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DBI outlines Dec. 8 target and revised timeline for new permit-tracking system
Summary
Department technology staff told the Building Inspection Commission a revised implementation plan for the Exela/Accela permit‑tracking system includes data conversion through mid‑October, user acceptance testing and three weeks of staff training in October–November, with a go/no‑go decision and a planned go‑live on Dec. 8, 2014.
Henry Bartley, a Department of Technology portfolio manager assigned to the permit‑tracking project, told the Building Inspection Commission on Sept. 17 that the department expects to make a go/no‑go decision for the new Exela/Accela permit‑tracking platform before a planned Dec. 8, 2014 go‑live.
Bartley said data conversion — moving permit and in‑process project records from the legacy system into the new platform — is the program’s "long pole" and will require cleanup through mid‑October, followed by a dry run and user‑acceptance testing. "We will launch on December 8," Bartley said, describing checkpoints that include a full data…
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