Monthly Status Report ePayroll Project

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Monthly Status ReportePayroll Project

• Marshall Space Flight Center
• Date 11/19/03

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Table of Contents

• Summary Status
• Accomplishments
• Activities in Progress
• Issues
• Reference Material / Backup
• High Level Schedule

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Summary Status
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Accomplishments

• OPERATIONAL
• Completion of crosswalk for FPPS Datamart fields
  to NASA Interfaces
• Field categories
• Fields that do not exist in either the Datamart,
  FPPS, or the Combined file
• Fields that do not exist in the Datamart, but do
  exist in FPPS
• Fields that will be required to be added due to
  functional CRs
• Disseminated to Centers
• Labor Distribution Scope Assessment
• Labor Distribution Interfaces and Reports Scope
  Finalized
• DOI to supply 1 labor cost file per center
• NASA will not standardize Labor Distribution
  under ePayroll (Steering Committee decision)
• Reports SWAT Team Work Sessions
• Review of Agency and Center-unique reports
  completed
• Reduction in reports from 374 to 78
• Agreement on historical data conversion
• Established joint NASA/DOI team for conversion of
  historical data
• NASA will provide conversion routines for
  migration of NPPS History to FPPS datamart with
  the assistance of DOI

 
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Accomplishments

• OTHER
• Meeting with DOI, October 20
• Established SSL requirements for FPPS development
  environment
• Load Testing High Level Requirements for NASA/DOI
  
• Load testing infrastructure to be in place by
  early December
• DOI to provide detail test cases for requirements
  in establish Load Runner scripts
• Established critical path dates for e-Payroll
  implementation
• Historical data conversion contingency defined
• Establishment of Standardized Communications
• Change Management and Training Bi-Weekly Meetings
• Center Transition Team Weekly Meeting
• Migration Teams Weekly Meeting

 
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Activities In Progress

• OPERATIONAL
• Interface Control Documents (ICD) Definition
• Provide ICD documents to centers 12/15/2003
• Center review and confirmation of ICDS 1/5/2004
• Reports SWAT Team Work Sessions
• EEO reports requirement modified due to NASA
  Classification Code
• Definition of minimum standard reports for the
  Agency by 11/21/03
• OTHER
• Standardized Award system
• Business case analysis underway
• Delay in collecting baseline support information
  from SAP
• Meeting with DOI, December 1-5, 2003
• Discuss specific training requirements for FPPS
  migration
• Establish training schedule for agency/center
  level training
• Key project documents under review
• Project Plan
• Risk Management Plan
• Quality Assurance Plan
• Baseline of Implementation Schedule

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Activities In Progress

• OTHER (Cont.)
• Validation of center budget submissions
• Interfaces and Reports
• Other
• Remaining Items for Formulation Closeout
• Response from DOI on Gaps Assessment Package
• Presentation of project plan to Steering
  Committee
• ePayroll Scope Document Final Update

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Issues
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Reference / Backup
BACKUP
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Summary Status Criteria
Project Criteria
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High Level Schedule