Case Study A

Client / Sector:
Federal agency that also conducts commercial retail sales

Solution provided:

Agile PM, Enhanced RMF and PCI compliance, improved CMMC and CONMON 

Approach:

• Reduced programmatic, information security (INFOSEC), operational and supply chain risk by 65% 
• Achieved ATO/Authorization in 90 days 
• Achieved PCI compliance in ~140 days (site and e-commerce) 
• Increased e-commerce availability by 5% & improved system uptime by 18% 
• Saved upwards of seven-hundred person hours or dollars 
• Delivered on-time and within budget 

Tool, techniques and technology used:

PMP, CISSP, ITIL, RMF, NIST, MS Project, Atlassian 

Client/Sector: 

Federal Civilian Agency:  

Industry:

Government / Program Management 

Challenge: 

A high-visibility infrastructure modernization project was behind schedule and over budget due to poor stakeholder coordination and scope creep. 

Solution Provided: 

Program recovery, stakeholder engagement strategy, and schedule optimization through agile project management. 

Approach: 

• Assumed full program control as interim PMO lead, led project managers and directors 
• Applied PMI and Agile hybrid governance model 
• Conducted risk assessment, re-baselining, requirements, and scope mgmt. procedures 
• Reassessed earned value analysis 
• Facilitated bi-weekly stakeholder standups and steering committee meetings 

Outcome / Impact: 

• Brought program within alignment, saving $1.4M in projected overrun 
• Improved schedule adherence by 48% over 6 months 
• Increased stakeholder satisfaction score from 62% to 91% 
• Delivered Phase 1 of modernization 2 months ahead of schedule 

Certifications/Tools: 

PMP, ITIL Agile, MS Project, JIRA, Power BI, Excel, Tableau (inputs) 

Client:  

IT Modernization for a State Government Agency 

Client Overview: 

A federal- agency responsible for workforce development needed help transitioning from legacy systems to a secure, cloud-based infrastructure. 

Challenge: 

Their outdated systems hampered service delivery, posing privacy challenges as well as data and cybersecurity risks. They struggled with cross-departmental collaboration and scalability. 

Our Solution: 

• Assessed existing infrastructure and defined a modernization roadmap  
• Migrated legacy systems to Microsoft Azure with a hybrid cloud strategy  
• Integrated secure identity and access management (IAM) tools  
• Trained staff on new platforms and change management  

Results: 

• Reduced IT costs by 27% through cloud efficiency  
• Cut service request response time by 50%  
• Improved system uptime to 99.9%  
• Increased staff tech adoption via structured enablement through structured awareness and role-based training through cybersecurity workforce framework (CSWF) as well as other supporting vendor resources