Implementation Timeline
The Florida PALM implementation timeline has extended to January 2027.
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What Changes For Agencies:
- The go-live date for the Financials Wave, Payroll Wave, and Data Warehouse Implementation is moving from July 2026 to January 2027.
- Additional time for interface testing, now extending to September 2026.
- User Acceptance Testing will start in February 2026 and continue through October 2026.
- Readiness Workplan tasks will be updated in January 2026 to align with the new timeline.
- An additional Dry Run will support agency ongoing data cleansing efforts.
- Agency Readiness Certification and Stage Gate milestones will be moving.
What Stays The Same For Agencies:
- The need for support from across and within the agency.
- Financials Wave, Payroll Wave, and Data Warehouse Implementation going live together.
- Designs of the Florida PALM system will remain the same.
- The pace for completing agency business system build and remediation, Readiness tasks, and agency preparation for transition.
- The criticality of data cleansing, conversion preparation, and configuration review.
- The work to understand the impacts of Florida PALM to your agency business processes.
- End-to-End interface testing occurring concurrently with UAT.
- The responsibility for training on agency-specific processes.
