March 2023 Project Update

This is an overview of the DRS Futures project updates as of the end of March 2023. For the full update, please visit the Monthly Reports page.

Current Project Status:

  • The analysis of the stakeholder survey has been completed and is now available on the project website
  • Stakeholders’ current DRS workflow interviews have been wrapped up and the resulting use cases had been added to the use case document.  
  • Work continues on abstract content model design for the new solution, incorporating user feedback from stakeholder interviews and focus groups. 
  • The team is continuing to hold DRS Futures Focus Groups through the month of April. The results of this engagement will be codified into use cases which will inform functional and business requirements. 
  • The foundational technical principles document has been finalized. This work will serve as the basis for functional requirements and engagement with prospective vendors. 
  • The team is commencing recruitment for the budgeted project positions of two software engineers and a change manager, with the intent to start them in July 2023. 

Next Up:

  • Continue work on abstract content modeling for the future DRS repository. 
  • Recruit budgeted project positions. 
  • Tabulate and prioritize collected use cases to prepare for transforming into functional requirements document. 
  • Start work on the functional requirements document.