The Financial Management Modernization Program consists of seven major phases:


Prepare Phase

  • Define the scope of the project

  • Complete project charter


Launch Phase

  • Establish project governance 

  • Define project structure

  • Deploy tools and processes for managing the project 


Design Phase

  • Identify user personas to approach process design from the user’s perspective

  • Conduct process design sessions with the objective of defining the integrated business process model

  • Document user stories

  • Sustainment planning 


Configure and Prototype Phase

  • Build Environment 

  • Data conversion 


Test Phase

  • Data validation

  • Systems Integration Testing

  • User Acceptance Testing


Deploy Phase

  • System and business cutover 

  • End-user training

  • Go/no-go evaluations

  • Transition to the sustainment organization


Run Phase

  • Go-live 

  • Hypercare

  • Stabilization