Define and Assign Level of Importance/ Respect : Two Projects that Hardly Ever Fail - With or without Resources, With or without time ! Provincial- mSCOA IMFO KZN Novembert 2015

2. Plan!!,Plan !!Plan!(IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN YOU PLAN TO FAIL) 2. Plan and Follow the Plan Dumi :- If you Fail to Plan you are planning to Fail ; We never plan to fail but we fail to plan, get a Tool 2. Plan!!,Plan !!Plan!(IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN YOU PLAN TO FAIL) SCOA CFO’s FORUM 23 September 2014

3. Monitor and Control Time, Costs, Risks, Issues, Changes mSCOA IMFO KZN 4 November 2015

4. Manage Stakeholder Roles, Expectations & Governance National Treasury / Provincial Treasury Successful Implementation of mSCOA Project at the Municipal Level Systems Vendor: mSCOA Implementation Team Municipal mSCOA Project Implementation Team System Vendor: mSCOA Specialists System Vendor: ERP Expert Support Municipal Specialization Teams mSCOA Stream Leads System Vendor : mSCOA Project Management Office CCG mSCOA Project Management Office Municipal mSCOA Project Governance Structure

5.1 Regulatory Considerations – mSCOA Circular 1 National Treasury mSCOA Circular 1 Approval of mSCOA Project Appointment of PSC Appointment of Project Manager Appointment of PIT Submission of ToR for the PSC Submission of the mSCOA Plan mSCOA Awareness Campaigns

5.2 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 2 mSCOA Training & Skills Programme How to Structure Project Plan Introducing NT mSCOA Workstreams National Treasury mSCOA Circular 2 Workstreams Technical LG Database Development & Reporting Pilot & Vendor Change Management & Transition LG Database Training

5.3 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 3 NT Circular 3 mSCOA Audit Value Chain mSCOA & Municipal Entities mSCOA PM Support mSCOA Training

5.4 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 4 Change Management Awareness Programme Buy-in Training Practice Coaching Embedment Project Issue Management How to handle project issues arising during project implementation The use of issue logs Project Risk Management Manage mSCOA project risks (as part of the normal risk management process) Data Purification Data cleansing prior to migrating data to the mSCOA database Nature & Ethics of mSCOA Project mSCOA is a strategic project in nature All officials responsible for the implementation of mSCOA project must sign the Code of Ethics and Non-Disclosure Agreement

5.5 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 5 NT Circular 5 Linking Projects to the IDP and Budget Data Set Preparation Training Support (PM & CM) ICT Due Diligence

5.6 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 6 mSCOA Version 6 All municipalities must submit the 2017/18 budget and IDP on mSCOA v6 Wayforward See Next Slide RT25 Tranversal Tender Municipalities may use Vendors on the Transversal Tender if they wish to procure new Systems. Else undergo Full SCM Process with Permission from National Treasury

5.6 Regulatory Considerations ( Continued…) mSCOA Circular 6 Way-Forward 5. Submit all mSCOA related information as requested in mSCOA Circulars to National Treasury and Provincial Treasury; 6. Conduct the assessment (due diligence) of the existing package of systems used by the municipality and all its municipal entities to make a final decision on whether to remain with its existing package of systems or to upgrade systems or to change systems 7. Submit any mSCOA related queries to the mSCOA Frequently Asked Questions Portal

Municipal Standard Classification KNOW UNDERSTAND YOUR SEGMENTS Everyone Not Just Finance EVEN COUNCILLORS!!!! Reporting Funding Function Costing Item Project Regional Indicator Municipal Standard Classification

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