R 071602Z MAR 25 MID120001770263U
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCGFINANCE
BT
UNCLAS
ALCGFINANCE 007/25
SUBJ: STRESS TEST OF FSMS
1.FSMS will undergo an Operational Test (OT) between March 13th and
April 23rd to inform a subsequent Full Operating Capability (FOC)
decision planned for later this year as well as any remediation
needed for remaining system capabilities and performance gaps.
During this test, a number of Critical Business Functions (CBFs) and
performance parameters will be exercised to assess the degree to
which FSMS is now meeting the stated Operational Requirements (ORs).
A similar test was performed after go-live that revealed a
significant number of gaps which have been the focus of improvement
efforts for the past three years. One of the requirements involves
the ability of FSMS to maintain an acceptable level of
responsiveness with a user load of up to 5000 concurrent users.
It is our intent to test this performance requirement at two or
three targeted times during the OT period.
2. This message serves to introduce the test concept; additional
details will be released via The Fix, CG-83 Alert messages, and MS
Outlook/Teams invitations. Notably, FSMS responsiveness/latency has
been an area of concern from the user community, and this is
particularly so during times of heavy system usage during the 3rd
and 4th quarters. Importantly, the current latency metric suggests
that with a standard user load it is very near reaching the intended
performance target, so this test will serve as an opportunity for
the user community to test that premise - to inform whether FSMS
latency has in fact been sufficiently addressed to allow for more
substantial concurrent user level as required by the documented
requirements. Therefore, we will be asking for user involvement in
the planned stress-tests. The user involvement will not require
additional user workload but will involve saving a portion of work
to be completed during prescribed OT times to put a load on the
system and determine the impact of that load on system performance.
3. We are anticipating the first targeted stress test will take
place for a duration of 30 minutes in the second week of the OT
(week of March 17th). A specific date and time will be forthcoming
via the additional communications mentioned above. We are
envisioning this first test will simply involve getting as many
users on FSMS as practical performing their normal work at the same
time. Of particular interest will be any transactional work, rather
than running reports, as reporting performance falls under a
separate performance metric. In the second and third tests that will
likely be scheduled for the fourth and sixth weeks of the OT, we may
identify specific functions where we would like to concentrate,
depending on the results of the first test and other information
that points to specific system functions as being of concern.
4. MS Outlook/Teams meeting invitations for the specific test
periods will be disseminated and we will track the meeting
acceptances as a measure of how many participating users we can
expect. This is your opportunity to ensure FSMS is delivering on the
required performance levels. Please participate.
5. POCs: COMDT(CG-86), Stephen Weagraff, Stephen.J.Weagraff@uscg.mil
or COMDT(CG-86), CDR Katherine Pelkey, Katherine.M.Pelkey@uscg.mil
or FMPS I-Team, CAPT John Dewey, John.T.Dewey@uscg.mil
or FMPS I-Team, LCDR Yusen Guo, Yusen.Guo@uscg.mil
or COMDT(CG-9336), MCPO Juan Serrano, Juan.J.Serrano@uscg.mil.
6. Mark A. Rose, Director of Financial Operations/Comptroller
COMDT (CG-8) sends.
7. Internet release authorized.