State of Texas Department of Information Resources Contract DIR-CPO-6239

The development of new applications which may be mainframe, server, network-based, web-based or a combination and may require interfaces to existing applications.

Troubleshooting, modifying, maintaining, improving security, and enhancing legacy systems and applications which may be running in a production environment.

Accomplished by converting/migrating legacy applications to new technology, either with or without new business functionality. It may also include introducing new technology into the enterprise and managing any changes as a result of the introduction.

Assessments of the current application portfolio, evaluation of the technology assets before beginning technology transformation and business case development for justification of an initiative. Part of the transformation journey may include planning, analysis, requirements development, proof of concept, deployment, implementation, integration, remediation, data migration, documentation, application programming and support services, and training support.  Return on investment (ROI), benchmarks, and milestones may also be appropriate to include in a transformation initiative.

An amalgamation of an organization’s information systems designed to automate and integrate a variety of functions, commonly referred to as “back office”, including financials, human resources and asset management. These systems are usually modularized and generally highly configurable. Business Process Reengineering (BPR), system or application changes, implementation, conversion services, and training are often included in an ERP initiative.

Enables an organization to perform in-depth analysis and includes, where required, data mining of detailed business data providing real and significant information to business users. May include an integrated group of operational and decision support applications and databases and makes use of tools designed to easily access data warehouse data.  

Data governance planning and implementation, and Business Analytics and Reporting (BAR) are also included in this category. 

Collects, organizes and makes data available for the purpose of analysis and gives organizations the ability to access and analyze information about its business. The function of the data warehouse is to consolidate and reconcile information from across disparate business units and IT systems and provide a context for reporting and analysis. 

Road mapping for a data warehouse initiative may include assessment of technology and infrastructure, as-is documentation, business requirements gathering, use case development, and reporting requirements analysis. 

Any or all the project management processes identified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as published in the most recent edition of the PMBOK® Guide, including practice guides such as Agile and Managing Change in Organizations utilizing your tools and processes, commercially available off-the-shelf tools, and BDO’s own proprietary tools and processes to manage a project, and using the Texas Project Delivery Framework.