Innovative Services to Move Your Business Forward
Enterprise Architecture
- Alignment with Business Goals
- Improved Efficiency
- Agility for Change
- Risk Management
- Fostering Innovation
- Defining Vision and Strategy
- Analyzing the Current State
- Defining the Future State
- Conducting Gap Analysis
- Planning Transitions
- Implementing Changes
- Monitoring Progress
- Iterating for Continuous Optimization
- Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
- The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
- Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture
- Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
- Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
- IBM Rational System Architect
- Software AG ARIS
- MEGA HOPEX
- Orbus Software iServer
- BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio
- LeanIX
- QualiWare
- ArchiMate
- Planview Enterprise One
Success Stories:
SSA (2020-23) – Modernize the citizen-facing mySSA web application and ensure round-the-clock availability of all mainframe online applications.
IRS (2018-19) – Develop data strategy, architecture, governance processes, and facilitate working groups to transition to the future state.
DISA (2011-12) – Developed DoDAF artifacts for business architecture including OV1, OV2, OV3, OV5, OV6c (process diagram).
DOL (2010-12) – Develop IT policies, standards, guidelines for Department of Labor’s Enterprise Architecture (FEAF Based), Capital Planning Investment Control and Data Management.
Enterprise Information Management
Enterprise Information Management offers benefits such as:
- Improved Decision-making
- Enhanced Compliance
- Risk Management
- Increased Operational Efficiency, Scalability, and Flexibility
- Identifying Information Needs
- Capturing and Organizing Data
- Ensuring Data Quality
- Securing Information Assets
- Enabling Access and Sharing
- Optimizing Information Processes
- BigData Platforms
- SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)
- Informatica MDM (Master Data Management)
- IBM InfoSphere Information Server
- Oracle Enterprise Data Management Cloud (EDM)
- Talend Data Fabric
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- Collibra Data Governance
- OpenText Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Suite
- SAS Data Management
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
- Mainframe DB2, Datacom, VSAM
- AWS RDS, Databases
- Databricks
- Snowflake
Success Stories:
SSA (2020-23) – Modernize the citizen-facing mySSA web application and ensure round-the-clock availability of all mainframe online applications.
USDA (2020-21) – Create dashboards for fire managers to enhance wildland fire situational awareness, crew availability projection, crew arrival, and acres burnt.
IRS (2018-19) – Develop data strategy, architecture, governance processes, and facilitate working groups to transition to the future state.
NFCU (2017-18) – Provided data architecture services for technical requirements, designs for enterprise information management projects.
DHS (2012-16) – Facilitated investigative case/subject management data migration and developed an enterprise data catalog for 5 DHS ICE projects.
Legacy Modernization Via Web Development
Legacy mainframe support and its modernization via web applications in a cloud environment offers organizations:
- Eliminates Technical debt
- enhances performance/scalability
- promotes innovation
- reduces maintenance costs
- ensures 24×7 availability
- assessment of mainframe systems
- definition of modernization goals
- seamless integration with cloud-based web technologies
- careful planning and execution to ensure a smooth transition
- alignment with evolving business needs and technology trends
- Replatforming or Lift-and-Shift
- Rehosting
- Refactoring
- Reengineering
- Replacement
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Microservices
- Containerization
- API Enablement
- Incremental Modernization
- React.js
- Angular
- Vue.js
- Laravel
- Ruby on Rails
- Django
- ASP.NET Core
- Express.js
- Flask
- Spring Boot
Success Stories:
SSA (2020-23) – Modernize the citizen-facing mySSA web application and ensure round-the-clock availability of all mainframe online applications.
IRS (2018-19) – Develop data strategy, architecture, governance processes, and facilitate working groups to transition to the future state.
NFCU (2017-18) – Provided data architecture services for technical requirements, designs for enterprise information management projects.
DHS (2012-16) – Facilitated investigative case/subject management data migration and developed an enterprise data catalog for 5 DHS ICE projects.
Business Process Analysis
Business process analysis benefits in:
- adds value
- boosts productivity
- eliminates bottlenecks
- improves operational efficiency
- reduces cost
- ensures consistency
- improves quality of products/services
- customer needs alignment enhances satisfaction and loyalty
- helps identify and mitigate risks
- improves resilience and agility
- BPMN
- ISO 9001
- Six Sigma
- CMMI
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
- ITIL
- COBIT Business Process Analysis (BPA)
- Microsoft Visio
- Lucidchart
- Draw.io
- Bizagi Modeler
- ARIS BPM
- Signavio
- IBM Blueworks Live
- TIBCO Nimbus
- iGrafx
- Minit
- QPR ProcessAnalyzer
Success Stories:
USDA (2020-21) – Review, evaluate and recommend crew availability, human resources, training, and vehicle fleet management processes improvements.
IRS (2018-19) – Review, analyze, and recommend enhancements for unpaid tax assessments, tax case selection processes.
NFCU (2017-18) – Assess the CECL modeling process for lending products, additionally develop a marketing process improvements via data analytics.
DHS (2012-16) – Review and analyze the process for investigative case management and enforcement and removal operations.
DISA (2011-12) – Document, review, streamline, and optimize the information technology order entry and acquisition process.
DOL (2010-12) – Document, analyze, and optimize processes related to budgets, benefits, compliance, training, and case management.
Training
- enhance professional skills, knowledge, and competencies
- keeps updated with industry trends, tools, and techniques
- fosters innovation and continuous improvement
- achieve organizational goals
- identifying training needs
- planning/designing the training program
- developing materials for training
- delivering the training
- evaluating its effectiveness
- ongoing support and improvement
- PPT Training Slides
- Udemy
- Coursera
- LinkedIn Learning
- Pluralsight
- Skillshare
- Codecademy
- Udacity
- edX
- Khan Academy
- Treehouse
- In-person training
- Online courses
- Webinars
- Virtual classrooms
- On-the-job training (OJT)
- Blended learning
- Self-paced learning
- Mobile learning (m-learning)
- Corporate training programs
- Training Videos
Success Stories:
IRS (2018-19) – Designed and conducted training sessions on Individual Master File processes and readiness for application/data conversion.
NFCU (2017-18) – Created and delivered a training course on the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) modeling process for credit union personnel involved in the approval of lending products.
DHS (2012-16) – Developed training course and delivered training on professional responsibility and ethics to agents in investigative case management.
DISA (2011-12) – Created a training course on centralized tracking of IT assets, aimed at establishing an enterprise-level repository and achieving economies of scale.
DOL (2010-12) – Conducted a one-week stakeholder training session on EA Planview repository for entering business process data. Developed the course content and training materials.
USVA (Partner) (2023-27) – Increased engagement and reduced burnout through Workplace Wellness Program and Leadership Coaching.
NOAA (Partner) (2023-24) – Increased Agency’s understanding of DEIA and reduced barriers to implementing DEIA in the workplace.
DOC (Partner) (2022-23) – Increased Senior Leaderships awareness of DEIA practices and assisted with Implementing DEIA strategic plan.
DOE (Partner) (2024) – Increase public awareness of DOE’s clean energy programs for underrepresented communities through speaking and podcasting.
Advisory Services
Advisory services offer:
- strategic guidance and expertise
- bridges business and technology gap
- helps make informed decisions
- optimizes processes, mitigate risks
- achieve strategic goals and objectives
- help navigate complex challenges
- task assessment phase
- planning and proposal phase
- engagement and execution phase
- analysis and recommendation implementation support
- monitoring and evaluation
- closure and transition
- follow-up and relationship management
- Understanding the organization’s goals, challenges, and culture.
- Conducting thorough research and analysis.
- Collaborating closely with key stakeholders.
- Communicating effectively and clearly.
- Providing practical, actionable recommendations.
- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of advice.
- Maintaining integrity, objectivity, and confidentiality.
- Strategic planning
- Business process optimization
- Technology implementation
- Change management
- Financial management
- Talent management
- Risk management
- Compliance and regulatory requirements
Success Stories:
SSA (2020-23) – Provided recommendations on risk mitigation to address technical debt setbacks resulting from outdated file systems, over costly and time-consuming modernization processes.
USDA (2020-21) – Recommendations were made for a cohesive strategy under the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 between the USDA Forest Service and other agencies for fire management.
IRS (2018-19) – Recommendation was provided to develop taxonomies under the Federal EA Framework Data Reference Model and to map data assets, creating a taxpayer 360 view for self-service.
DISA (2011-12) – Make recommendations to establish an enterprise-level software acquisition program, draft a charter, scope/intent, and propose strategies for funding.