We are sending out this communication to gauge Northern counties’ interest in acting as pilot counties to assist in using the R9.1 (C#) version of the CWS/CMS Application. The CWDS needs your support in joining the other pilot counties to assist in using the CWS/CMS R9.1C# version of the code in your normal day to day child welfare activities. Your support will help identify and resolve any issues with the migration from VB6 to C# for upcoming CWS/CMS releases 9.1 and 9.2. Counties acting as a pilot will benefit by being able to begin using the new code before it is rolled out statewide. Currently, we are underrepresented in Dedicated County Pilot users and in our overall numbers of users. It is extremely important that we have more dedicated Counties pilot users so that the Statewide release can be smoother for all Counties. There are numerous “look and feel” differences, and we are finding a few software bugs with the current support of pilot county participation that did not surface in the County Test Workshop.
Participating pilot counties will not necessarily need to deploy the R9.1 (C#) code to every CWS/CMS workstation within the county during the pilot; it could be possible to limit the deployment to a select group of workers. However, we discourage those county participants that have critical time sensitive assignments or emergency response workers not be part of the pilot user group. In addition, there will be some expectations if participating as a pilot county:
- Attend regularly scheduled conference call meetings, during the pilot phase, with the CWDS Office and IBM to discuss the status of the deployment and any possible issues that have been discovered.
- Request that any discovered issues with the R9.1C# code be sent to the ‘Pilot’ queue of the IBM Help Desk.
NOTE: R9.1 (C#) software deployment will follow the same process used to receive and deploy regular releases. No intervention will be required by the Dedicated Counties.
Action Required
Please notify Customer Relations of your county’s interest in participating as a pilot for R9.1 (C#).