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OHIO SACWIS

PCSAO Executive Membership Meeting 26 February 2004

Where We Came From

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12/5/2001 –PCSA Executive Meeting at Highbanks Metro Park, Columbus

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Ohio will look at available options including the evaluation of other state’s SACWIS systems

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Release a SACWIS Request For Information (RFI)

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Release a SACWIS Request For Proposal (RFP)

SACWIS RFI

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Released SACWIS RFI in February 2002

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Multiple vendors responded to RFI

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Six vendors provided demonstrations of their operating Child Welfare/SACWIS systems

SACWIS RFI

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Demonstrations:

Wisconsin SACWIS - American Management Systems

Montgomery County Child Welfare System Compuware

West Virginia SACWIS - Deloitte Consulting

Colorado SACWIS - Dynamics Research Corporation

Maine SACWIS - TRW

Indiana SACWIS - Unisys

SACWIS RFI

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RFI and System Demonstrations:

Focused on existing system’s ability to meet Ohio SACWIS requirements

Verified soundness of Ohio’s requirements

Obtained input for RFP preparation

Provided for county input and involvement

SACWIS RFP

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RFP development – 4/2002 to 12/2002 Released to vendor community – 12/2002 Proposal due date – 2/2003 Proposed evaluation/clarification – 2/2003 – 8/2003 Contract negotiations – 9/2003

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Federal review and approval of recommended proposal/vendor – 10/2003 – 12/2003

SACWIS RFP

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Four vendors responded

American Management Systems

Ciber

Deloitte Consulting

Dynamics Research Corporation

Proposal Evaluation Criteria

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Major Components of Evaluation Criteria

People – SACWIS experience

Process – how will SACWIS be developed

Product – what is the proposed functional and technical solution

Proposal Evaluation Process

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Administered by DAS Diverse evaluation team – state and county, technical and child welfare, project management

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Reviewed for mandatory requirements

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Eligible proposals evaluated

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Clarifications process

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Committee recommendation to ODJFS Director

Vendor Recommendation

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Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC)

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Sub-contractor - Compuware

Why DRC?

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People

Involvement in SACWIS development and implementation since 1996

Prime contractor for:

New Hampshire Bridges

Colorado Trails (state supervised, county administered)

Extensive SACWIS experience, 20 years in 7 states

Experienced Project Manager, served as SACWIS Project Manager in:

Indiana, Maine and Colorado

Why DRC?

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People

12 Member Primary Project Team bring SACWIS experience in key project areas including:

Change Management

Requirements Definition

Documentation

Testing

Training

Implementation

Why DRC?

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Process (MIS)

Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model CMM Level 3 certified

Project Management methodology aligns with Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)

Why DRC?

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Process (con’t)

Customized version of Rational Unified Process (RUP)

Utilizes a software tool to manage all project development steps

Supports integrated SACWIS project team consisting of county, state and contract staff

Why DRC?

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Product

Successfully implemented SACWIS in New Hampshire and Colorado

Compuware developed Child Welfare systems for Cuyahoga and Montgomery counties

Utilizing work flows from existing SACWIS systems to build Ohio SACWIS

Contract Deliverables

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Project Management

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Change Management

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System Analysis and Design

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Conversion

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System Development

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System Testing

Contract Deliverables

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User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

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Training

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Pilot Implementation

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Statewide Implementation

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Support Federal Approval

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Post Implementation Support

System Requirements

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Functional Requirements

Ohio SRD developed by Business Partner Committee (BPC)

Requirements represent culmination of Federal, State and County input

SRD serves as the foundation for requirements validation and refinement

System Overview

On-Line Help Resource Case Mgmt Ohio SACWIS Eligibility Financial Security Intake Mgmt System Interfaces Court Audit Trail Admin

Ohio SACWIS Interfaces

CRIS Ohio BCII Webcheck Ohio SACWIS MMIS CRISe Central Accounting System SETS

Ohio SACWIS Technical

Application Front-End Services Business Logic Services Data Services

Ohio SACWIS Technical

Application Front-End Services Business Logic Services User Interface Business Rules Security Administration Notifications On-Line Help Reporting Security Application Processes

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Intake

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Eligibility

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Case Mgmt

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Resource

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Court

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Financial Workflow Manager Auditing Processes Scheduler Data Services Security Child Welfare Data Reporting Data

State Project Team Preparation

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Fed staff made site visit to Ohio SACWIS Project - 9/2003

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Ohio hosts Fed ACF conducting SACWIS 101 Requirements Overview - 2/2004

Attendees include subject matter experts from PCSAs and OCF, full state SACWIS Project Team, staff from 12 other SACWIS projects

State Project Team Preparation

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Project Management training for PMI Certification – Management Team Specialized training for project’s Business Analysts

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Java, Object Oriented Analysis & Development (OOAD), Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and additional tool training for technical MIS team

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Order and install hardware and software required to support project

SACWIS Team Interactions

County/ State Policy State Project Management Team County/ State IT/IS DRC Team

Project Overview

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Start Up Activities

Contractor assembles primary project team at Air Center

Contractor prepares secondary site located next to Air Center

Contractor reviews available documentation

SACWIS ELC transitions into Partnership Forum

County participants identified

Project Overview

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Key Milestones

Project kickoff approximately 5 weeks from contract effective date

Implementation pilot 18 months from contract initiation

90 day Implementation Pilot

8 month Statewide Implementation

Project Overview

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Critical Factors

Change Management and Conversion kick off with contract

Rapid Requirements Development, Joint Application Development and Prototype Review occur over six month period

County involvement is key to our success

Quality Assurance

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Independent Validation and Verification

Separate effort

Reports to both ODJFS and state Executive Project Management Office

Next Steps

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PCSAs will be notified of scheduled Kick Off event (s)

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Counties interested should contact Nancy DeRoberts