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State pauses Movers ERP rollout after Guidehouse review; replan due to lawmakers by mid-March
Summary
After a Guidehouse independent review and implementation issues, Missouri paused a Phase 2 Movers (Oracle Fusion Cloud) release. The governor assigned an interim program executive and the administration aims to deliver a replan to legislative leadership by mid-March to refine scope, timing and costs.
The House appropriations subcommittee heard a detailed update on the statewide Movers enterprise resource planning (ERP) program, including the Guidehouse independent review that recommended a pause on Phase 2 testing and a replan of scope, schedule and budget.
Paula Peters, deputy CIO and Movers program director, described Movers as Missouri's statewide Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation designed to replace decades-old mainframe systems (SAM2 and BRASS) and provide integrated finance, budgeting, HR, payroll and procurement across all three branches of state government. Peters and the interim program executive said the project has been implemented in phases: a budget EPM hybrid (July 2023), an initial budget go-live (Aug. 7, 2024), supplier registration and learning-management modules, and a finance/procurement hybrid that began July 31, 2025 but was paused in December 2025 pending the Guidehouse findings.
Guidehouse's review, commissioned under House Bill 5, delivered findings in November 2025 that prompted a temporary pause on release testing. The consultants urged an integrated replan and recommended appointing a program executive; the governor assigned an interim program executive to lead replanning and stakeholder engagement. The replan's goals include an integrated plan for scope, schedule and budget; stronger cross-branch governance (the review found insufficient legislative and judicial representation on the executive steering committee); improved data governance and migration plans for legacy SAM2/BRASS datasets; and clearer documentation and acceptance criteria for quarterly vendor updates.
On cost and next steps: Movers leadership acknowledged significant sunk investment to date and said the replan will refine outstanding cost and staffing needs. A figure frequently cited in the hearing as an initial program estimate was roughly $250 million, but speakers said the replan will calculate remaining needs and pacing. The interim program executive said Guidehouse and state teams are working toward a draft replan for review by the governor's office and legislative budget chairs by mid-March to inform the upcoming budget process.
Why it matters: Movers replaces core financial and payroll systems that touch payments to vendors, benefits disbursement and employee pay across the state. Leadership warned that stopping and unwinding the program would carry direct contractual and operational costs and would leave the state dependent on unsupported legacy systems.
What comes next: Officials asked legislators to review the replan when it is delivered and to weigh the cost of additional time and resources against the operational risks of continuing with legacy systems. The administration said it will continue frequent engagement with legislative staff (a house/senate liaison, Tracy Ferris, is acting as the legislative point of contact), vendor partners (Oracle and Accenture) and Guidehouse as the replan is finalized.
