EmpowHR 9.0 Upgrade Status Meeting Thursday, June 12, :30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (EDT)

Meeting Agenda Welcome/Introductions Oracle Assessment 9.0 Upgrade Project Status Project Schedule Changes 9.0 Testing Approach –Quality Assurance Testing (QAT) –User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Training Update/UPK Initiatives Overall Timeline Data Warehouse Project What’s Next? Questions

Oracle Assessment Brenda Mandella Billy Dantagnan

Oracle Assessment Assessment Completed Executive Summary Distributed Findings highlighted three focus areas –Customer Satisfaction –Technical Challenges –Reporting

Oracle Assessment Improve Customer Satisfaction –Create Governance Board –Configuration Control Board established –User group established –Release planning –Assist in change management –Create ‘Tiger’ teams to evaluate projects –Provide PeopleSoft functionality demonstrations –Establish improved performance measures

Oracle Assessment Technical Challenges –Maintain existing 8.8 functionality –Component Interface –PeopleSoft delivered PPS interface –Person Model –Replace custom code –Maintenance packs Consulted with Oracle Apply individual maintenance packs Strategy for maintenance packs

Oracle Assessment Reporting –Requirement for enhanced reporting –Ability to report EmpowHR and Payroll Personnel System data –Establish “Tiger” team to identify requirements –Decision to purchase HCM Warehouse

EmpowHR 9.0 Upgrade Project Status Brenda Mandella

EmpowHR 9.0 Upgrade Project Status 8.8 Support - Through September 2008 Continue supporting all high-level IRs Deploy data synchronization fixes piloted by DHS to all customers Expand data synchronization project to additional data areas Support USDA NEIS efforts Migrate FSIS Migrate USDA OCFO HDQ

EmpowHR 9.0 Upgrade Project Status 9.0 Upgrade - By the end of September 2008 Use 8.8 push views Use data component of Person Model for employees only Support conversion of customer queries Complete DHS Enterprise Requirements I ePerformance pilot with LoC

Project Schedule Changes Billy Dantagnan

9.0 Project Schedule Changes Revised Implementation Date –September 22, 2008 (Processing for Pay Period 19) Quality Assurance Test (QAT) Window –July 14, 2008 – August 8, 2008 (4 Weeks) User Acceptance Test (UAT) Window –August 11, 2008 – September 5, 2008 (4 Weeks)

9.0 Testing Approach Jane Ladner Chris Elwood Billy Dantagnan

Quality Assurance Testing (QAT) – Status To Date Functions Tested –Portal –HR Setup –Position Management –Security –Payroll Documents HR –Reports

Quality Assurance Testing – Status To Date Test Scripts –Executed –Total Created Defect Problem Reports (DPRs) –Closed - 56 –Post –Open - 13 –Total - 82

Quality Assurance Testing – DPR Process

9.0 Testing Approach – Current Status New Test Dates –QAT: July 14, 2008 – August 8, 2008 –UAT: August 11, 2008 – September 5, 2008 New Environment –New data as of June 14, 2008 (Pay Period 11) –New UAT PPS environment: IDMS61, Paymain2

Quality Assurance Testing – Status of Remaining Test Functions –ESS Tasks, ESS View, MSS Tasks, MSS View, Labor Relations, Manage Performance (8.8), PAR, History Override, Payroll Processing, Payroll Interface, Mass OIP Update, Recruitment (LOC), Queries, Transit Subsidy, Fill-a-Position/Job Classification, Who Has the PAR, Worklist Admin, ePerformance, System Interfaces SCRs scheduled for 9.0 –DHS-104, DHS-099, DHS-105, DHS-050a, DHS-053, DHS-051, DHS-055, DHS-107, 70529a, GAO-033a All open IRs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) UAT Dates: August 11 – September 5 Establish a Command Center for all four weeks (Location to be determined) Onsite assistance: –EmpowHR QA staff –Publications and Communications staff –Human Resources Applications Staff –Help Desk staff –Unisys staff

User Acceptance Testing - DPR Process

Training Update/UPK Initiatives Theresa Trentacoste

9.0 Upgrade Training Award for Contract Trainers in its final stage. Sessions are expected to begin in early August through September 19, Need facilities that are available during August/September timeframe with computers/internet access for 20 students per class.

UPK Status Licenses have been purchased for a pilot of UPK. UPK developer software being installed at NFC. UPK Developer training scheduled for July 2008 at NFC. Goal: UPK product for use in conjunction with 9.0 rollout.

Overall Timeline Brenda Mandella Larry Barreca

Overall Timeline – Post 9.0 Activities 9.0 Release 1 - December Security deployment DHS Enterprise Requirements II Additional data synchronization enhancements USDA OCIO migration FEMA Migration Reporting and Agency Migrations - February 2009 HCM Data Warehouse GPO Migration

Overall Timeline – Post 9.0 Activities Future – To be scheduled CI views DHS AWE Basic Pilot DHS AWE MSS Pilot Enhancement of HCM Warehouse capability Expanded deployment of ePerformance Tri-Bureau’s migrations Talent Acquisition & Candidate Gateway pilot Assessment of full Person Model capabilities USDA NEIS enhancements Future functionality deployment plan Expanded Deployment of AWE Customization Baseline Monster interface USDA Migrations

EmpowHR Timeline

Data Warehouse Project Larry Barreca

Data Warehouse Project Purchased PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), HCM Data Warehouse, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) Software License Contracted with Oracle Consulting Services for Implementation Kick-off meeting next Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Train Technical Staff (DBAs and Developers) Ready for Testing in October Ready for Production in February Initial Implementation will have Out-of-the-Box functionality Next Phase will include necessary customization from EmpowHR

What’s Next? Billy Dantagnan

Questions?