Defining the project goals and parameters is a necessary first step for any system development project, and how accurate and comprehensive this definition is can be crucial to the success or failure of the project. Savantage's proven experience designing systems for both large and small agencies creates expertise in issues that include knowing the required government-wide interfaces, account structure designs, reporting structures, etc. Savantage's unique experience within the public sector ensures realistic expectations, an accurate assessment of the true costs and benefits of the project, and guarantees that the system operates with maximum performance and minimum problems.

Requirements Analysis - Savantage's consultants understand both systems technology and the public sector's unique requirements for fund management and accounting. We prioritize and focus on the agency's overall goals. Using these goals as a foundation, Savantage provides innovative solutions with the competitive edge required for today's dynamic environment. Savantage Solutions will design the requirements analysis to comply with the procurement documentation requirements defined for government projects.

Quality Assurance - A lack of quality control can derail any project at any point in the SDLC. Savantage has extensive experience ensuring project quality and minimizing risk through project, solution, development and technical reviews.

Analyze Alternatives - Savantage Solutions puts its extensive knowledge to work identifying and analyzing alternative solutions, to optimize an agency's potential and achieve the desired results.

Source Selection - Once Savantage has analyzed alternatives and a defined a strategy, we will source the project to ensure your investment is optimized. We also ensure that your project meets all of the documentation and market research requirements mandated within the public sector.

Design Documentation - After analyzing the requirements and defining the solution, the design concepts and goals must be clearly mapped out to ensure all elements have been considered and evaluated. At a minimum, the design documentation must include the business process, the information flow, the existing software and integration needs, the new and existing technologies, and the users and their skill sets. Savantage is there to eliminate surprises by ensuring all elements of design have been completely worked through and comprehensively documented.

Standard General Ledger Analysis - Compliance with the Standard General Ledger account structure and posting rules required by the CFO Act of 1990 is a challenge for any government agency. This challenge is heightened by the sheer volume of accounts and the extreme complexities of the appropriation environment. Our experience in developing Altimate™ (formerly called FFMS), Savantage's suite of government financial management applications, makes us experts in the SGL structure. Our systems implementation experience has resulted in our proven methodology, efficiently analyzing systems for non-compliance with the SGL structure and defining a path for achieving compliance.

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