Project Management

Awarded PMI® SVC Project of the Year!

Business Advantage Consulting managed a large, complex, legislatively-mandated IT project within the standards of the Business-Advantage designed PMO (Project Management Office) and within the professional standards of the Project Management Institute®. The project was completed on time to a state-mandated (AB6) deadline, under budget, and deployed in all 18 CalWIN counties by an 88-person project team stretching from India to China to Folsom, California to the eastern United States.  It may sound like a reporting project, but in reality the team extensively modified the eligibility logic at the heart of the automated social services system and implemented the revised functionality with outstanding quality.

Business Advantage Consulting established and managed Hewlett Packard’s CalWIN Project Management Office (PMO). Our services included managing multiple project teams (up to 36 concurrent and separate small, medium and large projects), managing complex system releases, conducting team building activities, reporting and managing risk for the entire portfolio of projects, and interacting with senior executives at State, federal and county levels.

Our Business Advantage Consulting team provided project management, business analysis and system development services to CCHCS/CDCR SOMS project, electronic medical records (eUHR) subproject. The subproject’s purpose was to implement the EMC Documentum content management solution for all 33 men’s and women’s institutions.

Business Advantage Consulting provided project management services to assist State staff in the vendor management of the CAPMAN Maintenance and Operation project. We managed a team of business analysts/testers and developers, while providing project management, functional and technical support by working with State staff to perform system maintenance and enhancement implementation, and operational services. We also collaborated with the State project management and technical staff to move from a waterfall/SDLC methodology to a hybrid Agile/SCRUM methodology that optimized performance of system maintenance and operations services in support of the CAPMAN 820/834 system.

Business Advantage Consulting developed and managed a cross-organizational project management office for a $6M technology upgrade. Our team connected with the program leadership team to ensure close collaboration between project teams and to capture project risks and issues. We designed and developed executive program reports and dashboard to track the MS Project schedule, 220 deliverables, SDLC, schedule trend analysis and forecasting, and risks and issues. We also facilitated leadership team meetings and developed and performed weekly presentations.

Business Advantage Consulting managed the project team responsible for developing a new Loan Origination system comprised of five distinct applications to replace CalHFA’s legacy loan origination system. We provided project management and oversight for the technology vendor to ensure the system was successfully designed, developed, tested, and implemented. The project also included converting and validating well over 40,000,000 data records, utilizing comprehensive data conversion and sample plans. Our team interfaced regularly with Executive and Senior level staff to provide status reports and report on issues, risks and budget. We also developed and managed project schedule which included developing a reporting system to effectively and dynamically track project progress.

Business Advantage Consulting provided project management, business analysis and system development services for upgrading CalSTRS content management platform as well as expanding the use and adoption of the content management solution to a true enterprise-wide implementation to 27 divisions. We were responsible for gathering requirements and development of a non-member record ECMS solution. Our services included process modifications, system modification, testing, training support, implementation and post-implementation support. In addition, we planned, managed, conducted quality assurance and conversion vendor oversight services to convert more than 10,000,000 paper, film and fiche records to digital content.

Business Advantage Consulting developed and managed the historical member document imaging project scope, schedule, budget, risk management and quality assurance plan. Services included process design, system requirements definition, importing system development, and developing business procedures and training materials. Business Advantage developed the business case and overall implementation strategy for the document conversion; analyzed the existing content management system, developed business requirements and helped in high-level design sessions; assessed the existing document repositories and developed conversion recommendations for a new document management system. Our responsibilities included accurately assessing all member-based documents, developing a conversion plan, and establishing a conversion quality plan for millions of paper documents.