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United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center. PRT Meeting Additional Slides August 2010. Remedy 7.1 (GESD Initiatives). Status as of 8/18/2010 Phase II – B, EmpowHR IR’s Prototype completed 8/13/2010 QAT 8/16/2010 – 9/3/2010
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United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center PRT MeetingAdditional SlidesAugust 2010
Remedy 7.1 (GESD Initiatives) Status as of 8/18/2010 • Phase II – B, EmpowHR IR’s • Prototype completed 8/13/2010 • QAT 8/16/2010 – 9/3/2010 • Production Migration 9/11/2010 • Production Validation 9/13/2010 – 9/17/2010 • Go Live 9/20/2010
Remedy 7.1 (GESD Initiatives) Future Initiatives… • Change Management (SCR’s) • Pushed back till November 2010 • Solution Manager • Web Portal (January 2011 – Tentative) • Knowledge Management • Web Based Remedy Support • TBD (GESD to present priority list to ITSD CIO Board)
Help Desk Assessment • Assessment Closeout Presentation 7/27/2010 • Focus (People, Processes, and Products) • Recommendations • Customer Access via Web Portal • Define and Implement GESD Organizational ITIL based Incident, Problem, and Change Management Processes • Create and Implement Formal Training Program • Consolidated Knowledge and Management Systems • IVR Integration with Remedy • Improve ACD Technology to Track First Call Resolution
Help Desk Assessment (Cont.) • Recommendations (continued) • Develop a Knowledgebase For All Support Personnel as Well as External Customers • Consider Document Imaging Solution for Quick Access to Supporting Documentation • Implement Remedy Service Request Management 7.6 Solution
Help Desk Assessment (Cont.) • Next Steps • Continue GESD Help Desk Transitions • DPRS, CLER, ABCO, CLAIMS • Support Personnel Training and Improved Documentation • Implement Change Management • Implement Knowledge Solution • Perform 2nd Help Desk Assessment Focused on GESD Organization, Workflow, and Processes Rather Than Product and Infrastructure
Schedule Release (SR) Discussion • SR CY10 PP20 Discussion Items • Functional Requirements Document • FRD Completed and sent to Agency (5/21/2010) • FRD Concurrence by Agency (5/28/2010-6/11/2010) • How Did We Do? • Inter-Agency Agreements • IA Preparation (4/26/2010-6/4/2010) • IA Approval by Agency (6/7/2010-6/18/2010) • How Did We Do? • User Acceptance Testing • PPS (8/30/2010-9/24/2010) • EmpowHR (9/13/2010-10/1/2010)
Process Improvement • Schedule Release Project Scheduling Modifications • SCR’s with Inter-Agency Agreements (IA) • Will Be Scheduled After NFC Receives Signed IA • SCR’s without Inter-Agency Agreements • Will Be Scheduled Once FRD is Completed (NTE Two Weeks after the FRD Due Date)