• 800MHz Next Generation
• Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP)
• Courts Organized to Serve (COTS)
• Delaware ERP Project
• eGovernment
• Enterprise GIS
• Enterprise Project Management
• Integrated Corporate Information System (ICIS)
• Mainframe Modernization
• Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act (MCSIA)
• Program Management Office Process Revision & Training
• Quality Center Implementation
• VoiceXML Transition

  800MHz Next Generation

Both New Castle County and Sussex County sites are now operational in "test mode" and in-street coverage testing has been completed in Sussex County with a 99.6% pass rate for signal strength. In-building coverage testing is now being conducted in Sussex County, to be followed by in-street testing in New Castle County. The Rebanding planning phase is rapidly approaching closure, with the imminent Motorola execution phase proposal delivery to the State Team.

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  Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP)

COOP is a statewide, multi-year, multi-phase program, both federally and state mandated. The program encompasses all state organizations, schools, and higher education in a phased approach. The average organization is expected to take about a year to complete this project. DTI anticipates five to seven years for total project completion statewide. Currently, there are 16 organizations partnering with DTI and nine in the process of rollout and/or working with management to obtain approval to begin. Most organizations are in the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) activities phase. Once completed, the organizations can move into the Living Disaster Recovery Planning System (LDRPS) activities which are the strategy development and recovery procedures. Additional phases are Notifind (Automatic Call Notification System), ending with a "Table-top" exercise for using the COOP plans developed. Information Sessions are being provided to educate the community about the program and its importance. It is imperative the State has provisions in place for business recovery and continued critical services to citizens in the event of a disaster. The COOP program provides assistance in planning, practicing, and executing COOP plans to ensure organizations can recover from business service interruptions.

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  Courts Organized to Serve (COTS)

This is an initiative of the Delaware Judiciary aimed at acquiring a new, integrated automated case management system for use by the Courts and several partner agencies. This is a multi-year project that will be implemented in eight phases. COTS Phase III had a successful "go-live" on 6/2/08 in the Sussex County Court of Common Pleas and Superior Court.

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  Delaware ERP Project

The statewide ERP project will not only upgrade the Human Capital Management modules (Human Resources, Benefits Administration, Payroll, Time and Labor), but will also allow for a statewide implementation to replace and consolidate the current mainframe accounting systems. The Business Process Testing is in progress. The next major milestone is in August when several major functional decisions will be finalized.

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  eGovernment

The eGovernment Core Group provided input into this year's 2008 Best of Web entry. With all the good work everyone has done, we wanted to showcase this work with this year's submission. The group is still working on the Strategic Plan and will have a good working draft in July. Stay tuned.....

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  Enterprise GIS:

The Enterprise License AGreement (ELA) with ESRI has been in place for one year. Under the ELA, agencies have saved approximately $395k in purchases and maintenance. Work on the Data Dissemination Portal may begin in the new fiscal year. A survey of known agencies using GIS is planned to identify more formal needs.

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  Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Time Entry has been on-going for over five pay periods. The number of questions and issues are getting smaller with each passing pay period. The Billing interface has successfully been automated! Phase 2 of the initiative began and the team will be offering refresher Time Entry classes for anyone interested in attending. There are further enhancements coming in the very near future.

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  Integrated Corporate Information System (ICIS)

DTI is currently participating on the ICIS RFP Response Review team, along with Division of Corporations staff members. The product demos are completed and the review team is in the final stage of the vendor selection process.

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  Mainframe Modernization

DTI worked with IBM to hold a meeting with the various departments at the University of Delaware to introduce them to the resources that IBM has made available to the education community for introducing today's students to the mainframe. Departments that were represented included computer science, engineering, and business. A similar meeting will be scheduled with Wilmington University in July. The Business Case for Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) is underway.

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  Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act (MCSIA)

Phase 2 of the MCSIA project will be coming to a close this month with the implementation of an automated tracking system for DUIs and Revocations for the Driver Improvement Section of the Department of Motor Vehicles. This is the last functionality to be completed as part of the federal regulations to ensure sanctions for required actions against CDL drivers are taken in a timely manner, as well as provide history tracking and automated generation for necessary notifications to the drivers.

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  Program Management Office (PMO) Process Revision and Training

The first session of the Intermediate Training Course was completed. The second session is in progress and scheduled to be completed by the end of June. The Advanced Course is under development and in review by the PM/OCM Team. The documented processes are being revised to include the EPM tool. We intend to include EPM, as it applies to our processes, in the training that will be provided.

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  Quality Center Implementation

The Application Delivery team is in the process of deploying HP's Quality Center for use in testing applications. Several pilot projects are selected and the team will start using Quality Center this month. The use of the tool will help improve the quality of implementations, create traceability to requirements, and facilitate defect tracking. Metrics will include defect counts, test execution rates and test script counts which will be presented during Quality Month in October.

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  VoiceXML Transition

DNREC has two VXML projects in the works which Application Delivery is providing assistance. One is an outbound-calling application to notify subscribers in key target areas about environmental releases. This application will replace an older proprietary IVR that has gotten to expensive to maintain. The other project is a call-in application allowing the public to find locations where hunting, fishing, and dog licenses can be purchased. This application is in the initiation phase. The Department of Agriculture Emergency Notification Application is expected to be implemented in late June or early July, depending on User Testing and Acceptance.

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