Mission Statement
To successfully implement an enterprise administrative solution for the State of Louisiana to demonstrably improve administrative business performance and reporting.

Business Drivers
The project is driven by the following business factors:

• Public and executive demand for government transparency
• Fragmented data and processes in existing State administrative systems
• Obsolete, and unsupported technology across mission critical administrative systems
• Risk to accounting and federal billing operations at the Department of Transportation and Development due to archaic and unreliable business systems

Project Performance Measurement
The success of the system shall be measured by the following performance metrics:

• On-time implementation
• Project is delivered within budget
• Project delivers planned scope of functionality
• Stable operations are achieved at each implementation point
• Implemented software causes no major operational disruptions or adverse impacts

Project Goals
The State of Louisiana has identified the following goals as critical to the success of the project:

• Successfully migrate the State’s administrative data and operations to a robust, vendor-supported and upgradeable software solution
• Establish a statewide administrative data warehouse that seamlessly integrates the State’s central business data, including: budget, accounting, procurement, asset management, human resources and payroll data
• Demonstrably improve reporting and transparency
• Improve tracking and reporting of roads, bridges and other linear assets for the State of Louisiana

Guiding Principles
The following principles shall be used to guide all planning and project-deployment activities:

• The project will be business-driven, and will constructively engage State business stakeholders throughout the project
• All project activities, plans and decisions will be made for the best, long-term interests of the Louisiana State Government
• Getting the state agencies ready for the software is as important as getting the software ready for the state agencies
• Project Management and Steering Committee members will quickly make decisions and resolve issues
• Effective communication between project management, project executives, project team members, and involved stakeholders is essential for project success
• The project will strive to implement a maintainable system by limiting customization and site-specific code that might impede later upgrades or downstream maintenance
• Our aim is to deliver the original project scope. We will say ‘no’ to scope expansions which threaten successful delivery of the project.
• The project will minimize the use of temporary software.