Texas Department of Information Resources
Deliverables-Based IT Services (DBITS)
- Application Development
- Maintenance and Support,
- Technology Upgrade
- Migration
- Transformation
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Business Intelligence (BI),
- Data Management,
- Data Analytics
- Automation
- Data Warehousing
- IT Assessments,
- Planning,
- Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V),
- Market Research,
- Procurement Advisory
- Contract Implementation Services
Application Development, Modernization, and ERP
Application Development, Maintenance, and Support; Technology Upgrades, Migrations, and Transformations; and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
IntelliSavvy delivers full life cycle application development for mainframe, server, network, web, and cloud based environments, as well as solutions that span multiple platforms. Development efforts cover new custom applications, integrations, and interfaces with existing enterprise systems.
Application Maintenance and Support
Application Maintenance and Support covers troubleshooting, defect resolution, enhancements, security improvements, performance tuning, and ongoing support for legacy and modern applications operating in production. Services address corrective, adaptive, and preventive maintenance to extend the life and value of existing systems.
Technology Upgrades, Migrations, and Transformations
Technology Upgrades, Migrations, and Transformations cover conversion and migration of legacy applications to modern technologies, with or without new business functionality. This work also covers the introduction of new technologies into the enterprise and management of the organizational and technical changes that follow.
Transformation services cover assessment of the current application portfolio, evaluation of technology assets ahead of transformation, and development of business cases to justify and prioritize initiatives. The transformation process covers planning, analysis, requirements development, proof of concept, deployment, implementation, integration, remediation, data migration, documentation, application programming and support services, and training. Transformation initiatives also define Return on Investment, benchmarks, and milestones to track outcomes.
Additional Activities in this Category
- Cloud transformation
- Digital transformation
- IT organizational transformation
- User acceptance testing
BI, Data Management & Analytics
Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, Analytics, and Automation, including Data Warehousing including Data Warehousing
IntelliSavvy designs and delivers BI, data, and AI solutions across the full life cycle, including strategy and road mapping, data warehouse and data platform design, implementation of analytics and AI models, and automation of data driven workflows that help agencies and organizations make faster and better informed decisions.
Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics
Business Intelligence (BI) enables organizations to perform in depth analysis, including data mining of detailed business data, to provide meaningful and actionable information to business users. BI includes an integrated set of operational and decision support applications and databases and typically uses tools designed to easily access data stored in a data warehouse, as well as advanced analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities.
Data Warehousing and Data Platforms
A data warehouse collects, organizes, and makes data available for analysis, giving organizations the ability to access and evaluate information about their operations. Its primary function is to consolidate and reconcile information from disparate business units and IT systems, providing a unified context for reporting, analytics, machine learning, and other AI enabled use cases.
Road Mapping and Strategy
Road mapping for a data warehouse and analytics initiative covers technology and infrastructure assessments, as is documentation, business requirements gathering, use case development, AI and analytics requirements definition, and reporting requirements analysis. Activities in this category cover data warehouse architectural design, data warehouse processes and sourcing, extraction transformation analytics and loading of data sources, planning, assessments, product installation and tuning, prototype development and deployment, data cleansing, data mart development and support, data migration, integration with data mining, integration with business intelligence tools and artificial intelligence systems, AI and machine learning model development and operations, AI enabled automation of reporting and analytics workflows, data scrubbing, data transformation, and training and knowledge transfer.
IT Assessments & Advisory
IT Assessments and Planning; Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V); and Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services
IntelliSavvy provides independent IT assessments, IV&V reviews, and procurement advisory services for public sector agencies. We combine practical architecture and governance experience with AI assisted analysis to evaluate current environments, develop actionable roadmaps, support solicitations, and guide successful transition and implementation of awarded contracts.
IT Assessments and Planning
IT Assessments and Planning may include evaluating IT effectiveness, maturity, governance, and architecture. Strategic planning activities may involve mission statement development, vision and goal setting, objectives definition, and strategy development. This category also includes assessing staff knowledge, skills, and abilities, bandwidth evaluations, time and motion studies, and succession planning.
Strategic and tactical planning efforts may require developing actionable plans and roadmaps. Additional areas within scope include organizational change management, enterprise architecture, cloud assessments, and network performance assessments.
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
This category also includes Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), which involves using independent procedures to conduct in depth analyses of products, services, or systems to ensure compliance with documented requirements. IV&V also includes independent oversight of software or systems development life cycle processes, deliverables, and specifications.
Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services
Market Research, Procurement Advisory, and Contract Implementation Services may include requirements gathering, facilitation activities, scoring criteria and evaluation criteria development, negotiation guidance and support, and contract transition assistance.
Additional activities within this category incluzde:
- Cost optimization, including software license cost analysis
- Financial planning and pricing structure development
- Market reviews and market research
- Market engagement
- Transition and implementation assistance
- IT contract management assistance.