Department of Accounts (DOA) statewide mainframe financial system of record, Commonwealth Accounting and Reporting System (CARS II), implemented.

DOA statewide mainframe payroll system of record, Commonwealth Integrated Payroll/Personnel System (CIPPS), implemented.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) agency Financial Management System (FMS II) implemented.

VDOT FMS II upgrade planning conducted.

VDOT joined DOA on statewide Virginia Enterprise Application Program (VEAP) initiative to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to replace statewide administrative systems.

Conducted a Request for Proposal for ERP software and services. Contracts established with Oracle for PeopleSoft ERP software and Accenture LLP for services. Initiative was sponsored by DOA, VDOT, and Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and work started on a new financial system (Cardinal).

Cardinal Financials implemented at VDOT.

Cardinal Financials implemented at DOA.

Cardinal Financials implemented at approximately half of Commonwealth’s agencies.

Cardinal Financials implemented at the remaining Commonwealth's agencies.

Agency leadership from the Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM) and DOA, along with the Secretaries of Administration and Finance, decide to revise the Cardinal payroll system implementation plan to incorporate the replacement of the state’s Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) and Benefits Eligibility System (BES) in conjunction with the replacement of Time Attendance and Leave (TAL) system and CIPPS. This decision was made based on risks associated with stability issues in PMIS and BES.

The Cardinal HCM Project officially kicks off with a year-long analysis phase to assess human resource and benefits administration business processes and identify impacts to Cardinal payroll and time & attendance business process work done to date.

Cardinal HCM Project officially introduced to state agencies.

Efforts begin to design and build Cardinal HCM.

Cardinal HCM Project introduced to localities. Agencies and localities are split into release groups.

Cardinal HCM is rolled out to 15 state agencies and three localities for the first release.

Cardinal HCM is rolled out to 69 state agencies and 29 localities for the second release.

Cardinal HCM is rolled out to all remaining state agencies and localities for the third and final release.