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Green
- Satisfactory, no corrective action necessary.
Yellow
- Caution, risks/issues exist. There may be a need for corrective action in the near future.
Red
- Escalated for immediate corrective action. There is a significant risk to the health of the project.
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8570-089 Emerging Threats 2 (ET2)

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health and Food Safety Services (AHFSS) Division, is proposing to replace their existing Emerging Threats system to correct and eliminate multiple deficiencies that have arisen over the maintenance and operations life cycle of the system and to provide an enterprise-wide solution for all programs within the AHFSS Division.

Project Details

Agency / State Entity	General Government / Food and Agriculture, Department of
Total Cost	$50,178,609
Last Approved Start Date	12/04/2025
Last Approved Finish Date	12/29/2028
Criticality Rating	High

IPOR Reporting Period	Overall IPOR Rating
02/01/2026 - 02/28/2026	Green

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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	During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the Project Team wraps up the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). • The Project Team completed Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs.) • The Project Team completed the draft Integrated Master Project Schedule within 90 days after issuance of the S4PRA Approval Letter as required by the condition in the Approval Letter (see page 4 of this document for more detail). • The Project Team continues to work on the Integrated Master Project Schedule and updating all drafts of Project Management Plans.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Green

During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the Project Team wraps up the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). • The Project Team completed Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs.) • The Project Team completed the draft Integrated Master Project Schedule within 90 days after issuance of the S4PRA Approval Letter as required by the condition in the Approval Letter (see page 4 of this document for more detail). • The Project Team continues to work on the Integrated Master Project Schedule and updating all drafts of Project Management Plans.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status continues to be Green as the Project Team held the first Executive Steering Committee (ESC) meeting during the month. • A Governance Structure has been agreed to and documented in the project planning process. IPO will be observing the plan in action to validate its effectiveness. • The Project Team completed onboarding activities and has scheduled the first monthly Executive Steering Committee (ESC) Meeting on 5 March 2026 with internal and external stakeholders that include CDT and the DOF.
Time Management Green	During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the Project Team works on finalizing the Integrated Master Schedule after completing the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions. • After the completion of Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions, the Project Team is developing an Integrated Master Project Schedule. • The Integrated Master Project Schedule will incorporate both State and System Integrator (SI) deliverables, milestones, and activities and is expected to be baselined and published by March 6, 2026. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to the Master Project Schedule as the project progresses.
Cost & Contract Management Green	The ET2 project status remains Green during the reporting period of February 2026 as the Project Team started to make payments to the vendors. • The Work Order Authorizations (WOAs) are completed. Deliverable Expectation Documents (DEDs) are also completed, except for the Testing DED, which is in progress and will be completed before the first Sprint. • The project cost incurred in the month of February was $1,328,401 out of the total project cost of $50,178,609. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to cost and contract management plans as the Project progresses.
Scope Management Green	During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the project team wraps up the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). • Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions have not identified any change in the scope of project. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to the Scope Management Plan as the Project progresses.
Resources Green	ET2 project status remains Green as the project is fully staffed, and no vacancy remains vacant.
Quality Green	During the reporting period of February 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the Project Team gets ready for the project execution starting from March 2026. • The Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V) will start publishing monthly IV&V reports beginning in March 2026. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to the Quality Management Plan as the Project progresses,
Risk And Issues Green	• The Project has an approved Risk and Issues Management Plan. • The Project Team has begun using a Risk and Issue Log to track risks and issues identified.
Transition Readiness Blue	The Project is in the pre-execution stage, and it is too early to evaluate the transition readiness of the organization.
Conditions For Approval Green	• Within 90 calendar days after November 21, 2025, Approval Letter, which is February 21, 2026, the CDFA shall develop and submit to the CDT an Integrated Master Project Schedule that incorporates both State and System Integrator (SI) deliverables, milestones, and activities. The schedule shall reflect a clearly defined and logical critical path and adhere to the Project Management Institute (PMI) Schedule Management best practices and California Project Management Framework (CA-PMF) standards. The schedule shall be developed and maintained using Microsoft Project. • No later than 60 calendar days prior to the initiation of testing activities by the SI, the CDFA shall submit the approved ET2 Project Test Management Plan to the CDT.
Corrective Action Green	• There are no corrective action plans in place.

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