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SureStep IT Implementation Services takes your strategic IT vision
and plan, best captured by our SureView IT Planning Services, and
drives it into practice.
SureView assures that all IT projects are aligned with your business
direction, properly and adequately resourced, and executed in the
proper sequence according to an overall plan.
Tight integration between planning and practice, between SureView
and SureStep, is central to the Rational IT approach, and is a key
to gaining maximum leverage from your IT investments. Together
SureStep and SureView account for much of Rational IT’s stellar and
unprecedented success rate.
Organized for superior performance, Rational IT
delivers outstanding SureStep results across multiple IT domains.
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Project Management |
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Network Architecture and
Engineering |
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Network Traffic Management
and Policy Solutions |
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Collaboration and Team
Solutions |
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Advanced Network and Data
Security Solutions |
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Wireless Network Solutions |
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Storage and Backup Solutions |
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Portal and Web Site
Solutions |
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Database Architecture and
Implementation |
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All
SureStep projects are implemented in accordance with our Ratio Methods
and Practices and, in addition to technical certifications, all
SureStep Implementation Team Members are also Ratio certified.
All SureStep project teams use RatioTools for managing every project.
Centrally hosted in our R/Central facility, and accessible though our
R/Net portal, RatioTools assure implementation consistency, standard
documentation, and provide real-time visibility into project status.
Via R/Central, all Rational IT clients have secure access to
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The
combination of skilled and certified people, using powerful tools and
standard methods, assures consistent high quality. In fact, the
quality level is so high that it allows Rational IT to provide an
unambiguous performance guarantee on all SureStep implementations. |
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Quality
is the key to affordability in IT projects. This is because
preventable mistakes are the primary IT cost driver … mistakes in
defining requirements … mistakes in defining scope … mistakes in
managing risk. 90% of IT projects are plagued by cost overruns, which
are 100% attributable to preventable mistakes. Quality equals
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SureStep
in Practice
SureView is
the starting point for SureStep projects. The business cases developed in
SureView are transferred to SureStep and serve as “directional beacons”
throughout the life of projects.
The Ratio
process for SureStep moves through the following steps.
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Assign Project Lead |
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Managing
the project plan, project team, resources, budgets, schedules, and
risks, the Project Lead is the final point of accountability for all
aspects of project performance, delivery, and outcome.
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Review the SureView
Business Case |
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Project
Lead reviews the SureView business case with Client management and
SureView team to assure that it is a current and accurate reflection
of the Client’s vision and business direction.
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MILESTONE: Business Case Approved |
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Develop the
Preliminary Scope |
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Defines, on
a preliminary basis, the following (all project planning and
documentation accessed via R/Net portal):
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Project Vision and
Mission (from the Business Case) |
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Business results and
terminal deliverables (concrete success definition) |
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Requirements and
functional specification (success nuts and bolts) |
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Solution development and
testing plan (prototype and pilot as needed) |
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Implementation and
logistics plan |
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Budget and resource plan |
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Quality assurance plan |
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Risk management plan |
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Documentation plan
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Support plan (becomes
the input to SureRepsonse) |
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MILESTONE:
Preliminary Scope Approved |
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Develop and Test
Solution |
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Solution is
developed, prototyped (piloted as necessary), and tested for the
following (Scope revised as necessary):
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Performance |
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Scalability |
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Usability |
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Interoperability |
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Security |
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Quality assurance plan |
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MILESTONE: Solution
Approved / Final Scope Approved |
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Solution
Implementation |
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Solution is
implemented.
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Implementation and
logistics plans are revised as necessary |
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Quality assurance plan
execution |
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Risk management plan
execution |
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MILESTONE:
Project Accepted |
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Project Closeout |
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Project is
complete
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Project closeout
documentation (R/Net Portal) |
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Project success
evaluation |
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Support plan
finalization and transfer to SureResponse |
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MILESTONE:
Project Complete |
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Transition to
SureResponse |
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Completed
project is transitioned to SureResponse for ongoing support.
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SureStep team works with
SureResponse team to transition accountability |
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Support plan finalized |
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MILESTONE: SureResponse
transition complete |
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