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
10/01/2025 - 10/31/2025
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
The overall health of the project is Green, as the project is progressing according to timeline. Phase 1 of the project successfully wrapped up with project transitioning to Phase 2. Budget and scope are in alignment with approved baseline.
Focus Area/Rating Comments
Governance

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• Project roles and responsibilities are established and documented. • 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. • Project has one (1) schedule to track project activities. • No schedule review meeting was held. • Schedule Management Plan is in place.
Cost & Contract Management

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• Current project costs are in alignment with approved budget. • 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. • No change to project scope during this reporting period. • No change requests (CRs) were approved. • 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. • Resource Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Quality

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• Presentations and demos created and delivered by the contractor have been clean, neat, and well organized. • Two (2) deliverables were submitted and three (3) were approved. • Defects for Hypercare were evaluated, prioritized and corrected. • Quality Management Plan is in place and processes are being followed.
Risk And Issues

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• Risk and issues are being identified but processes are not being followed. • Project Riks/Issue bi-weekly meetings were cancelled during the reporting period to focus on go-live activities. • Risk and Issue Management Plans are in place.
Transition Readiness

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• Organization Change Management (OCM) is appropriate for this stage of the project. • Hypercare support continued ending on October 22, 2025.
Conditions For Approval

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• The condition of providing updated project management plans from PAL within 90 days of contract start and an updated Master Project Schedule within 60 days of contract start has been satisfied.
Corrective Action

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• There are no corrective action plans in place.
Project Approval Documents
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