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Project Progress for
Release 2






Release 1 Project
History





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About GEMS: Project Progress
Current Status
January 2010

This month, the GEMS team is in
full swing of the DEPLOY phase. In this phase, the web-based
system is being enabled in all R2A (Release 2A) sites where all HR Users
and Self Services Users working in the Prime Minister's Office
(including Energy Division) and its five departments will be able to
access all online functionalities of GEMS.
On 'Go-Live' Day (28th January
2010), the entire
Change Network and
Trainer
members will join forces with the
GEMS Roving
Team to tour around all GEMS enabled sites ensuring that HR Users will
be able to access and use GEMS smoothly.
Project History for Release 2
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December 2009 to January
2010
- GEMS team completes TEST phase and enters DEPLOY phase
- Modules to be deployed are revisited and tuned to
performance precision
- Deployment plan developed and execution in progress
- End User Training workshops completed
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October
to November 2009
- GEMS team is in the final phase of TEST stage
- UAT (User Acceptance Test)
is being conducted to ensure that all
system components are working according to the agreed
requirements.
- Training materials were developed and being finalized
- Preparation for training in progress
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September 2009
- GEMS team enters the TEST stage where all system
components are being tested.
- Components satisfying test requirements are escalated
for User Acceptance Testing.
- Training materials for Release 2 are being finalized.
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July to
August 2009
- GEMS team is in mid-way of the
BUILD stage
- Different components of GEMS under
development and customization
- Default settings of how the system
operates will be configured
- New Change Champions and Agents from
Public Service Department (PSD) and other line departments
have been appointed
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June 2009
- The GEMS team enters the
BUILD phase for R2 (Release 2).
- Core HR processes that was thoroughly analyzed and carefully designed will be
used as a guideline to build the GEMS modules for Release 2.
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May 2009
- Release 2 modules are reaching the end of DESIGN
phase
- Standard configuration, customized components and
overall technical architecture are structured in GEMS.
- Designs will be used as guidelines to build rest of
functional modules for GEMS Release 2
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Project History for Release 1
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April 2009
- GEMS Implementation Team was geared to DEPLOY the
web-based application to all R1 (Release 1) sites
- GEMS made available to
all HR Users and Self-Service Users working in PMO (including Energy
Division) and it five PMO departments
- On Go-Live Day (16th April 2009),
local Change Agents was announcing the arrival of GEMS in their
respective department or ministry
- All HR
Users were able to log into GEMS, view and validate their
personal information and most importantly, use their new skills received
in the training workshop
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March 2009
- The GEMS team has completed the TEST stage
- All system components have undergone thorough testing
against default configuration settings
- All application components working according to design
requirements
- HR Users for R1 (Release 1) have been identified and
mapped to specific roles in GEMS
- HR User Mass Briefing event successfully conducted
- Training Workshops are being conducted
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January to February
2009
- GEMS team entered the BUILD phase
- GEMS components were developed and customized
- Default settings on how the system operates were
configured
- Prospective HR Users for GEMS in R1 has been identified
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December
2008
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The GEMS Information Website was officially launched.
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The first inaugural newsletter GEMS Connect was distributed.
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All Human Resource related work processes
have been successfully captured.
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Designs of future processes have been
completed.
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November 2008
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