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EmpowHR 9.0 Release 9 (CY11 PP12) Information

Release 9 (CY11 PP12) includes the SCRs below. Production implementation is scheduled for Monday, June 13, 2011.

If you have any questions regarding this notification, please contact the EmpowHR Help Desk at 1-888-367-6955 or via email to nfcempowhr@usda.gov.

Release 9 (CY11 PP12)

SCR Number

SCR Description

00116 ERI Gender and Handicap Code in EPP/ESS
00143 EmpowHR Position Classification Code
00159 FSA Performance Plan-Save Draft Rating
00306 EmpowHR History Correction Improvements - Phase II
00356 Allow Concurrence of Summary Rating by Reviewer
00413 EmpowHR 508 Compliance - Phase 3
00466 Export of PAR OPM-Other-Legal-Auth Values
00526 Change Field in Content Type LCMAR
10161 EmpowHR Mass Awards NOA 846
10184 TSP-1 Edit
10211 Revised SF-256 Self-Identification of Disability form (Table change only)
10394 Redesign/Split up of HRIMP Process
10401 User Acceptance Test (UAT) Environment Development Project Phase II
90618 Negative Leave Balances on the leave data transfer document

Dates for Release 9

April 26: Combined (PPS and EmpowHR) Kickoff meeting for Customer User Acceptance Testing (CUAT)
May 3 – May 20: Quality Assurance Testing (QAT)
May 16: Review of open QAT Defect Problem Reports (DPRs) during CUAT Conference Call
May 16 – May 27: User Acceptance Testing (to coincide with PPS CUAT)
June 1: Go/No Go Decision
June 13: Live in Production

General Information:
PPS CUAT IDMS Database: IDMS60

UAT EPIC environment: https://atlas.nfc.usda.gov/epic

Data in the EmpowHR UAT environment: copy of production as of April 18, 2011

Data in CUAT environment: The CUAT environment will be populated with data for SSNs that are entered into PUDS (refer to PUDS instructions)

Processing Pay Period: same as production

Reporting Problems:
Please follow the normal DPR process for reporting problems to the QA mailbox (QAEMPOWHR@usda.gov). Please include “Release 9” and the SCR # in the subject line.
If the problem also exists in production, please submit an IR to the NFC Help Desk (NFCEMPOWHR@usda.gov) instead of submitting a DPR.

 


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