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Effective project management is the foundation of our process and is critical to achieving the results our customers need from their e-Government programs. Over 90% of our project managers hold PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Our Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 Service Delivery Process provides our project managers and team members with a standardized, repeatable, and flexible delivery process that is continuously monitored for adherence and improvement opportunities.
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Business Case Preparation and Budgeting
- Calculating Return on Investment (ROI)
- Developing business cases to gain funding
- Tracking actual costs against the budget
- Monitoring ROI metrics
- Applying performance-based contracting principles to our solutions for measurable results
- Clearly defining contract goals and deliverables
- Detailing tasks based on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Stating technical and schedule requirements in terms of desired results
- Providing performance metrics
- Stakeholder analysis, planning, communication, and involvement (e.g., steering groups)
- Business process evaluation and reengineering
- Training planning and implementation
- System performance metrics planning, measurement, and analysis
- Risk analysis, mitigation, and management
- Detailed planning
- Setting up tracking system(s)
- Monitoring and control of project WBS
- Developing, monitoring, and controlling schedule
- Developing, monitoring, and controlling financials
- Defining, monitoring, and reporting performance objectives
- Planning, tracking, and reporting of project costs and schedule performance in accordance with Exhibit 300 of OMB Circular A-11
- Integrating program scope, schedule, and cost objectives
- Establishing a baseline plan to accomplish program objectives
- Applying earned value techniques for performance measurement and corrective actions during execution
- Managing disparate groups of project teams, including multiple contractor and project stakeholder groups
- Communications planning
- Information distribution
- Milestone reviews
- Project and executive-level reporting
- Project documentation development and maintenance
- Identifying risks and assessing impact and probability of risks
- Planning and executing mitigation strategies
- Planning and executing a systematic approach to the evaluation of quality and the adherence to product standards, processes, and procedures
- Providing objective evaluation of processes and associated work products
- Planning, tracking, and maintaining the integrity of a project's work products
- Authorizing changes to the system
- Maintaining formally established and approved baselines