SCDHHS Medicaid Enterprise - Responsibilities Matrix SCDHHS Project
Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Architecture Review enterprise system architecture process and documentation as needed
Provide access to Enterprise Architecture documentation to non-technical stakeholders (Agency Leadership, etc.)
Maintain and update enterprise system architecture documentation knowledgebase
Generate and maintain system architecture and design templates to support Agency ITIL goals and deliverables
Provide solution design standards
Provide solution design review assessments and approval for gate reviews
Consult with SIOPS Vendor on solution design and data/functional integration requirements
Review and approve design documents and design change recommendations
Recommend design modifications if necessary
Establish Enterprise Architecture strategy
Review and approve system architecture design changes recommended by RMMIS Leadership
Coordinate with Enterprise Systems to evaluate and approve design changes
Review design documents
Analyze system and architecture design for ability to support Agency IT goals and deliverables
Recommend design modifications, if necessary
Configure Enterprise Architecture to ES standards in support of SP integrations
Evaluate system architecture and provide integration guidance for a multi-vendor implementation, including the recommended approach to leveraging common, shared components between RMMIS solutions.
Review Medicaid Enterprise system architecture requirements of SPs and direct oversight of support vendors to ensure solution and service design conform to SCDHHS IT standards.
Manage, along with ES, enhancements to the policies, processes, and procedures (including improvements to accommodate a multi-vendor environment) related to: o Overall
architecture review and assistance
o Solution architecture assistance
o Data architecture review and
Compare system architecture and design templates to developed solution
Develop solution design documents
Recommend system architecture changes to SIOPS Vendor based on solution needs
Recommend design modifications, if necessary
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
assistance, including data governance planning
o Service catalog development and maintenance
o Interface and batch operations architecture review and assistance
Document architecture changes required to accommodate enhancements to the Medicaid Enterprise.
Program Governance
Establish ITIL-based Agency governance model
Maintain and update governance and program management knowledgebase for use by all program contributors
Review SIOPS Vendor adherence to Project Governance standards
Convene monthly program oversight meetings
Direct RMMIS program leadership on process and technology investments
Provide oversight of program metrics, PMO governance review results, and program strategic plan and roadmap
Execute strategic directions of Steering Committee
Design and develop program strategic plan and roadmap
Review SIOPS Vendor adherence to Project Governance standards
Identify strategic project risks and recommend mitigation solutions to RMMIS Program Leadership and Steering Committee
Conduct independent audits or reviews of program deliverables and recommend remediation action items where applicable
Execute strategic and tactical instructions provided, including those that may be added during the Contract.
Adhere to governance model established by the SCDHHS PMO.
Document governance policies and processes for the entire life cycle (e.g., phases such as implementation, operations, etc.) in support of a system developed using a multi-vendor approach, including: o Environment
management o Concurrent
development policies
o Configuration management policies
Execute tactical directions of SIOPS Vendor
Adhere to governance model established by Agency PMO
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
o Master schedule management
Ensure SPs use Medicaid Enterprise tools to support the Medicaid Enterprise’s processes, policies, and procedures.
Maintain Medicaid Enterprise document repository to support multiple vendors, and establish usage guidelines.
Participate in Steering Committee meetings monthly or as directed by RMMIS Leadership
Coordinate and participate in required SCDHHS PMO gate reviews for the SIOPS and SPs.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Project Planning/ Schedule
Establish and maintain program and individual project schedule and schedule templates
Review all solution providers’ schedules (including SIOPS vendor) adherence to project planning/schedule standards
Provide expectations for program and project execution to RMMIS Leadership
Review and approve individual and consolidated project schedules
Edit schedules to conform to strategic directions of Steering Committee
Review individual and consolidated project schedules
Review progress against budget and schedule
Analyze project risks and recommend mitigation solutions for schedules
Utilization of SCDHHS PMO templates and standards to establish and maintain integrated master project schedule (IMS), which will include the consolidation of individual project schedules provided by internal and external SPs. Guidance on these requirements are documented in the CDML.
Report consolidated schedule, configuration, integration, and/or
Create project schedules using Agency PMO templates
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
operations schedule changes to RMMIS Leadership.
Track dependencies and escalate any scheduling conflicts if scheduling trade-offs are required.
Coordinate release schedules across multiple environments.
Establish and maintain project resource planning and utilization tracking process.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Project Management
Establish and monitor project initiation process for used by SIOPS vendor
Collaborate with SIOPS Vendor and RMMIS Leadership on Agency project management requirements
Establish and maintain list of approved PMO and Medicaid Enterprise platform tools (code repository, documentation, test, etc.) for use SIOPS Vendor
Coordinate as needed with the SIOPS vendor regarding project management standards
Review project management status reports and provide strategic direction to RMMIS Leadership
Review key metrics, deliverables and milestone results
Consult with SIOPS Vendor and Solution Provider(s) on adhering to Agency project management and deliverables management requirements
Direct daily activity of SIOPS Vendor
Monitor individual and consolidated project schedules against service level agreements (SLAs)
Manage corrective actions, as necessary
Review recommended changes and updates to project management processes, as needed
Communicate list of approved PMO and Medicaid Enterprise platform tools (code repository,
Monitor individual and consolidated project progress against SLAs
Research and recommend risk mitigation solutions for project execution
Consult with RMMIS Leadership on risk mitigation and other key project delivery issues
Provide monthly reporting on IV&V
Recommend changes and updates to processes, as needed
Monitors the inclusion of state goals / objectives and all federal MMIS requirements in requests for proposal and contracts
Monitors the adherence to the state’s software
Work with the SCDHHS PMO to establish project initiation, project management, and management processes; train SIOPS staff and SPs to ensure conformance to processes; recommend changes to processes.
Provide weekly and monthly project updates on both SP and Contractor as applicable.
Leverage the Medicaid Enterprise documentation repository for project documentation.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Manage daily activity of individual project(s)
Provide weekly and monthly project and deliverable updates to SIOPS Vendor
Use only approved Agency PMO and Medicaid Enterprise platform tools (code repository, documentation, test, etc.) to manage and record development and testing of solution(s)
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
documentation, test, etc.) for use by Solution Provider(s)
Ensure SIOPS use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
development life cycle (SDLC)
Review change management
Service Management
Review enterprise service architecture process and documentation and service catalog as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service catalog standard
Define service operational standards and requirements
Define system architecture standards
Provide service design review assessments and approval for gate reviews
Design service governance process
Establish Service Architecture strategy
Review and approve business process modification requests made by RMMIS Leadership
Approve or reject service solutions offered by Solution Provider(s)
Review business architecture documentation
Evaluate and recommend business process modifications where needed
Maintain Agency ITIL-based service catalog
Review design documents
Analyze business architecture and solution design for ability to support Agency program goals
Recommend design modifications, if necessary
Provide a process to ensure alignment with ITIL V3 Service Management best practices.
Establish and maintain an engagement model for joint operations of applications and infrastructure, including development, documentation, and management of processes and procedures for an ITIL Service Catalog. Model must provide enough detail for SPs to leverage, including roles and responsibilities, SLAs, and KPIs.
With SCDHHS, establish guidelines and procedures for service reuse, including when service reuse is required and how to request permission to use a service.
Coordinate with SCDHHS and SPs to ensure maximum sharing of business processes, data, and technologies. Instances where the Contractor and/or SPs do not comply
Compare business architecture documentation to developed solution
Develop service solution design documents
Recommend business architecture changes to SIOPS Vendor based on solution needs
Recommend design modifications, if necessary
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
will be communicated by the Contractor to RMMIS Leadership.
Support SPs in conforming service offerings to SCDHHS business processes, recommending business process modifications as needed.
Establish and maintain comprehensive Medicaid Enterprise capacity, availability, and security management processes as related to integration hub components for SP systems.
Ensure SPs use application capacity forecasts to recommend system modifications and issue appropriate change requests.
Service Level Management
Review Performance Management process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based performance management processes and policies for Medicaid Enterprise
Develop Performance Management Plan for Medicaid Enterprise, directed by Steering Committee
Review and participate in regular service level management reporting with a focus toward continuous service improvement.
Approve performance management strategy for Medicaid Enterprise
Review and approve SLAs for SIOPS Vendor and Solution Provider contracts
Review and approve Performance Management Plan and updates
Review and approve performance plans and performance improvement recommendations provided by SIOPS Vendor; mitigation strategies provided by IV&V
Submit Performance Management Plan updates to Steering Committee for review and approval
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Review performance management and performance improvement plans
Analyze risks to service component performance and recommend mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Leverage ITIL V3 Service Level Management and use SLAs to govern relationships between internal and external SPs.
Evaluate and provide metrics to RMMIS Leadership related to SLA oversight of SPs, taking into account daily, weekly, and seasonal variations in capacity demands.
Execute performance management plan and processes for Medicaid Enterprise.
Submit Performance Management Plans to SIOPS Vendor for review and approval
Implement performance plans and performance improvement initiatives at direction of SIOPS Vendor
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Maintain and update performance management processes and policies for the Medicaid Enterprise while ensuring platform conforms to SCDHHS requirements.
Solution Requirements
Establish and maintain requirements traceability process and tool(s)
Manage requirements knowledgebase
Review solution requirement process and documentation as needed
Review and approve enterprise-level requirements provided by SIOPS Vendor
Provide strategic direction for designing and developing solutions to meet program- and enterprise-level goals and deliverables
Analyze key solution-specific and enterprise level product backlogs, including process and technical tasks for requirements
Identify and facilitate access to Agency subject matter experts (SMEs) and Product Owners
Review solution-specific decisions made by agency Product Owners and SIOPS Vendor; advise on conforming solutions to program and enterprise strategy
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Analyze solution-specific and enterprise level product backlogs, including process and technical tasks for requirements
Compare product backlogs to program- and enterprise-level goals and deliverables established by Steering Committee; perform gap analysis
Identify potential gaps to RMMIS leadership and recommend updates to product backlogs
Review completeness and reasonability of MMIS concept of operations, architecture, and designs
Review accuracy of capture of interfaces and data sharing requirements with systems external to the MMIS
Review viability and completeness of the data transition plan
Review traceability of requirements through design, development, and testing
Review capacity management, including consideration of future vendors’ support and release plans for underlying databases, software, and hardware
Implement processes and technical tasks necessary for RMMIS solutions to meet Medicaid Enterprise-level requirements, advising SPs as necessary.
Manage requirements gathering sessions and schedules for configuration and integration activities.
Develop and manage Medicaid Enterprise-level requirements backlog for fully integrated RMMIS Program.
Review Medicaid Enterprise-level requirements with RMMIS Leadership.
Review SP design documentation to ensure design is in alignment with enterprise architecture, maximal reuse of components, and that the design accommodates adequate integration between components.
Provide comprehensive Medicaid Enterprise-
Develop and manage solution-specific product backlog
Conduct solution-specific requirements gathering sessions with agency SMEs and Product Owners
Implement process and technical tasks for solution-specific requirements
Validate solution-specific requirements with SIOPS, Agency SMEs and Product Owner
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
level requirements traceability, including the ability to track user stories and technical tasks from backlog through all levels of distributed testing.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Business Architecture
Generate and maintain business architecture documentation
Consult with SIOPS Vendor on agency business architecture requirements
Maintain and update business architecture knowledgebase
Evaluate the solutions provided by SPs and determine the business impact.
Provide recommendations for changes to the business architecture.
Coordinate with SCDHHS PMO and RMMIS Leadership on business architecture requirements.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with CDML.
Security Review enterprise security process and documentation as needed
Develop and manage procedures for configuration management, patch installation, and malware prevention for all servers and devices involved in service delivery
Review and approve recommended updates to security strategy and related documentation
Communicate security and audit standards
Communicate system security and audit standards
Review recommended updates to security strategy provided by SIOPS Vendor; send to Security and Steering Committee for approval
Review security design documents
Analyze security strategy and protocols for ability to maintain privacy and security of Medicaid Enterprise
Review risk management
Adequacy of system security and privacy policies, plans, technical designs, and implementations
Implement a risk-based approach to integrating security into all SIOPS initiatives and efforts.
Implement a role-based, least-privilege approach to controlling access to the Medicaid Enterprise and business-critical, confidential, protected, private or
Develop and maintain solution-related documents required for security audits, internal controls, and control testing
Document controls for separation of data and security information at solution level
Document procedures for background checks on privileged access
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Coverage and integrity of all system testing, including stress testing and testing of interfaces between modules and with external partner systems
otherwise sensitive data.
Develop and maintain Medicaid Enterprise documents and artifacts required for MARS-E compliance requirements, system security audits, security controls assessment and distributed testing activities.
Document procedures for background checks on privileged access to servers, applications, or customer data.
to servers, applications, or customer data
Implement solution and database access controls and monitoring process to detect and report inappropriate behavior on solution
Portal Identity Federation
Ensure solutions meet SCDHHS identity management and federation standards.
Establish identity management and federation standards for non-organizational users.
Enhance and extend the portal standards.
Maintain and update portal documentation, including coding and SP-specific configurations.
Communicate portal standards and guidelines to development teams and verify that they are followed.
EDS Design and Development
Review EDS design and development process and documentation as needed
Provide review assessments and approve enterprise data strategy; logical and physical models for enterprise databases
Manage enterprise data model knowledgebase
Review and approve enterprise data strategy; logical and physical models for enterprise databases
Establish and maintain logical and physical data models for Operational Data Store (ODS) and data marts
Establish EDS Design and Development strategy
Advise RMMIS Leadership on strategic impact of changes to enterprise data model
Review enterprise data design documents
Analyze risks of data design and changes to data integrity and security
Recommend risk mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Enhance and extend EDS.
Review and approve EDS changes made by SPs.
Maintain and update EDS logical and physical models.
Maintain and update EDS documentation, including coding and configuration standards.
Recommend changes to enterprise data layer to support solution requirements
Maintain and update solution-specific logical and physical data models
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Establish and maintain enterprise data layer infrastructure
Advise SIOPS Vendor on Medicaid database and electronic data interchange (EDI) standards
Review and approve recommended changes to enterprise data layer
Review and assess solution designs in relation to service operational and technology architecture standards.
Communicate EDS standards and guidelines to development teams and verify that they are followed.
Integration Hub Design and Development
Manage ESB and data integration knowledgebase
Provide framework and guidelines to connect solutions to integration hub and ESB
Establish and maintain ESB infrastructure
Review and approve SIOPS recommended ESB changes
Review and assess solution designs in relation to service operational and technology architecture standards
Design framework and guidelines for integration hub infrastructure
Define and manage governance for multi-tenant activities within the integration hub.
Review Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) process and documentation as needed
Establish Integration Hub Design and Development strategy
Review and approve ESB design
Advise RMMIS Leadership and/or Enterprise Services on strategic impact of changes to ESB
Review and approve SIOPS recommended ESB changes
Review and approve recommended ESB changes to Steering Committee
Review ESB design documents
Analyze risks of ESB design and changes to data integrity, security, and system performance
Recommend risk mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Enhance and extend ESB.
Recommend ESB changes to ES.
Execute, manage, and update Medicaid Enterprise-level data and service integrations to the ESB.
Review, assess, and approve SP data and service integrations to the ESB.
Maintain and update integration hub documentation, including coding and configuration standards.
Communicate integration hub standards and guidelines to SP development teams and provide an approach to verify that they are followed.
Perform solution-specific data and service integrations with the ESB at the direction of the SIOPS Vendor
Maintain and update integrations as needed
Recommend changes to the ESB to the SIOPS Vendor
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
New Application Design and Development
Review New Application Design and Development process and documentation as needed
Maintain application design and development knowledgebase
Provide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) development standards
Review and approve production schedule generated by SIOPS Vendor
Monitor application development activity and advise SIOPS Vendor on managing development schedule risk
Review and approve enterprise-level design documents
Participate in product demo sessions and approve demonstrated output
Review and approve SIOPS recommended changes
Review and assess solution designs in relation to service operational and technology architecture standards.
Provide architecture standards review assessments and approvals for applications at gate reviews
Provide operational standards review assessments and approval for applications at gate reviews
Establish New Application Design and Development strategy
Participate in product demo sessions
Advise RMMIS Leadership and/or Enterprise Services on strategic priorities for application development schedule
Review and approve SIOPS recommended changes
Establish agency Product Owners for each application
Participate in product demo sessions and approve demonstrated output
Review and approve recommended changes to Steering Committee
Analyze solution-specific and enterprise level product backlogs, including process and technical tasks for requirements
Compare planned application development activity to actual completed
Identify development performance gaps to RMMIS leadership and recommend updates to product backlogs
Ensures the incorporation of the standards and conditions for Medicaid IT into design and development
Review the reflection of the state’s MITA goals and plans into actual MMIS design and development
Review configuration management that is robust and includes state or developer configuration audits against configuration baseline
Ensure solutions are designed in alignment with SCDHHS guidelines for service reuse and architecture standards, including identifying areas where the solution is not in alignment with SCDHHS guidelines and architecture.
Execute Medicaid Enterprise SOA development strategy and recommend strategy changes to RMMIS Leadership.
Provide architecture guidance to SPs for integration and use of ESB services.
Organize and conduct regular product demo sessions for RMMIS Leadership to illustrate development progress.
Review and approve solution-specific design documents generated by SPs, editing design documents to align with SCDHHS standards.
Maintain release schedule to include Medicaid Enterprise and solution-specific effort; update daily when appropriate.
Communicate new application standards and guidelines to development teams and verify that they are followed.
Design and develop solutions in support of Agency requirements
Adhere to SOA development strategy at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Submit all application design documents to SIOPS Vendor for review and approval
Maintain production schedule and submit updates to SIOPS Vendor daily
Conduct solution-specific demonstrations at product demo sessions
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Maintain and update documentation, including coding and configuration standards.
COTS/SaaS Solution Configuration
Review COTS/SaaS Solution Configuration process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service asset and configuration management processes
Maintain application configuration management knowledgebase
Approve configuration management plans, reports, and configuration changes submitted by the SIOPS Vendor
Monitor application development activity and advise SIOPS Vendor on managing development schedule risk
Review and approve enterprise-level design documents
Participate in product demo sessions and approve demonstrated output
Review and approve SIOPS recommended changes
Define technical reference architecture (TRA) standards and requirements
Provide TRA review assessments and approvals for solutions and configurations at gate reviews.
Provide review assessment of transition activities for signoff that configuration items have been transitioned
Establish COTS/SaaS Solution Configuration strategy
Participate in product demo sessions
Advise RMMIS Leadership on strategic priorities for application development schedule
Review and approve SIOPS recommended changes
Establish agency Product Owners for each application
Review and approve recommended changes to Steering Committee
Analyze solution-specific and enterprise level product backlogs, including process and technical tasks for requirements
Compare planned application development activity to actual completed
Identify development performance gaps to RMMIS Leadership and recommend updates to product backlogs
Develop, execute, and update configuration management processes for all Medicaid Enterprise services.
Ensure all environment configurations remain synchronized.
Supply and maintain configuration management tools.
Maintain and update configuration documentation, including coding and configuration standards.
Track and report on configuration changes.
Provide configuration management reports.
Establish guidelines for physical and logical separation among development, distributed testing, pre-production training, production and disaster recovery environments, and the process for deploying and backing out of configuration items.
Maintain master copies of new software versions in a secure library, accessible by SCDHHS, and update configuration
Use and maintain approved configuration management tools
Establish configuration baselines as reference points for rebuilds
Provide ability to revert solution to previous, stable configuration as needed
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
to the operational structure successfully
databases as necessary.
Communicate configuration standards and guidelines to development teams and verify that they are followed.
Data Governance Review Data Governance process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based data governance process
Maintain data governance knowledgebase
Establish MDM solution
Assign Data Steward to establish and maintain data definitions and usage protocols
Establish priorities and strategic goals for data governance process
Approve hiring of Data Steward
Review and approve Master Data Management (MDM) solution design
Review risk mitigation strategies provided by IV&V; recommend too Agency PMO to update and implement
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Review data governance strategy documents
Analyze risks of data governance strategy to data integrity, privacy, and security
Recommend risk mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Review reasonability, thoroughness, and quality of MITA self-assessment, concept of operations, information architecture, and data architecture
Manage MDM solution.
Execute MDM strategy at direction of SCDHHS data stewards.
Manage SP adherence to data definitions and usage protocols.
Design and develop solutions adhering to data definitions and usage protocols
Data Management
Review Data Management process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based data management process
Maintain data management knowledgebase
Define data integration, warehousing, and interface standards
Review risk mitigation strategies provided by IV&V; direct SIOPS Vendor to implement
Monitor EDI traffic to and from integration layer
Establish Data Management strategy
Advise RMMIS Leadership on strategic impact of data management strategy
Review and evaluate data management strategy and operations Analyze risks to data quality and integrity and recommend mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Develop data interface and batch operations architecture.
Manage solution interface(s) with integration hub.
Monitor EDI traffic to and from integration hub using SCDHHS supplied tools.
Manage interface troubleshooting and root cause analysis of interface failures.
Implement interface risk mitigation strategies at direction of RMMIS Leadership.
Develop data interface(s) between solution and integration hub at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Support repair of interface failures at direction of SIOPS vendor
Testing Develop and document Agency PMO and
Approve promotion of tested solution(s) For
Provide access to user acceptance
Review individual test plans, test scripts and
Coordinate and execute several
Develop, document, and manage process
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Medicaid Enterprise solution and infrastructure testing strategy, templates and policies
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service validation and testing
Manage and update testing knowledgebase
Develop PMO Agency Test Plan (includes both distributed and non-distributed testing), approved test environment requirements, test script template and test case result template
Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Review SIOPS and Solution Provider(s) testing and defect results for each PMO-approved test phase (e.g., For Solution Provider(s): Dev/Unit Test, Quality Assurance (QA) Test, Systems Integrated Testing (SIT); For SIOPS: Integrated QA and Integrated UAT)
Review Testing process and documentation as needed
Solution Provider(s): Dev/Unit Test, Quality Assurance (QA) Test, Systems Integrated Testing (SIT); For SIOPS: Integrated QA and Integrated UAT, and Prod environments
Review testing plans
testing (UAT) participants from relevant Agency program areas
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
test results for each test cycle
Analyze risks related to; the upcoming test cycle and/or release schedule and recommend mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
testing stages with controlled test environments.
Provide distributed-testing dashboard report of test results and release readiness recommendations to RMMIS Leadership.
Develop and document distributed-testing strategy and policies including, but not limited to, detailed SCDHHS, Contractor, and SP roles and responsibilities; timelines; documentation requirements; script requirements; automated testing requirements; dashboard reporting requirements; and release and code promotion requirements. These must be approved by the SCDHHS PMO and ES prior to implementation.
Execute and coordinate distributed-testing strategy to test the integration of SP solution(s) with the Medicaid Enterprise.
Provide complete distributed-test results to RMMIS Leadership as stipulated in the CDML.
Provide distributed-test status information to RMMIS Leadership as
for application-specific Dev/Unit Test, SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing
Conduct Enterprise-level testing activities at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Develop and maintain test plans, automated test scripts, and test results per Agency PMO requirements
Provide testing results to SIOPS vendor
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
stipulated in the CDML.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with CDML.
Engage and coordinate User acceptance testing activities with SCDHHS in accordance with the established testing strategy.
Solution Implementation
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service transition processes
Review Solution Implementation process and documentation as needed
Review and approve release schedule weekly
Approve promotion of code to Prod
Advise SIOPS Vendor on mitigation of release risks and issues
Approve all solution modifications recommended by SIOPS Vendor
Establish Solution Implementation strategy
Review release schedule monthly
Advise RMMIS Leadership on release priorities
Communicate agency PMO release process
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Monitor release activity
Analyze scheduled release activities vs. completed
Advise RMMIS Leadership on release risks and issues and recommend remediation strategies
Develop, manage, and update SIOPS release management process to support multi-vendor approach.
Coordinate deployment of release activities to all SCDHHS approved environments.
Mitigate release risks and issues with SPs.
Manage SIOPS integrated release schedule.
Provide weekly SIOPS integrated release schedule to the SCDHHS PMO and RMMIS Leadership.
Manage promotion of code to production environment using SCDHHS supplied tools.
Track all potential integrated solution modifications (enhancements, defect fixes, etc.) and recommend prioritization to RMMIS Leadership.
Complete work packages and/or release packages for scheduled releases
Promote code to Prod at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Report release risks, issues, and schedule Agency PMO-approved changes to SIOPS Vendor and remediate as necessary
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Training Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Develop and deliver training to SIOPS and SP staff related to EDS, the integration hub, and portal.
Develop and deliver training to SIOPS and SP staff related to SCDHHS PMO project management processes and procedures.
Provide oversight to the SPs as they develop solution-specific training.
Coordinate Medicaid Enterprise training using a Contractor-provided training calendar.
Develop and propose methods of knowledge transfer (training, coaching, materials, etc.) to build skills and experience for SCDHHS staff as appropriate.
Using documentation best practices and standards, establish and support training documentation repository.
Coordinate with the SCDHHS PMO and ES to develop competency, skills, and tools necessary to develop sustainable project management and technical capabilities.
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Hosting Provide systems and server management standards
Design hosting service levels to meet agency availability requirements
Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity (DR/BC)
Review DR/BC process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service continuity management (e.g. Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity (DR/BC)
Manage disaster recovery knowledgebase
Establish disaster recovery/business continuity test requirements
Communicate with SIOPS Vendor and Solution Provider(s) of disaster policy and procedures
Review and approve disaster recovery plans as related to agency business continuity requirements
Review and approve disaster recovery/business continuity strategy and plan; plan updates; risk mitigation recommendations
Establish the DR/BC strategy
Review disaster recovery risk mitigation recommendations provided by IV&V; promote to Steering Committee for approval
Review recommended updates to integrated Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan provided by SIOPS Vendor; promote to Steering Committee for approval
Execute Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan in event of local or statewide disaster or major outage
Review adequacy of Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity Plan
Review results of any executed Disaster Recovery test or lessons learned documentation from an actual event
Analyze Medicaid Enterprise disaster risk exposure; recommend mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Maintain and execute a detailed disaster recovery/business continuity plan that meets approved disaster recovery requirements. Approved plan needs to include details regarding data, backups, storage management, and contingency operations that are capable of restoring the Medicaid Enterprise within required recovery timeframes.
Execute DR/BC strategy and applicable plan components for Medicaid Enterprise in event of disaster or major outage.
Coordinate involvement of SPs, SCDHHS, hosting provider(s), and State Division of Technical Operations (DTO) for DR/BC distributed testing or an actual event occurrence: o Plan and schedule
Disaster Recovery distributed testing.
Perform disaster recovery/business continuity activities according to the Agency Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plan and at the direction of the SIOPS Vendor
Develop action plan(s) to address issues or vulnerabilities found during disaster recovery/business continuity testing or actual event occurrence
Perform assigned tasks in accordance with the Disaster Recover/Business Continuity Plan in event of local or statewide disaster or major outage
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
o Coordinate all SP and State activities required to complete the test.
o Track and report disaster recovery distributed test results and/or actual event lessons learned documentation to RMMIS Leadership.
o Develop action plan(s) to address issues or vulnerabilities found during disaster recovery/business continuity testing or actual event.
o Recommend updates to DR/BC to RMMIS Leadership.
Participate in annual planning for technology refresh in compliance with hardware and software vendor licensing and upgrade requirements.
Maintain master copies of new software versions in a secured software library and update configuration databases.
Hardware and Software Procurement
Review Hardware and Software Procurement process and documentation as needed
Recommend hardware and software upgrades and change for annual technology refresh effort
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Modular Certification of MMIS Modules
Medicaid Enterprise
Certification
Review the Medicaid Enterprise Certification process and documentation as required by MECT2.1 which includes the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Life Cycle (MECL).
The IV&V contractor will evaluate and make recommendations about the state artifacts that are required for MMIS milestone reviews based on the MECT.
Coordinate required certification project artifacts with the SCDHHS PMO and RMMIS Leadership. The Medicaid Enterprise Certification Life Cycle (MECL) guidance is available in the procurement library
Provide required information for Certification Progress Reports.
Demonstrate that required items related to EDS, the integration hub, and portal, and SP integration included on the Technical Architecture checklists were completed.
Participate in required certification milestone reviews as outlined in the MECL: o Operational
Readiness Review o MMIS Certification
Final Review
Work with SCDHHS and other SPs to accomplish certification activities, including: o Process for
monitoring and reporting on certification tasks
o Risk and issue mitigation relating to the certification process
o Requirements traceability
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Provide a roadmap that demonstrates the SIOPS efforts to support the State in achieving the Seven Conditions and Standards: o Modularity
Standard o MITA Condition o Industry Standards
Condition o Leverage
Condition o Business Results
Condition o Reporting
Condition o Interoperability
Condition
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
Review OCM process and documentation as needed
Recommend and/or implement business operational process changes to meet RMMIS Program requirements for provider operations
Design OCM strategy for RMMIS Program
Advise RMMIS Leadership on execution of OCM strategy
Review and approve OCM road map
Design OCM strategy for each project (i.e., module integration) within RMMIS program; conduct gap analysis on Agency readiness for RMMIS
Establish OCM road map
Coordinate with Agency communications group(s) to support OCM effort
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Monitor progress of OCM road map
Analyze OCM road map risks and recommend mitigation solutions
The Contractor will coordinate with: o SCDHHS Agency
Communications and the SCDHHS PMO for information distribution in accordance with SCDHHS communications standards
o SCDHHS for staff training (SCDHHS will be responsible for conducting training)
o SCDHHS PMO for coordination of Organizational Change Management (OCM) and initiation of resulting program improvement initiatives
Identify stakeholder impacts to include
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
the following training needs: o Transition support o Organizational or
reporting structure design recommendations
o Future business process redesign
Application Management
Review O&M process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based service operations processes
Establish and maintain service operations strategy
Manage and update service operations process knowledgebase
Provide review assessment of service operations functions and processes to ensure alignment with service operational strategy
Manage service operations strategy according to processes established by the SCDHHS PMO.
Manage and enhance service operations processes.
Leverage the Medicaid Enterprise documentation repository for project and O&M documentation.
Maintain and enhance Medicaid Enterprise operational process documentation and be accountable for effective execution.
Change Management
Establish and maintain ITIL-based Agency PMO change management process
Review Change Management process and documentation as needed
Approve change classifications (e.g., impact, priority, risk) and change authorization process
Advise RMMIS Leadership on execution of Change Management strategy
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Review change management
Oversee, execute, and manage change and release management processes, maintain overall accountability for all system change management activities.
Develop, manage, update, and implement change management processes for all Medicaid Enterprise services and integrate those into the SCDHHS PMO change management process.
Submit solution change requests to SIOPS
Recommend solution-specific changes to SIOPS Vendor for inclusion in release schedule
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Implement change classifications (impact, priority, risk) and change authorization processes based on the SCDHHS PMO change management process.
Execute Medicaid change management plan to support multiple vendors and coordinate deployment to all environments.
Modify configuration database, asset management artifacts, and service catalog (if applicable) to reflect implemented changes.
Track and analyze all potential modifications (e.g., problems/defects, enhancements, projects across infrastructure) and report to SCDHHS for prioritization and approval to commence.
Coordinate and document change management and release management schedules across application, OS, hardware, database management systems, storage, network, facilities and other changes; provide schedule of planned changes to the SCDHHS PMO for review.
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Develop, document, and manage the processes and procedures for production deployment (including roll-back planning).
Coordinate change requests across SPs, and for each release, ensure the SP who submits the change request has developed a business contingency/back-out plan.
Ensure all vendors comply with change/release management policies and procedures, and that environment configurations remain synchronized.
Adhere to strategic and tactical instructions provided in accordance with the CDML.
Events Management
Review Problem Management process and documentation as needed
Establish and maintain ITIL-based problem and incident management processes and policies for Medicaid Enterprise
Provide end-user and super-user support to generate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and desk reference guides, deliver on-site support, and escalate issues to tier one help desk, as needed
Prioritize defects and enhancements for SIOPS Vendor and Solution Provider(s) to address
Approve problem management strategy for Medicaid Enterprise
Review and approve incident management process improvement recommendations provided by SIOPS Vendor
Review and approve recommended solutions to recurring problems
Enforce use of approved Agency PMO tools, processes, policies and procedures
Review problem and incident management processes and policies
Analyze risks to service operations and recommend mitigation strategies to RMMIS Leadership
Monitor problem and incident tickets and resolution efforts
Execute incident management processes and policies for issues related to EDS, the integration hub, portal, and solutions implemented by SPs.
Review and recommend updates to SCDHHS’ event, incident, access, and problem management policies, procedures, tools, and standards to align with the new multi-vendor environment.
Implement problem and incident management processes and policies at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Integrate with multi-tiered support structure and escalation process at direction of SIOPS Vendor
Conduct root cause analysis as directed by SIOPS Vendor
Log problem and issue updates into ticket tracking system consistent with Agency ITIL-based
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Review and approve recommended solutions to recurring problems
Maintain master list of all known defects and enhancements for the Medicaid Enterprise
Implement and manage a multi-tiered support structure and escalation procedures that include security incident management and critical problem (e.g., system outage) processes. Support structure should include a service desk with self-service and request fulfillment capabilities.
Lead process for resolving critical incidents (e.g., system outage) as they relate to EDS, the integration hub, and portal.
Develop problem and incident classification, prioritization, workflow, escalation, communication, and reporting processes to achieve Contractor and SP contract SLAs.
Manage entire problem and incident life cycles, including detection, root cause analysis, status reporting, repair, and recovery.
Maintain master list of all known defects and enhancements for the Medicaid Enterprise.
Develop a Medicaid Enterprise knowledge base using incident and problem information.
processes and policies
Review status of open incidents
Review progress toward problem resolution
Participate in process of resolving critical incidents (e.g. system outage)
Recommend solutions to recurring problems
Provide end-user and super-user support to generate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and desk reference guides, deliver on-site support, and escalate issues to tier one help desk, as needed
SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO)
Enterprise Systems Steering Committee
RMMIS Leadership
IV&V SIOPS Vendor Solution Provider(s)
Coordinate system incident management reporting, tracking, prioritization, escalation, and resolution activities with RMMIS Leadership and end-user community.