As part of an Agency-wide Go-Live, Goddard successfully went live on Monday, October 27 with Release 0.5A of the Budget Formulation Module.

Day 1 of the Go-Live was uneventful and it was a soft launch, meaning there was no critical (operational) data involved. Centers still have several months to get their budgets entered into the system.

Approximately 25 users accessed the system on the first day. Only two trouble tickets were logged, and several Centers experienced trouble with their desktop software installs. In addition, there is expected to be an ongoing discovery of users not initially assigned to proper roles, but these are generally resolved quickly.

BF system functionality is being deployed to all Centers simultaneously in multiple Releases corresponding to the needs/requirements of the budget planning stages. Release 0.5A provides system functionality to support Centers Pre-POP and POP planning. Release 0.5B, scheduled for Go Live in February 2004, will provide additional system functionality for Centers POP planning, including phasing plans and construction of facilities (C of F). Release 1, scheduled for Go Live in May 2004, will provide system functionality to support HQs top down guidelines and Enterprises POP planning.

The next IFMP Go Live at GSFC will be WebTADS, which is scheduled for a November 30th start-up.

IFMP Team goes to the Big Apple

The World Series may be over, but members of the IFMP team journeyed to New York City last week. Their destination was not Yankee Stadium, but the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS), where they provided an update of the IFM Program and conducted a question and answer session.

Representatives from each of the modules and the program office were part of the contingent traveling to GISS.