Technology Risk, Management Support Services

ATIBA'S Technology Risk, Management & Support Services are geared specifically to assist our clients and partners in the assessment, planning, development, and management of technology initiatives and projects. Depending on when we are brought in, we can assist before project inception, during the project, or post-project.

These services are ultimately used for a variety of reasons: to supplement project teams, to assure that the right technologies are (or have been) selected, to ensure that selected technologies are implemented appropriately, that applications have been configured adequately to meet the documented functional business requirements, or to put in place a 'Program Office' that defines and enforces a quality project structure.

Technology Risk & Crisis Management Services - provide risk management oversight, triage, project resolution and IT crisis intervention to projects gone awry, or to technology disputes that require mediation and resolution. Our risk and crisis management consultants will guide you through defining your risks, developing contingencies to deal with your risks, and will assist you in resolving any issues that are preventing you from moving forward with your initiatives in a structured and well planned manner.

Technology Operations Planning Services - assist and guide you in your efforts to develop your 'technology roadmap' - the map that clearly defines the technology infrastructure, processes, and people required to support your business and operational needs. With a clear and concise technology plan in place, your technology management team can easily plan and budget technology support and initiatives that keep your business operating smoothly now and in the future.

Technology & Security Audit Services - assist you in determining what your technology and security risks are, and how to address them in order to keep your company and customer information safe and secure. Regardless of whether you are an organization that needs to prepare for a technology or security audit in order to conform to mandated regulations such as HIPAA, SOX, or GLB or whether you are trying to attain ISO or SAS 70 certifications in order to ensure your organization's ability to do business with other organizations or government entities that require such certifications, or whether you just want to ensure your technology and security practices are tight for your own peace of mind, ATIBA's technology and security audit services can get you where you need to be.

Business & GAP Analysis Services - provide you with senior consulting resources who are adept in performing business analysis. Regardless of whether you are defining new requirements, documenting existing requirements, or documenting GAPS that need to be discussed, reviewed and potentially addressed, ATIBA's business consultants can provide you with professional results

Project Assessment & Planning Services - are utilized when you need to initiate key projects within your organization, but the existing resources at your disposal are either not immediately available to plan and initiate the project, or when they have the capabilities to manage the project, but need professional assistance in assessing initial project scope and putting the associated project plan in place.

Project Management Services - provide you with an experienced Sr. Project Manager to take control and fully manage specific project initiatives for your organization. Whether the project is a feasibility study, a compliance initiative, a sales and marketing initiative, the implementation of a new computer network, or the implementation of a new core business application, ATIBA's project managers will plan and manage your projects, provide you with business and technology expertise, and decrease the day-to-day burden's on your internal support teams..

Project Triage & Mediation Services - are frequently requested when a key internal project is stalled and stakeholders cannot agree on decisions that need to be made in order for the project to move forward.

ATIBA professionals will review the project status and the issues at hand, will perform any research necessary to further define and support potential options, and will clearly document and communicate those options to the decision-making team. They would then conduct a facilitative session or meeting with the stakeholders thus assisting them and pushing them forward in making a knowledgeable and informed decision that will enable the project to move forward.

Consulting & Implementation Services - provide end-to-end support for all of your business or technology initiatives. Regardless of whether you need a project manager, technical lead, programmer, DBA or product configuration expert, ATIBA consultants are experts in the 'SDLC' - Software Development Life-Cycle, and can provide you with the specific skills you require for success.

Technology & Business Process Reengineering Services - provide you with expert, outside expertise in engineering or reengineering the workflows and core processes that support your organization's business and technology practices and initiatives. The more efficient your workflow process is, the more cost effective and productive your outputs will be.

RFP & Proposal Development Services - are services that support your pre-sales processes. When you need to respond to an RFP you've received by developing a proposal for submission, but your existing sales team is stretched to it's limits, let ATIBA support your pre-sales efforts by developing the proposal/RFP response for you.

Quality Assurance & Testing Services provide structured testing support for new or enhanced applications that need to be deployed to users within your organization or to clients or partners outside of your organization. ATIBA's QA/Testing teams can manage or support your testing efforts during unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, system testing, performance testing, or regression testing. Members of the QA/Testing team are also proficient in utilizing automated testing tools, and in developing test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts.

IT Staffing & Recruiting Services - are geared to provide quality support to your existing recruitment team and processes. We can perform the recruitment, selection and vetting for all of your business or technology personnel. We start by developing a comprehensive job specification from which we will recruit. Once the job specification has been approved, we will embark upon the search for the perfect individual - an individual possessing as many of the skills described as possible. We turn over to you only the most skilled candidates, allowing you to spend your time meeting with only the 'best and most qualified'.

Vendor Selection & Management Services - If you are a business in need of selecting the right product or vendor to provide a solution to an existing business need, you probably understand that this can be a substantial undertaking. We can do the legwork for you - we can develop the RFP based on your requirements document (or we can develop the requirements document for you), distribute it to a selected list of vendors, be the point-of-contact, manage the vendor vetting process, host a bidder's conference, and pull together the vendor RFP responses for comparative purposes - all of which is time consuming but necessary to help you to make your final product decision or vendor selection.

Project Documentation Services - support your project delivery teams. Regardless of whether you need project support for internal or external projects, ATIBA's documentation specialists can work with you or for you to develop quality project deliverables. Project deliverables can be developed using your existing project document templates, or you may choose to utilize our templates - all of which have been developed based on many years of project delivery experience - our 'Best Practices'!