Before building anything, we assess what exists. We evaluate current systems, document technical debt, identify compliance gaps, and produce a prioritized modernization plan with cost estimates, risk assessments, and phased timelines.
This gives agencies and their OMB reviewers a clear picture before committing budget to implementation. Our assessments follow GAO's key practices for IT modernization planning.
What We Deliver
Current-state assessment including architecture review, technical debt inventory, dependency mapping, and security posture analysis. We document what exists, what works, what is failing, and what the agency will lose if each system is not addressed. This is the foundation for every decision that follows.
Target-state architecture design with phased migration plan, interim operating states, and rollback procedures. We design for the agency's actual constraints: budget cycles, staffing capacity, ongoing operations requirements, and the political reality that large-scale IT changes in government take years, not months. When the target state includes cloud migration, we work with our cloud architecture team to design the landing zone in parallel.
Vendor and product evaluation using weighted scoring criteria tailored to agency mission requirements. We evaluate products against the agency's specific needs, not generic feature matrices. Scoring criteria include FedRAMP authorization status, ATO timeline impact, and total cost of ownership over the system's expected lifespan.
Cost-benefit analysis and business case development for OMB Exhibit 300 and agency budget submissions. We produce the documentation budget reviewers need to approve funding: current cost trajectory, projected savings, risk-adjusted implementation costs, and phased spending plans aligned with appropriation cycles.
Change management planning including stakeholder analysis, communication plans, training programs, and adoption tracking. Technology changes fail when the people who use the systems are not prepared. We build change management into the project plan from the start, not as an afterthought.
Zero trust architecture planning aligned with CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model and NIST SP 800-207. Per Executive Order 14028, federal agencies are required to adopt zero trust architectures. We address practical blockers: legacy applications that cannot support modern authentication, network segments without micro-segmentation capability, and identity provider integration gaps.
Related Services
- Cloud Solutions and Architecture for implementing cloud migration plans
- Cybersecurity and Information Assurance for zero trust implementation
- Software Development and Modernization for legacy system replacement