Unified Digital Services Platform
Remove from watchlistOne platform bringing 68 of the authority’s services into a single journey — Nafath sign-in and SADAD payments.
Budget (BAC)
Actual cost
60% of budget
Progress
Planned 67%
Estimate at completion
SAR +3.6M
SPI · CPI
Forecast finish
42 days behind baseline
ExecutionPhase 7 of 11
Next gate:Monitoring & Control15 February 2027
- Idea · CompleteIdea · Complete
- Gate into «Feasibility»DecisionGoDate16 June 2024Feasibility · CompleteFeasibility · Complete
- Gate into «Initiation»DecisionGoDate22 September 2024Initiation · CompleteInitiation · Complete
- Gate into «Planning»DecisionConditional goDate5 January 2025Planning · CompletePlanning · Complete
- Gate into «Approval»DecisionGoDate16 February 2025Approval · CompleteApproval · Complete
- Gate into «Procurement»DecisionGoDate2 March 2025Procurement · CompleteProcurement · Complete
- Gate into «Execution»DecisionConditional goDate27 April 2025Execution · Current phaseExecution · Current phase
- Gate into «Monitoring & Control»DecisionNot held yetDate15 February 2027Monitoring & Control · Not startedMonitoring & Control · Not started
- Gate into «Handover»DecisionNot held yetHandover · Not startedHandover · Not started
- Gate into «Closure»DecisionNot held yetClosure · Not startedClosure · Not started
- Gate into «Benefits Realization»DecisionNot held yetBenefits Realization · Not startedBenefits Realization · Not started
Project lifecycle and its gates
Current phase: Execution. Pick a gate on the track to review it.
- Gate into «Feasibility»DecisionGoDate16 June 2024A clear need aligned with the unified digital services objective; no overlap.IdeaComplete
- Gate into «Initiation»DecisionGoDate22 September 2024Three options compared and a benefits baseline added; expected return 3.4× over five years.FeasibilityComplete
- Gate into «Planning»DecisionConditional goDate5 January 2025Charter complete, with two conditions: a full-time PM and written owner commitment.InitiationComplete
- Gate into «Approval»DecisionGoDate16 February 2025A realistic baseline after the estimates were reviewed with the PMO.PlanningComplete
- Gate into «Procurement»DecisionGoDate2 March 2025Funding approved in the 2025 budget; tender documents complete.ApprovalComplete
- Gate into «Execution»DecisionConditional goDate27 April 2025The winning bid led on both technical and price, provided the integration team is named and the test plan approved.ProcurementComplete
- Gate into «Monitoring & Control»DecisionNot held yetDate15 February 2027ExecutionCurrent phaseCurrent phase
- Gate into «Handover»DecisionNot held yet8Monitoring & ControlNot started
- Gate into «Closure»DecisionNot held yet9HandoverNot started
- Gate into «Benefits Realization»DecisionNot held yet10ClosureNot started
- 11Benefits RealizationNot started
Operational readiness gate — into hypercare & monitoring
Gate readiness
Under the pass mark
Automated control: no move until the criteria are met
- 5 mandatory checklist items open
- 4 required documents not approved
- 3 mandatory criteria under 70 points
- Weighted score 48 under the pass mark 75
Checklist
1 of 7 done
- All in-scope services builtMandatory
- User acceptance testing passedMandatory
- Penetration test passed — no critical/high findingsMandatory
- Data migrated and reconciledMandatory
- Operations & support plan, SLAMandatory
- Staff trained
- Launch rollback plan
Required documents
0 of 4 approved
- UAT reportNot submitted
- Penetration test reportNot submitted
- Operations & support planSubmitted — awaiting acceptance · V1
- Data migration reconciliationNot submitted
Criteria and score
Go from 75, conditional from 60; a mandatory criterion is met from 70.
Deliverables completeweight 30%Not met
58% of services built vs 67% planned; 24 wave-1 services late.
Quality & securityweight 30%Not met
Penetration test not yet run; automated coverage below 60%.
Operations & support readinessweight 20%Not met
Operations plan in first draft; SLA under negotiation with the vendor.
User & change readinessweight 20%
Training plan submitted; 420 staff to be trained from January 2027.
Approvers
Projects Steering Committee
- Eng. Abdullah S. Al-QahtaniSteering Committee chairVote pending
- Eng. Majed S. Al-RasheedProject sponsorVote pending
- Dr. Noura M. Al-OtaibiPMO directorVote pending
- Faisal A. Al-ShehriBusiness ownerVote pending