closure of audit finding regarding Ministerial sign-off of 2007 Feasibility Study |
Document Reference | TP-Doc-025 |
The information contained herein is the property of the States of Jersey. The information contained within this document must be used with respect to its confidentiality or for the purpose for which it was specifically furnished. |
Document Release History |
Version | Date | Reasons for issue / re-issue |
Issue O | 20-Jul-2010 | Initial version. |
Issue A | 22-Jul-2010 | Title changed to take document out of scope of procurement strategy. No change to content from Issue O. |
Issue B | 26-Jul-2010 | Feedback from document review incorporated. |
Issue C | 12-Aug-2010 | Correction to references. |
Issue D | 13-Aug-2010 | Final updates prior to signature. |
Document Approval |
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n/a | Document approval is managed in Section 3. | n/a |
Open Issues Status of open issues can be; “Missing”, “Incomplete”, “May change”. |
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
During the audit of the TETRA 2010 project in March/April 2010 a finding was generated (see Section 5.3, Action ‘a’ in Ref. [3]) which noted that the TETRA Feasibility Study conducted in 2007 (Ref. [2]) had not received ministerial approval.
The action required to clear the audit finding is that the 2007 TETRA Feasibility Study must be approved by the Minister for Home Affairs, i.e. that the Minister approves the Feasibility Study retrospectively. This approach has been approved by the States Internal Auditor as explained in paragraph 2.1.
The TETRA 2010 Project Management Group feels that retrospective approval of the Feasibility Study would be of limited value given that, even if the Minister was minded to approve it, he could only do so at today’s date. In any case, he was not the Minister in 2007. Instead the TETRA 2010 project management proposes the alternative approach described in this document in Section 2.
1.2 Scope
The scope of this document is the TETRA 2010 procurement.
1.3 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
TETRA | ETSI Standard : ETS300-39x. Terrestrial Trunked Radio |
TMG | TETRA Management Group. This is the project board which fulfils the project governance role of the TETRA project as defined in Financial Directive 5.6. |
1.4 References and Related Documents
Ref. [1] TETRA 2010 Procurement. Executive Summary
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348 :
Governance and Communications/TETRA Management Group/Procurement/TP-Doc-012
Ref. [2] Feasibility Study for the Replacement of the TETRA Digital Radio Communications System.
TMG PAPER. FS 00 - TETRA Full Feasibility Study.doc (Dated Jul09).
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348 : TETRA2010 Project Initiation Archive/
FS 00 – TETRA Full Feasibility Study.doc
Ref. [3] HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
REPLACEMENT TETRA RADIO SYSTEM STAGE I REVIEW. May 2010 – 4a
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35208817/ :F2010 4(a) Replacement Tetra Radio System
Ref. [4] Brief for Corporate Management Board - 30th September. TETRA Replacement. Dated 23rd September 2009
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348 : TETRA2010 Project Initiation Archive/
2009 09 23 Paper to CMB-SP for 30-Sep.doc
Ref. [5] Jersey System Sizing Spreadsheet
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35095410/ : JerseySystemSizing.xls
Ref. [6] Project Initiation Document
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348 : Project Management/Quality/TP-Doc-001
Ref. [7] Jersey Voice of the Customer
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35094529/ : Jersey – VoiceOfTheCustomer.doc
Ref. [8] Requirements Specification for Replacement TETRA Network
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348/ : Implementation/Infrastructure/Specification/TP-Doc-007
Ref. [9] TETRA Rollout Project Risk Register
http://sojedm/livelinkdav/nodes/35081348 : Project Management/Tracking/TP-Doc-002
2 Background and proposed resolution
2.1 Background
The initial audit conducted by the States auditor in 2007 highlighted the need for Ministerial approval for the Feasibility Study. At the time of this audit finding there were significant changes in the project team due to retirements and promotions of a number of key members of the TETRA Management Group. As a direct result of these changes, and the consequential movements of staff roles and responsibilities, this audit action was simply overlooked and not carried out.
The action that is proposed to allow this audit action to be closed is to produce a mapping table showing how all the sections within the 2007 TETRA Feasibility Study have actually been incorporated into the current TETRA 2010 project documentation. This is summarised in the table at paragraph 2.2 which also gives the associated document reference number listed at paragraph 1.4.
Given that the 2010 audit did not find any failings related to the scope of the material in the 2007 Feasibility Document, it can be assumed that the document scope was adequate for its purpose and that it is likely that Ministerial approval would have been given if sought at the time.
This information will enable the Minister to acknowledge the 2007 Feasibility Study and see that it’s findings have been fully incorporated into the current, approved TETRA 2010 documentation. This approach was formally endorsed by the States Internal Auditor in writing on the 26th July 2010 as follows:
“Details of the Feasibility Study requirements per FD No 5.6 are contained at para 5.6.14 of that document. You will see that these are quite "broad" and more aligned to a building or civil engineering project. Given the detailed linkage referenced in your document " Closure of audit findings regarding Ministerial sign off " at section 2, I confirm that this will equate to a feasibility study for retrospective approval by the Minister for Home Affairs and briefing to the Minister for Health.”
To close the associated finding from the 2007 audit, which is also re-stated in the May 2010 audit; once the 2010 documentation is signed off by the Minister, the Minister for Health and Social Services will be formally briefed as to the actions that have been carried out with regard to this project. This is necessary because of the involvement of the Ambulance Service in the project.
2.2 Linkage to current TETRA 2010 project documentation
Source information from TETRA Feasibility Study 2007 (Ref. [2]) | Mapping into TETRA 2010 Project Documentation |
Section 1) Introduction | This section sets out the scope of the feasibility document and TETRA project. This section has no applicability within the scope of the TETRA 2010 documentation. |
Section 2) Background to the TETRA System | This is general background to TETRA as a technology and a brief history of TETRA in the jurisdiction of Jersey. This section has no applicability within the scope of the TETRA 2010 documentation. |
Section 3) The TETRA System | Section 3 is addressed as follows; 3.1) The system architecture is detailed in the system sizing analysis conducted during the project design review, see Ref. [5]. 3.2) The TMG role is described in the Project Initiation Document, Ref. [6] 3.3 – 3.7) These points explain the various benefits of a shared public safety radio network. All these benefits exist with the new network as they did with the old network. This section has no applicability within the scope of the TETRA 2010 documentation. |
Section 4) The Next Generation System | The requirements of the next generation of the network (as outlined in this section) have been collected in the form of a set of ‘Voice of the Customer’ statements collected in April/May 2010 (see Ref. [7]). These customer requirements, along with the baseline TMG requirements, are fully mapped into the formal project technical requirements of the infrastructure and dispatchers, see Ref. [8]. |
Section 5) Capital and Revenue Budgetary Requirements | All the capital and budgetary details have been loaded into the JDE finance control system. The budgets as loaded have been reviewed and agreed with the Home Affairs Finance Director and are the subject of ongoing Capital management in accordance with Financial Directive 5.6. |
Section 6) Summary | This summary reflects the current approach that is being followed by the TETRA Management Group. |
Section 7) Recommendations | 7.1) The recommendation to procure a new TETRA network is being following by the TETRA Management Group. The details of the procurement strategy being following are explained in the Procurement Strategy, see Ref. [1]. 7.2) The proposal for corporate funding of the TETRA system has no applicability within the scope of the TETRA 2010 documentation. |
Appendix A) User Requirement | The TMG user requirement has been fully mapped to the Infrastructure and Dispatcher specification (Ref. [8]) to ensure full coverage of all points. |
Appendix C) Budgetary Requirements | This appendix details the specific budgetary numbers. See response to Section 5 above. |
Appendix D) Project Risk Assessment | The risk register in this document was adopted as the baseline for the risk register of the ongoing project. The PID (Ref. [6]) explain the project risk management approach. For details of the live project risk register see Ref. [9]. |
3 Ministerial and Chief Officer Acknowledgement
These signatures confirm that the Minister for Home Affairs and Chief Officer for Home Affairs agree that the content of this document demonstrates that the findings of the 2007 TETRA Feasibility Study have been implemented within the TETRA 2010 project.
These signatures thus allow the audit finding in the 2007 and 2010 audits, requiring Ministerial approval of the 2007 Feasibility Study, to be closed.
Minister for Home Affairs | |
Chief Officer Home Affairs Department | |
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