Premier Analysis (PA) On Fast Track With CMMI Implementation Schedule

The following is an excerpt from the Navy Mentor-Protégé Program Newsletter, Vol. 1 Iss. 1.

After receiving the notice to proceed from the Navy on November 2, 2005, Premier Analysis’ Mentor; Unified Industries Incorporated (UII) M-PP Program Manager Dr. Jon Ferrante made arrangements with Wallace Johnson who heads the George Mason University PTAP CMMI M-PP support staff to provide PA’s executive staff CMMI orientation training on November 16, 2005.

PA’s CEO/President; Linda Jackson designated Marc DiNick as the lead management representative to implement CMMI process controls as standard operating procedures for PA’s information technology services and products. GMU PTAP’s CMMI subject matter experts and facilitators are Deborah Hunt and Jennifer Washington of iPower, LLC.

With a tremendous amount of work and encouragement and support from Ms. Jackson, the PA/GMU-PTAP CMMI team completed the baseline assessment on December 22, 2005.

The original estimated schedule for completion of the executive training, team formation and the base line assessment by GMU-PTAP in the agreement was seventy (70) days. PA and GMU-PTAP completed this task in about 50 calendar days.

The PA/GMU CMMI implementation team meets weekly to review progress. Three PA IT projects have been selected as candidates for CMMI process improvements. Required CMMI process area specific and generic practices documentation requirements have been identified and are in the progress of being developed as the second phase of CMMI implementation moves on well ahead of schedule.

Linda Jackson is very appreciative of the opportunity to participate in the DoD M-PP as a Protégé to Mentor UII and believes that Navy support for her program has been excellent and very well administered by the Navy SADBU. She has been willing to commit additional overhead to the success of the initiative and believes that dedication, accuracy, perseverance, hard work and adherence to process improvement are the leadership principles and driving factors that have contributed to her exemplary success in the CMMI process improvement program.

About us:
Premier Analysis helps our clients realize the promise of e-government by providing information management, knowledge solutions and technology services. We were established in 1992, as a woman-owned, small disadvantaged business. Headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, Premier’s client base consists of the federal and state governments, educational institutions, and private industry. Premier is dedicated to providing quality personalized service to optimize its clients business processes by equipping them with the tools needed to succeed and advance in today’s highly competitive market. Premier holds a Top Secret Facility Clearance and has Top Secret and SCI cleared staff.

What We Do:
Premier Analysis approaches all projects by working in partnership with our customers to determine the technologies and integration to solve all requirements. Our approach involves integrating a team of highly qualified application developers, network support professionals, security professionals, system engineers and project managers to develop and integrate solutions that take into account every possible customer requirement, even those not specifically required such as improved security. Some of our solutions and technology services include:

• Knowledge Management and Critical Decision Support,
• Document Management and Imaging,
• Security Infrastructure Management,
• Software Engineering and Software Development,
• Enterprise Network Design and Support,
• Information Insurance and Security,
• System Integration,
• COTS and Products Evaluation,
• Project Management and Training,
• Technical Writing,
• Call Center and Help Desk Support, and
• Statistical Analysis and Data Modeling.

Our engineers use technologies such as portals, scanning and document imaging applications, data mining, learning and content management applications, single sign-on applications and other enterprise applications to allow our customers to succeed in their goals.

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