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 continued to be Green (satisfactory) based on observations in all focus areas. • The project remained on schedule during the March 2026 reporting period. Teams continued work on tasks for Sprints 5 and 6 of Phase 2, Release 3. • Contract Amendment 3 addressing changes to the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) years remains under review by the project and the Office of Statewide Procurement (OSTP).

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	This focus area remained Green (satisfactory) during this reporting period. • The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) meeting held on March 11, 2026, confirmed that the project is on track to achieve its objectives within the established scope, schedule, and budget. • The Governance structure continues to operate as intended, maintaining full compliance with the Change Control Management process. Decisions are consistently escalated and resolved at the appropriate authority levels, ensuring transparency and accountability. • Project team members are continuing to facilitate the decisions and approvals necessary to finalize Special Project -1 (SPR1) related Contract Amendment 3. • The IPO Manager continued to emphasize the importance of sustaining stakeholder awareness of key project decisions. Ongoing participation by program, business, technical, and control agency stakeholders supports informed decision‑making and the successful delivery of ongoing development efforts.
Time Management Green	This focus area remained Green (satisfactory) during this reporting period. • The project is on schedule and continuing to work on Phase 2 Release 3 Sprint 5 & 6 tasks. • The project remains on schedule, and the teams are working diligently to ensure all tasks are completed as planned. The IPO manager recommends that the project proactively identify, assess, and monitor schedule risks associated with any competing priorities to support the timely delivery of the approved scope. • The IPO Manager recommended continuing the practice of updating the project schedule to include the names of individuals for each activity to ensure accountability and keep the master schedule document updated as needed.
Cost & Contract Management Yellow	This focus area remained in Yellow (cautionary) during this reporting period due to the continued delay in completion of the Contract Amendment 3. • The IPO manager recommends continuous close collaboration between the CARB contracts and procurement and OSTP team members to ensure a timely response to any concerns to support the completion of Amendment 3. • The project teams are coordinating with the SI vendor to evaluate potential cost-saving opportunities and efficiency in the solution’s AWS usage. • The IPO Manager continued to recommend that CARB implement a system for tracking project-specific costs to assess, monitor, and report. This will enable accurate and timely reporting of actual expenditures, supporting future requirements such as the Post Implementation and Evaluation Report (PIER).
Scope Management Green	This focus area remained Green (satisfactory) in this reporting period. • Phase 2 Release 3 Design, Development & Implementation (DD&I) Scope is at 24% completion. During this reporting period, the project worked on the scope activities for Sprints 5 and 6 of Phase 2 Release 3. • Program and business representatives are actively validating the business value of proposed system functions and features and establishing sprint-level prioritization, consistent with Agile governance and requirements management best practices. • The IPO manager recommends that project teams continuously validate the business value of upcoming requirements by clearly distinguishing between system functions and features that are critical versus those that are discretionary.
Resources Green	This focus area remained Green (satisfactory) during this reporting period. • The project continued to successfully complete scheduled tasks with no concerns about resource availability in any of the project areas. • The IPO manager recommended that the project ensure appropriate onboarding documents, including project-related plan documents, are updated and readily available when resource changes occur, to help mitigate any delays and misunderstandings. • The IPO Manager continued to recommend the project review and account for the actual staffing resources being utilized in the project at a periodic cadence, and ensure the appropriate staffing resources are available to continue to support the project.
Quality Green	This focus area remained in Green (satisfactory) during this reporting period. • The project has continued to follow robust test and defect management practices throughout all sprints, leading to high test pass rates and minimal defects. • The IPO manager recommends that the project proactively assess and monitor the potential quality impacts of competing priorities and ensure risks/issues are identified early for mitigation, to support delivery of high-quality outcomes. • The Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) team continued to remain engaged to ensure the project consistently upholds high-quality standards throughout execution.
Risk And Issues Green	This focus area remained in Green (satisfactory)during this reporting period. • In this reporting period, Issue #26, Risk #46, and Risk #49 remained open, and the project is actively addressing them. • The IPO Manager recommends that the project team maintain consistent follow-up with relevant stakeholders to ensure prompt resolution of concerns and support the timely completion of Amendment 3. • The IPO Manager also recommends that the project identify risks of potential deviations or schedule impacts resulting from competing priorities to ensure early mitigation.
Transition Readiness Green	This focus area remained in Green (satisfactory) during this reporting period, as the program outreach and support activities continued to be effective in raising awareness of the SB210 regulation to bring fleets into the reporting system. • Over 786,000 vehicles are registered in the CTC-VIS database and have generated revenue of over $70 million from fee collection. • The IPO Manager reiterated the recommendation that the Program team formally document the outreach team’s best practices, performance metrics, and lessons learned, capturing both achievements and areas requiring improvement. This documentation will provide valuable input for updating the Post‑Implementation Evaluation Report (PIER) upon project completion.
Conditions For Approval Green	None
Corrective Action Green	None.

• Special Project Report (pdf)
• Stage 4 Project Readiness and Approval (pdf)
• Stage 3 Solution Analysis (pdf)
• Stage 2 Alternatives Analysis (pdf)
• Stage 1 Business Analysis (pdf)