The products that we have developed in the DLS phase build upon the work undertaken in the Design workstream to demonstrate how we intend to achieve this aim.
The purpose of these products are:
- To produce a plan for activity principally undertaken in the Design, Build and Test (DBT) phase of the programme, including the choreography of activity around go-live of the new arrangements and the period following go-live leading up to transition to Business as Usual; and
- To provide an appropriate level of certainty for all market participants regarding the activity that they will need to plan for the DBT phase.
To achieve this we have developed a suite of products intended to develop a delivery approach that gives due regard to risks around implementation and delivery.
These products should be read by all parties who are expected to engage in activity building components for or interfaces with, or services supporting the CSS in the DBT phase. This includes existing and future providers of central data services, suppliers and their agents, and parties intending to tender for delivery of parts of the service.
Readers of this document should understand our expectations for the types of activity to be undertaken in the Design Build and Test phase of the Programme. Further detail will be added to the delivery approach as the design work evolves in the Enactment phase.
The table below summarises latest product versions and publication dates.
Product name and PBS reference |
Version number |
Date of publication and comments |
D-4.3.1 E2E Design and Build Plan |
V3.0 |
This product was published on 25 July 2018. Minor change agreed in Change Request CR009 to update Figure 1. |
D-4.3.2 E2E Integration Plan |
V2.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
D-4.3.3 E2E Testing Plan |
V3.1 |
This product was published on 13 March 2019. Minor change agreed in Change Request CR-E32 – Defect Response Times. |
D-4.3.4 E2E Transition Plan: Implementation Approach |
V1.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
D-4.3.4 E2E Transition Plan: In-Flight Switches Approach |
V1.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
D-4.3.5 E2E Post Implementation Plan |
V2.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
D-4.3.6 E2E Data Migration Plan |
V1.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
D-6.1 Data Improvement - Address Database Remedy 1 |
V1.0 |
This product was published on 12 February 2018. |
To view the programme change process and information on change requests impacting baselined products, please visit the Switching Programme Change Management page.
To access red-lined versions of the above products, please contact SwitchingPMO@ofgem.gov.uk.