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SM&A Capability assessments provide independent evaluations of your business practices and straightforward recommendations to increase revenue and profitability.
We perform assessments covering:
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| + Transition Assurance – Improve your transition efficiency from proposal win to project performance |
+ Program Services – Improve your project performance and profitability
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| Transition Assurance |
| An SM&A® Transition Assurance assessment examines your plan for transitioning from proposal to contract performance. Our assessment focuses on four areas: facilities, processes, people, and tools. Figure 4 identifies specific topics assessed within each category. The assessment is based on SM&A’s proven QUICKSTART® service, where we provide expert teams to ensure successful transition from proposal to project performance. |
| Processes |
| Transition Assurance includes all activities associated with the start-up phase of a new contract. Emphasis is placed on under-standing the contract changes that occur during negotiations with your customer and the proposed technical and project baseline maturity. We also review plans for the project kick-off meeting and the briefing package. |
| People |
| We evaluate your ability to staff the first six months, handle surge requirements, and provide the right amount of qualified people for the start-up. We evaluate the presence of customer counterparts, rules of engagement, stakeholders’ plan, and adequacy of your personnel-training plan. Project team leads are interviewed to evaluate their readiness for start-up. |
| Facilities |
A major key to successfully transitioning from proposal-to-project is a collocated team. We examine the project facilities and support structure provided for the project start-up. The ability to perform at maximum efficiency during the first three to six months is critical to project performance for years to come.
If collocation is not possible, we look for a capable and secure computer and com-munications network with access available to off-site client personnel, subcontractors, suppliers and customers. |
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The ability to provide a smooth and responsive contract start-up requires both project-specific tools and general-support tools. The assessment examines product-specific items such as adequacy of current modelling and simulation tools and their upgrade plans. We look for tools used for risk management, configuration management and control, data management, requirement tracking, earned value, and material tracking. We provide an assessment of the adequacy of these tools to support project start-up activities and the capability of your personnel to use them.
These factors directly affect your ability to successfully transition to a profitable project.
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| + To see past Capabilities Assessment projects, click here |
| + To contact a Capabilities Assessment Consultant please click here
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