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Independent Project Oversight Report (IPOR) Rating

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.
Blue
- Not enough data is available to make a determination about the project health.
No Report Available - Indicates that a Report is not available for publishing for the reporting period.

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
03/01/2026 - 03/31/2026	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 March 2026 reporting period, the ET2 project status remained Green. The Project Team completed the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions and began design and development activities for Release 1. • The Project Team completed Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). • The Project Team submitted the Integrated Master Project Schedule within 90 days after issuance of the S4PRA Approval Letter as required by the condition in the CDT Approval Letter (see page 4 of this document for more detail). • The CDT Oversight management reviewed and approved the Integrated Master Project Schedule. The Oversight management noted that all the scheduled tasks are on track and do not have any concerns at this time.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Green

During the March 2026 reporting period, the ET2 project status remained Green. The Project Team completed the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions and began design and development activities for Release 1. • The Project Team completed Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). • The Project Team submitted the Integrated Master Project Schedule within 90 days after issuance of the S4PRA Approval Letter as required by the condition in the CDT Approval Letter (see page 4 of this document for more detail). • The CDT Oversight management reviewed and approved the Integrated Master Project Schedule. The Oversight management noted that all the scheduled tasks are on track and do not have any concerns at this time.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	During the reporting period of March 2026, the ET2 project status continues to be Green. The Project Team held its first Executive Steering Committee (ESC) meeting during the month. • The first Executive Steering Committee meeting was held on 3/5/26 with good participation. • The CDT Oversight team does not have any concerns at this time.
Time Management Green	During the reporting period of March 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the Project Team continues to perform according to the published Integrated Master Project Schedule. • The Integrated Master Project Schedule was approved by the CDT Oversight management and the condition in Approval Letter is satisfied. •The Project team began working on Release 1, Sprint 1 focused on the Payment Gateway Interim Solution Release 1. • 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 March 2026 as the Project Team as the project cost continues to remain under the approved budget. • The project cost incurred in the month of March was $1,476,743 out of the total project cost of $50,178,609. • IPO will continue to 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 March 2026, the ET2 project status remains Green as the project team wraps up the Requirements Validation and Discovery sessions with the 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 positions remain vacant.
Quality Green	During the reporting period of March 2026, the ET2 Project status remains Green as the Project Team began Design, Development, and Deployment for Release 1. • The draft QA Test Management Plan for Release 1 was submitted to CDT on 3/18/26 for review in compliance with the condition in the CDT ET2 Project Approval Letter. The CDT provided comments and feedback on the Plan to the Project on April 1, 2026. • The Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V) will start publishing monthly IV&V reports beginning in April 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 Team has begun using a Risk and Issue Log to track risks and issues identified. • The CDT Oversight Management do not have any concerns at this point.
Transition Readiness Blue	The Project is in the Design, Development and Deployment 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 was 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. With concurrence by IPO, the Integrated Master Project Schedule was submitted to the CDT for review on 3/13/26 and the draft ET2 Test Management Plan was submitted to the CDT for review on 3/18/26. The CDT provided comments and feedback on both with no major concerns identified with either. The Project indicated that CDT comments on the draft Test Management Plan are being incorporated into the final version. Both conditions in the ET2 Project Approval have been satisfactorily met.
Corrective Action Green	• There are no corrective action plans in place.

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