Services

Information Dynamics, a small consulting firm, offers a diverse portfolio of services for both the Federal Government and Commercial sectors. Our team includes eight Certified Enterprise Architects, three MBAs and two PMPs. Below are eight areas of Information Dynamics' expertise, and specific services we provide.

Strategic Planning
Enterprise Architecture (EA)
Business Management and Consulting
Alternatives Analysis/Analysis of Alternatives
IT Consulting
Project Management
Analysis and Reporting
Communication and Facilitation
IT Solutions
Training Classes
Event Management
Acquisition Support


Strategic Planning

Anticipate and prepare for change

  • Multi-decadal strategy development
  • Human Capital Management
  • Capital Assets Management
  • IT strategic alignment (e.g. EA, SOA)
  • Integrated financial planning (e.g. CPIC)
  • Identification and elimination of stove pipes

Capability Based Assessment for NASA

Organizational Assessment

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Enterprise Architecture (EA)

Supporting the complete life cycle of EA

  • Policy: Interpretation of Federal guidance, adaptation to and development of internal EA policy
  • Governance: Implementation of Policy: establishment of procedure/structure for an EA Program, including internal processes, communications plans and performance measures
  • Investment Reviews: Ensure project alignment with enterprise goals
  • Program Management: Tailoring an EA Program to a customer environment; from inception to program revitalization
  • Compliance/Reporting: OMB and GAO formal reporting in the Federal sphere; demonstrating RIO or other tangible value in commercial sphere
  • Architecture Development: Modeling of architectural elements; framework development or adaption (Zachman, FEAF, DoDAF, SOA, etc.); artifact development: Registry and Repository population
  • Integration: Integration of your EA program into your strategic planning process
  • Auditing: Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) to ensure all is working according to plan

High End Computing Program at NASA

Segment Architecture for ESMD at NASA


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Business Management and Consulting

Looking at the big picture to help your bottom line

  • Enterprise-wide review and analysis of business strategy, understanding and modeling core business processes to maintain agility
  • Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
  • Organization Development and Change Management (ODCM) support
  • Change management program design and implementation
  • Modeling and maintenance of a business model knowledge base
  • Realizing and quantifying Return on Investment (ROI)

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Alternatives Analysis/Analysis of Alternatives

Analytical comparison of multiple alternatives to be completed before committing resources to an investment

  • Move from the justification for a single alternative to the exploration of multiple alternatives
  • Create a basis for funding the best possible projects in a rational, defensible manner
  • Analyze risk and uncertainty before committing resources to one project

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IT Consulting

Optimize IT for the business it was designed to support

  • Enterprise-wide service assessment and cataloguing
  • Creation of IT governance programs and processes using executive, stakeholder, and technical review boards for evaluation of proposed IT solutions
  • Solutions integration
  • Develop and maintain business models illustrating the relationship between an enterprise's strategic plan, core business process, and the IT systems supporting that process
  • Architectural design modeling
  • Policy and procedure formulation
  • Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP)
IT Capability Roadmaps for NASA

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Project Management

Put PMI recognized standards and best practices to work for you

  • Project Lifecycle Management
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Scope definition
  • Resource forecasting
  • Capacity planning
  • Schedule development
  • Regular reporting
  • Risk analysis and mitigation strategies
  • Issue and action tracking
  • Earned Value Management

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Analysis and Reporting

An examination of component elements and their relationships

  • Targeted research in a wide variety of fields
  • Benchmarking of industry and Federal best practices
  • Review of the impact of regulatory change
  • Investment Review
  • Tools analysis and comparison
  • Preparation and development of multiple volume documentation for Federal agencies
  • Industry expert analysis
  • After-action reports for events and incidents
  • Call center statistics, including measuring communicator performance and productivity, and utilizing individual program frequency tables, distribution tables, and analysis of variance techniques

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Communication and Facilitation

Consensus begins with the exchange of ideas

  • Communications Plan development
  • Executive interviews
  • Transcription services (EA Reviews, investigation diaries, etc.)
  • Procedure and training manuals
  • Presentation and graphics support

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IT Solutions

Our roots in IT are deep: we have the technical experience to ground our conceptual consultation

  • Systems integration management
  • Secure, Linux-based corporate servers for hosting web services (e.g. website, email, project management, and timesheet applications)
  • Secure corporate wireless networks, complete with firewall, dynamic host configuration protocol, and port forwarding to allow remote access to necessary services
  • Distributed rendering systems to enable networked Linux systems to drive a unified desktop consisting of nine flat panel displays
  • Direct, nearly real-time communication interfaces between Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and Unix-based, immersive visualization environments
  • XSL transformations to perform data analysis and render the results graphically
  • Linux applications to read terrain maps of the Earth and provide automated analysis based on trajectory information
  • Document statistical functions and requirements for the development of SQL Server databases, web front end applications, and Communicator Bonus applications
  • Web-based applications integrated with warehoused databases
  • Database-driven company websites with server-side scripting and DHTML
  • Internet presence development
  • Software and system support, including ERP, contact management, and data conversion
  • System analysis for existing systems and processes
  • Manage users configuration, and security for data warehouses or repositories
  • Recommendations for data warehousing and repository functions

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Training Classes

One to five day training classes that can be tailored to address specific customer needs

  • Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM)
  • Enterprise Architecture I and II for Executives
  • The Performance Reference Model and its Relationship to Strategic Planning
  • Capital Portfolio Planning and Management
  • Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
  • Implementing an Enterprise Architecture
  • Enterprise Architecture Governance


More Information for each class can be found here

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Event Management

Conference, Seminar, Workshop, and Meeting Services

  • Full range of pre-, during, and post- services for conferences, seminars, and workshops providing presentation and graphics support
  • Pre-event: project management support, event design, site selection and planning, contract negotiation, IT services for audio/projection/network access/software/WebEx/VITS, agenda development, on-line event advertising and registration, logistics and travel planning, entertainment options, safety and security requirements, and invitation and registration coordination
  • During event: facilitate meetings using real-time collaborative software so all participants can contribute whether on site or at a separate location, meeting outcomes and action plans available to all participants, team remains available during event to resolve problems
  • Post-event: tear down meeting media, package technology for shipping, negotiate final event costs, help return site to pre-event configuration

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Acquisition Support

Risk mitigation throughout the acquisition lifecycle

  • Collaborate with government program managers to understand business needs and define measurable objectives
  • Assist government contracting officers in preparation of solicitations
  • Developing proposal selection and evaluation criteria
  • Evaluating the management, technical, and cost volumes of vendor proposals
  • Developing negotiation strategies
  • Administering contracts
  • Monitoring vendor performance

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