Technology Management

Intent is focused on business advantage while providing understanding on complex systems and information. This requires translation between technology and strategy. The goal being reasonable options – seemingly simple portrayal does not hide but rather conserves so that multiple views can be taken during the decision process.

Vision

Clear direction with an end-goal perspective so that achievement is measured both during and between work cycles. Technical Vision services include:

• Business process review and interviews with key business experts
• "Vision" document creation (core requirements, features, and constraints)
• Business modeling
• Technology Recommendations
• Prototypes

Infrastructure

Current systems and development efforts are evaluated with findings categorized into distinct capabilities for use in strategy development.

• Documentation of current and planned systems
• Categorize in-house development efforts into distinct capabilities for use in strategy development and partnership negotiations
• Integration assessment
• Skills assessment
• Future impact analysis

Project Management

The philosophy is business goal oriented. Project transparency coupled with a hands-on, technical approach provides strong leadership and meaningful accountability. Work is kept on track and early reporting enables management guidance.

• Project charter – Definition, scope, objectives, organizational structure, key stakeholders
• Project plan – Schedule, milestones, task assignments, allocation
• Staffing – Skill requirements, interviewing, assessment
• Configuration Management – Documentation, version control, system platform, non-functional requirements
• Quality – Methodology, planning, assurance Operations plan – Training, maintenance, post-production deployment
• Legacy Replacement – Business continuity, IP preservation, conversion
• Methodologies - RUP, agile, unified, waterfall

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