
Education: Early Years Citizen Portal 30 Hours – Implementation Package
Interested in the implementation of the v4 Citizen 30 Hours Portal? Fill out this training request form.
Session 1: Project Planning
Key Prerequisites
- Early Years is licensed and migrated
- Citizen Portal Installed
- (Optional but recommended) - Access to a recently refreshed TEST instance of MRI Education
Objectives
- You will work with a MRI Education Knowledge Specialist to plan your EY Citizen Portal 30hrs implementation.
- Project dates will be agreed, and any Risks and Actions identified
- Early Years will be Demonstrated
- Local Service requirements will be discussed e.g. DAF, EYPP
Audience
- MRI Education coordinators and key members of the Early Years team; it may be useful if a representative of the finance team is also available to discuss their availability
- It is recommended that LA’s have a representative from any 3rd party IT and network providers available if required to support the implementation
Standard Agenda
- Review the current use of EY Provider / Service 30 hour / Citizen Portal information within the Local Authority and the objectives for the implementation
- Demonstration of the Citizen 30 Hours Portal
- Demonstration of the Provider Portal functionality
- Demonstration of the Portal Back Office functionality
- Plan for the implementation of the Citizen 30 Hours Portal
- Plan and request the technical work required to configure the Citizen Portal in Live and Test
- Review project plan
Outcomes
- Capture key business processes in order to make recommendations for implementation approach
- Update project plan to consider upgrades and key dates
Session 2: Test Portal Configuration
Key Prerequisites
- System Administration access rights to v4 Client and Portal Test URLs
Objectives
- Configure the Test environment
- Capture the necessary portal setup required for the Live system
- Refine the business process and system recommendations as detailed in the project documentation
- Creation of Training accounts for all delegates and Testers
- User permissions requirements agreed and configured
Audience
- MRI Education Coordinator
- EY Team Lead (Access to)
- Internal I.T. Support Team (Access to)
- MRI Education Knowledge Specialist
Standard Agenda
- Setting up Pilot users, map to people, User groups; agree and assign permissions for Citizen 30 Hours Portal module Admin, Conflict Processing, and Portal Users
- Configuration of Citizen 30 Hours Portal in Test
- Title Headers, Images, Portal Content
- Setup for Portal Data Conflict
- Approval / Reject
Outcomes
- Test System is ready for Training / User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- New Business Processes are defined
- User permissions are assigned
- Provide documentation to outline the configuration of the portal and the permissions applied
Session 3: Training Citizen 30 Hours Portal
Key Prerequisites
- System Administration access rights to v4 Client and Test Provider Portal URL
- Delegates bring sample data
Objectives
- EY Team to understand the efficient use of maintaining Citizen 30 Hours Portal EY Team to understand the Provider usage of Citizen 30 Hours Portal shared data
- EY Team to understand data conflict management
Audience
- EY Team
- MRI Education Knowledge Specialist
Standard Agenda
- Citizen 30 Hours Portal module
- Features
- Security
- Site Logo
- Customising Portal Text
- Home Page Help
- Parents/Providers
- Updating and Adding Portal registration
- Monitoring Progress
- Rejection and Acceptance
- Supporting Parents and Providers
- Loading of Data
- Review status of submissions
- Data Conflict Console for Accepting and Processing Data
Outcomes
- Team understand how to manage their data
- Testers have enough knowledge to be able to carry out User Acceptance Testing
Session 4: Live Configuration
Key Prerequisites
- Access to live environment of v4 Client, Live and Test Portal URLs via WebEx
- System Administration access rights to MRI Education
Objectives
- Configure the Live environment
Audience
- MRI Education Coordinator
- EY Team Lead
- Internal I.T. Support Team
- MRI Education Knowledge Specialist
Standard Agenda
- Configuration of Citizen 30 Hours Portal module in Live
- Title Headers, Images, Portal Content
- Setup for EY Citizen 30 Hours Portal Data
- Permissions for User Groups and Reporting
Outcomes
- Live System is ready for Go Live