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| SM&A’s QuickStart® solution assists clients’ transition from the proposal phase to program delivery ensuring that programs get off to a solid start while staying on schedule and under budget. Our solution is designed to assess the status of the program, prioritize high risk areas, and mitigate these risks by bringing to bear the people, processes, tools, and facilities necessary for a successful program implementation and project development. SM&A’s QuickStart® solution provides on average a 4 month schedule improvement and $1 million+ cost savings. |
| The Challenge of Effective Transition |
The challenge facing all program managers is meeting the demands of an aggressive schedule while ramping up an organization. Building customer confidence requires the team to produce results and establish a strong tempo from day one.
SM&A QuickStart solution focuses on three critical risk areas to ensure an effective program transition: |
| Knowledge Transfer |
+ Maximize interaction between proposal team and program team
+ Integrate key proposal personnel into the program team
+ Establish a sense of ownership
+ Develop set of capabilities-focused requirements |
| Prepare for the Win |
+ Assess transition risks
+ Plan risk mitigation
+ Get a head start on critical milestones and activities that occur soon after contract award
+ Write a program execution plan
+ Establish IPT templates for metric collection |
| Get off to a Good Start |
+ Ensure the right people are in the right place doing the right work
+ Set the tone for the program -"the first 90 days"
+ Proactively fill gaps and address issues as the team ramps up
+ Constantly communicate with the customer |
| QuickStart Transition Assessment & Implementation |
| Over the past 20+ years, SM&A has identified 12 areas of risk that are critical to transition success. Our associates conduct a detailed assessment of these risks immediately after proposal submittal. After completing our Risk Assessment Report, SM&A associates brief your team, assign a risk level to each of the 12 risk areas and provide recommendations to mitigate these risks going forward. The transition risk assessment identifies specific actions for implementation prior to contract award to dramatically improve your performance during program startup and delivery. |
| The First 90 Days Set the Tone |
One of the best indicators of success is the speed that the team gets out of the blocks. The focus on transition must begin during proposal development and rapidly pick up speed in the normal dead time between proposal submittal and contract award. The momentum gained during this phase will carry into the program and help ensure that early milestones and critical deliverables meet the customer's high expectations. Let SM&A’s QuickStart® solution ensure the success of your programs.
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