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United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center. Project Review Team Schedule Release Discussion August 18, 2009. Schedule Release (SR) Status. SR Update as of 8/14/2009 PP15 2009 Release 60 Projects scheduled PP20 2009 Release
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United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center Project Review Team Schedule Release DiscussionAugust 18, 2009
Schedule Release (SR) Status SR Update as of 8/14/2009 • PP15 2009 Release • 60 Projects scheduled • PP20 2009 Release • 77 Projects scheduled • 2009/2010 Annual Release • 24 Projects scheduled
SR Summary As of August 12, 2009 • PPSS Projects Scheduled • 201 Projects scheduled as of • PPSS Projects Unscheduled • 73 Projects Under Review • PPSS Projects on Hold • 28 Projects on Hold
SR Improvements • PCO/GESD Project Review Team • Expand Impact Assessment • NFC to assign Resource/Project Owner to be Primary POC • More analysis up front from the pertinent parties • Bring in PPSPS (Policy) and/or User Groups when warranted • Examine Other Divisions and/or Operational Impact • Expand on Security/Section 508 Assessment • Quick turnaround of ROM estimates • Further Promote Agency Payback Analysis
SR Improvements (continued) • Improved IA Process • Identify GESD Only IA’s • Explore Standard Costs Options • Examine Repeatable Project Requests • Standardize Migration/UATS Costs (ISQAO) • Explore more Fit Gap IA’s for larger projects • Ties back to expanded ROM figures
SR Improvements (continued) • New Functional Requirement Document • Implementation scheduled for the 2009/2010 Annual Release • Explore NFC FRD Design Meetings to gauge effort from other Divisions and clarify requirements • Systems Requirements Branch • Resource/Project Owner Assignment • Standard (End-to-End) Test Environment • In Progress
SR Improvements (continued) • Reduce Number of Scheduled Releases • Four Scheduled Releases for 2010 • PP04, PP10, PP20, Annual Release (PP25, PP26, PP01) • Four Scheduled Releases for 2011 • PP04, PP12, PP20, Annual Release (PP25, PP26, PP01) • Benefits • Quality Management Improves with more time between releases • Risk Management Improvement • More time to Coordinate Internal and External testing • Goes hand in hand with IA improvements
SR Improvement Conclusions • Project Review Team (PRT) and Customer Board Support Needed • Majority of the After Database Change (ADBC) Projects Implemented and/or Scheduled • Number of Projects per SR to remain consistent • Analysis of Agency/NFC Project Priorities seem to be in alignment • As of 8/14/2009 - No outstanding schedule/priority conflicts • Further Promote NFC’s Improved Customer Management Processes