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Xcel Energy
100

This is our go-live date.

What is January 1, 2027. 

100

This design landscape accounts for the most significant change all 12,000 Xcel Energy SAP users will experience on Day 1.

What is Fiori?

100

This vendor automated code remediation.

Who is SmartShift?

100

In the future state, this is the WBS level that cost will be reported on.

What is L3?

100

This city is home to Xcel Energy’s corporate headquarters.

What is Minneapolis?

200

The place we are logging defects for SIT1.

What is qtest?

200

This role is responsible for communicating with their teams about the upcoming changes, participating in program activities and confirming business readiness.

What are Business Unit (BU) Readiness Leads?

200

The amount of data are we bringing over from the ECC system to the S/4 system?

What is all of it?

200

Names all of the FERC overrides.

What are Balance Sheet, A&G and Non-Op?

200

Xcel Energy says it serves customers across these eight U.S. states.

What are Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin?

300

This is the number of cycles of System Integration Testing are we executing.

What is 3?

300

The timeframe we are conducting End User Training.

What is November to early December?

300

How many new development RICEFWs were completed in the build phase?

What is approximately 58?

300

In future state, WBS elements will start with which two letters and mean this.

What are O = Operations and X = Accounting?

300

These core values capture the behavior and culture Xcel Energy's prioritizes and measures against.

What are Committed, Connected, Trustworthy and Safe?

400

“Fail fast, fail early” is described as core to the testing approach because it emphasizes early defect identification to reduce these two things.

What are risk and cost?

400

The activity planned for Summer to show end users the system and present key changes they can expect.

What are Roadshows / Readiness Sessions?

400

The amount of data loads Natuvion has already executed.

What is 3?

400

There are several WBS Custom Atributes, list 3.

What are...?

400

Xcel Energy has embraced these four plays as part of the One Xcel Energy Way operating system.

What are visual management, operating reviews, problem solving and standard work?




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