Independent Project Oversight Report (IPOR) Rating

5225-180 BIS Migration to S4 HANA (BIS-2-S4)

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), an augmentation to the General Fund of $8.1 million in 2023-24, $9.0 million in 2024-25 and $7.5 million in 2025-26 to move CDCR’s current Enterprise Resource Platform system (ERP),SAP/Business Information System (BIS) to SAP’s new ERP system/platform offering called S4 HANA. The requested funding includes all the normal phases required during a system migration: Blueprinting, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Training, Cutover Processes and Post Go Live Support.

Project Details

Agency / State Entity Corrections and Rehabilitation / Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of
Total Cost $68,289,406
Last Approved Start Date 06/28/2024
Last Approved Finish Date 09/25/2026
Criticality Rating High
IPOR Reporting Period Overall IPOR Rating
01/01/2025 - 01/31/2025
Green

Key Questions

Is the project on track to satisfy the customer's business objectives?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives in the approved timeframe?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives within the approved budget?Yes

Project Overall Health Comments
Green
The overall health of the project is Green, overall the project is progressing according to timeline.
Focus Area/Rating Comments
Governance

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• Project roles and responsibilities are established and in the process of being documented. • Executive Steering Committee (ESC) expected to receive quarter two (2) status update during March 2025 reporting period. • Project Sponsor is actively engaged in the project activities, decision-making, reviewing and approving project Deliverable Expectations Document (DED) and Deliverable Acceptance Documents (DAD). • Decisions are being made timely and at the right levels. • Governance Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Time Management

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• Project activities are progressing in accordance with the approved timeline even with Build phase behind two (2) weeks. • Migration 2 encountered issues creating a thirty-two (32) day delay. Updated schedule expected during the next reporting period. • Project team continued to work on refining the project schedule. • Project continued working on Build (Realize) phase activities. • Schedule Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Cost & Contract Management

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• Current project costs are in alignment with approved budget. • DED’s were completed and signed prior to work starting. • Contract and Cost Management Plans are in place and processes are being followed.
Scope Management

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• Scope is in alignment with the approved baseline. • Project completed build for standard Fiori apps. • Unit testing was completed for security roles. • Project continued unit testing of custom code and interfaces. • Project continued work on legacy field fixes. • Initial planning continued for interface integration. • Scope and Requirements Management Plans are in place and processes are being followed.
Resources

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• Project team appears to be working well together. • Resources have the tools necessary to complete tasks as assigned. • New CDCR project training lead joined the team. • Resource Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Quality

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• Presentations and demos created and delivered by contractor have been clean, neat, and well organized. • Contractor has been responsive to feedback. • Project completed creating and migrating test scenarios for the legacy Enterprise Central Core (ECC) system. • Defects are evaluated, prioritized and corrected. • Project prepared for kick off of Integrated Test Cycle One (ITC1) expected to being during next reporting period. • Quality Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Risk And Issues

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• Risk and issues were identified and opened during this reporting period, being tracked and managed in accordance with the Risk and Issue Management Plans. • Risk and Issues are monitored on a bi-weekly basis with dedicated meetings. One meeting was held during the reporting period. • Project has a dedicated Risk & Issue Manager. • Risk and Issue Management Plans were updated and during the reporting period.
Transition Readiness

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• Organizational Change Management (OCM) has been included. • Bi-weekly Change Champion Connect meetings scheduled with one (1) held during this reporting period. • Project held its third (3rd) Tuesday Tech Talk webinar. Webinars are scheduled on third Tuesday of each month. • Project distributed its third (3rd) edition of the BIS Buzz Newsletter. • Trainer announcement was sent to CDCR leadership requesting recommendations for train the trainers. • Project continued and encountered issues with activities for second of five (5) mock migrations during this reporting period. • Issues encountered with Migration 2 created a thirty-two (32) delay. Project reviewed options for addressing delays to Migration 2, including a restart of Migration 2 activities. • Project completed installation of Tosca Edge browser add-on and automation prototype for both purchase requisition (PR) and goods receipt (GR) within Tricentis Tosca setup.
Conditions For Approval

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• All project management plans submitted during PAL planning activities must be reviewed and updated to include vendor input and provided within 90 days of contract start. - Condition was satisfied during November 2024 reporting period. • The Master Project Schedule must be updated and provided within 60 days of contract start. The Master Schedule is expected to include CDCR activities, resources, predecessors, successors with larger tasks broken down into manageable components. - Condition was satisfied during August 2024 reporting period.
Corrective Action

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• There are no corrective action plans in place.
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