IMS Customer Snapshot

Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Admin Center

www.va.gov

Business Challenge

The Health Administration Center (HAC) is migrating applications and databases for claims processing and supporting systems for tracking beneficiaries, vendors, claim payments, and authorization from a legacy system to an Oracle database and Java application system. The migration will include a redesign of the data structures, business process reengineering, addition of new processes and conversion of data from existing to new structures. To accomplish this goal, a full life-cycle development effort will be undertaken by an alliance between Oracle and HAC personnel.

Solution

IMS is providing guidance and consulting services to the VA and it’s system integrator, Oracle, to initiate and implement standardized project management practices and migrate their preliminary schedules from Microsoft Project into Primavera’s IT Project Office (formerly TeamPlay). Once migrated, the largest effort was to take the existing project schedule and enhance them to show an true critical path, resource requirements and appropriate project cost so that deliverable dates were realistic and achievable. Additionally, we supported the efforts to accurately report Earned Value report. Currently, the tool allows the Rehost team to make informed project decisions, thereby decreasing risk and increasing the likelihood the project will be delivered on time and within budget.

Impact

IMS successfully assisted the HAC Rehost project team with migrating their project team from Microsoft Project to Primavera’s IT Project Office software suite in early December 2004. Through collaboration with the alliance member, IMS consultants created and maintained the project schedule in accordance with the VA Project Management Procedures. Interconnected activities and tasks including resources and cost were created to develop a network model of the project. The model is periodically reviewed and analyzed in Primavera to ensure that current and valid management information is provided to the project team.