Program Management
CPS Professional Services offers Program and Project Management Services that follow ISO-awarded best practices for project management described in the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Each CPS-PS PMO is typically headed by our PMI-certified Project Management Professionals.
Our staff is practiced in all phases of the project management process. We are experienced in developing and tailoring project management processes to guide management of projects and task orders, and our project and program management tool box include templates for:
- Project Charters
- Program Management Plans
- Scope Management Plans
- Risk Management Plans
- Issues Management Plans
- Communication Plans
- Resource Management Plans
- Change Request Forms
Requirements Development
CPS Professional Services has enjoyed great success in leading IT planning, development and operations. Our experienced systems engineers follow a systems requirements process, similar to the IEEE STD 1233 IEEE Guide for Developing System Requirements Specification. Senior systems engineers conduct a thorough information-gathering phase, which can include onsite visits, facilitated user needs discovery sessions, questionnaires, surveys and interviews. Once user needs are defined, our systems engineer follow a well-defined requirements decomposition process, leading to documented user requirements, use cases, and functional/performance requirements. Our systems engineers are also experienced in developing business cases, performing cost-benefits analysis, and defining and evaluating alternative implementations.
Application Development
CPS Professional Services leads design teams through the software development lifecycle. Our software development management services include software project management, systems engineering (requirements engineering), business analysis, and software system and integration testing. Our software management team work together to manage scope change, keep projects running on time, and ensure customer visibility into the entire software development lifecycle.
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
CPS Professional Services subject matter experts are ready to support strategic planning for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Our SMEs work closely with senior management and practitioners to outline and propose strategic planning from an enterprise point of view.
With a special focus on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Definition Management (PDM), our staff resources develop enterprise-level product lifecycle and product definition policies and processes, establishing business process relationships and technical requirements for combined PLM and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) initiatives. In addition, services include establishment of a PLM/ERP operational enterprise definition and identification of organizational and business process dependencies throughout the extended supply chain; weapons systems product data acquisition, retention, and management (data type, formats, and standards) and collaborative New Product Introduction (NPI) strategies.
