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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.
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7350-094 CalOSHA Data Management System (CalOSHA DMS)

DIR proposes to acquire an integrated online system for its Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as “Cal/OSHA”. The new system will support customizable workflow and reporting, more readily adapt to business needs and provide better management of the data flowing between Cal/OSHA and the Federal OSHA Information System (OIS).

Project Details

Agency / State Entity	Labor and Workforce Development / Industrial Relations, Department of
Total Cost	$99,993,483
Last Approved Start Date	06/27/2024
Last Approved Finish Date	10/31/2027
Criticality Rating	Medium

IPOR Reporting Period	Overall IPOR Rating
05/01/2026 - 05/31/2026	Red

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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?Uncertain

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

Project Overall Health	Comments
Red	The project’s overall health rating remained escalated, indicating the need for immediate corrective action. • Project progress slowed in May due to technology-related issues that were not resolved in a timely manner. • At the current pace, the project is at risk of missing the January 4, 2027 legislative deadline for delivering a fully functional public portal. • Deferred and rejected backlog items continue to grow, with no observable burn-down trend. • The Organizational Change Management (OCM) team finalized the structure, scope, and content of the end‑to‑end Training Plan for the new solution. • DIR confirmed there will be no contract amendment for the Service Level Agreement (SLA); it will remain in effect for the duration of the System Integrator contract.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Red

The project’s overall health rating remained escalated, indicating the need for immediate corrective action. • Project progress slowed in May due to technology-related issues that were not resolved in a timely manner. • At the current pace, the project is at risk of missing the January 4, 2027 legislative deadline for delivering a fully functional public portal. • Deferred and rejected backlog items continue to grow, with no observable burn-down trend. • The Organizational Change Management (OCM) team finalized the structure, scope, and content of the end‑to‑end Training Plan for the new solution. • DIR confirmed there will be no contract amendment for the Service Level Agreement (SLA); it will remain in effect for the duration of the System Integrator contract.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	The Governance Management focus area remained in satisfactory status due to the following: • DIR assigned roles that enhance oversight and support decision-making related to contractor project delivery. • The Project Steering Committee is established, meets regularly, and actively makes decisions. • Product Owners support effective decision-making and prioritization of product features.
Time Management Red	The Time Management focus area rating remained in escalated status because: • Project continues to consistently not meet the Sprint timeline, which is a red flag for time management. • Contractor isn't delivering the committed stories; velocity remains on a steady decline rather than increasing. • Project has not been discussing sprint velocity information in retrospective meetings to plan future sprint work. • IPO Manager will continue to track the project critical path for meeting the Go-Live timeline.
Cost & Contract Management Red	The Cost & Contract Management focus area rating changed to escalated because: • Project has a part-time Contract Manager who is not available for project meetings to observe contractor performance. • Contractor performance isn't assessed using KPIs like quality, work volume, or delivery dates. • DIR decided no contract amendment for the SLA; it remains in effect for the contract's duration with the System Integrator. • Project has not reported the cost of cloud-based Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) software for OCM and Training. • DIR is pursuing the Cloud Storage Software vendor to fix development issues and justify cost and capability.
Scope Management Red	The Scope Management focus area remains in escalated status because: • In the last assessment period, the project completed approximately 20% of planned user stories. Sprint 9 only 15% of planned user stories were demoed. • As of the reporting period only 34% of the committed user stories were approved increasing the deferral of planned work to future sprints. future sprints. • Required velocity rate is more than five (5) times greater than the current rate to meet the development deadline by July 3, 2026. • Contractor increased capacity in 5 workstreams to clear the backlog, but this requires more Product Owners which DIR is actively monitoring to support. • Project has not consistently held sprint reviews, which are vital for early risk detection and feedback during development.
Resources Green	The Resource Management focus area rating remained in satisfactory status because: • Project rate of filling vacancies remained at 76%. • Budgeted and skilled resources continue to be available for the entire duration of the project
Quality Red	The Quality Management focus area rating remained in escalated status because: • Project defect backlog continues to raise as of, with code/configuration issues continue to raise. • Project is facing technology-related hurdles that are increasing the number of bugs as well as reducing velocity. • Project is not following the approved Communication Management Plan by sharing the weekly status report to stakeholders. • Many Lessons Learned items are lost because they are not tracked or stored in a shared database.
Risk And Issues Yellow	The Risks and Issue Management area rating changed to cautionary status because: • Issues are not resolved in a timely manner because many issues are tracked as risks. • Project is not tracking risk triggers to initiate timely risk responses. • There is no established strategy for prioritizing the severity or category of open risks discussed in the risk and issue meeting.
Transition Readiness Green	The Transition Readiness focus area rating remained satisfactory because: • OCM team created Train the Trainer (TTT) curriculum, including Job Aids, Quick Reference Guide, etc. • Analyzed the impact on training curriculum, job aids, TTT material, and cloud-based training tool preparation. • Training schedule coincides with the Go-Live timeline in November.
Conditions For Approval Green	All Conditions of Approval have been met.
Corrective Action Green	N/A

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