When a prime contractor was building a new security operations center to support multiple government contracts, they required IA professionals to cover 24/7 operations. The core responsibilities were to conduct network security monitoring and anomaly detection. Matt Kilkeary successfully staffed the team within three weeks. The awarded period of performance was for three years. Based on the team’s performance, it was renewed for an additional two yea
Federal Civilian
Data Center Migration
As one of our federal client’s began to expand from their Washington, D.C. headquarters migrating their applications to a data center in the Midwest has become a top priority. The Squires Group supported this project by providing a team of developers and analysts to work closely with business owners in providing technical support during the migration and continuity support for applications that have/are being transferred to the new data center.
PeopleSoft HCM and SCM Implementation Along With PeopleSoft Portal, Ariba Buyer, and Momentum Acquisitions
This project was the culmination of a federal civilian agency’s effort to institute an enterprise-wide supply chain management system. The project consisted of five main modules: Requisitioning, Procurement, Asset Management, Warehouse Operations, and Transportation. All modules featured extensive integration with the agency’s financial management systems and incorporated embedded status tracking information.
Find out how our team was able to help our client successfully go live with the new system – allowing them to process timely revenue recognition for grants against funder’s project activities for contracts; process research and non-research project data at appropriate activity levels with a better project tree structure; and report financials on a more detailed level for ongoing future system transactions.
PeopleSoft 8.9 HCM Implementation and DFAS Interface Leads to Federal Gold Star
The Squires Group helped successfully implement a new payroll to DFAS interface within the PeopleSoft system and also provided production support after the interface went live. The team also significantly assisted with identifying and cleansing data that was causing anomalies in the new payroll process.
Expert Professionals Conduct 11.5.10 Training
Our client was implementing Oracle Financials version 11.5.10. The modules being implemented included General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Budgeting. They were looking for an organization well versed in Oracle applications training as they required training documentation and organized training classes to be conducted across the United States.
Due to our proven ERP experience, we were brought in to provide valuable Oracle Applications training and documentation to end-users as part of the implementation rollout plan.
Automated Set-Up Process Accelerates Go-Live, Improves Data Integrity and Reduces Costs
Our team developed a process for automating the Oracle Financials set-ups for new CMS contractors that needed to Go-Live within the CMS HIGLAS shared system. This automated set-up routine was developed using Mercury QTP and worked across multiple Oracle Financial Modules. Not only has this automation process improved data integrity while saving hundreds of man-hours of manual data entry routines, it has also resulted in significant budget savings.
Automated Regression Testing Accelerates Quarterly Releases
Frequent feature upgrades and releases necessitated many cycles of regression testing. To speed up the regression testing phase and increase testing productivity, the client required to automate the regression testing process completely. The main challenge was to evolve a robust test strategy/approach that would maximize the benefit from automation. In addition, the team needed to create maintainable scripts taking into account the interrelated functionality and the fact that the application was stable and data intensive.
Our team developed a Test Automation Framework which improved the speed of the regression testing phase for this federal client. This effort also increased testing productivity which allowed the ongoing Oracle Financials Quarterly Release enhancements to be placed into production in advance of scheduled dates.
Oracle 11i Federal Financials Training Delivered to Multi-Site Users in Record Time
Our client was implementing Oracle Federal Financials in the following modules Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Benefits, Federal Administration, General Ledger, and Purchasing. They needed support to train users on the new program. Our client required further documentation capabilities through the creation of multiple output formats from a single recording session of a procedure. These include a customized context-sensitive help (Player) package linked directly to the Oracle application, a set of procedural job aids (Tip Sheets), and role-specific OLT courses through a set of Learning Management System (LMS) packages. These OLT courses were linked to 1100 learning plans through the client’s LMS (GeoLearning).
With an impossibly short deadline, our team of expert Oracle trainers utilized UPK OnDemand to develop a mix of classroom and online training material for a large federal agency. This training program was delivered to hundreds of users across multiple geographies and has received many departmental accolades.
Year End-Close and Reconciliation Process Improves Audit
TSGi’s Prime Integrator Partner needed assistance with multiple aspects of the Oracle implementation including the Data Warehousing, Account and Reporting System, Procurement System, and Portal.
We deployed a team of expert Oracle analysts to impact budgeting, forecasting, and year-end/reconciliation close activities in support of this Oracle Federal Financials upgrade. As a result of our efforts, this federal client was able to pass their year-end audit with flying colors.