Ciber, Inc.
6363 S. Fiddler's Green Circle, Suite 1400
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
www.Ciber.com
Greenwood Village, Colo. - Dec. 5, 2013 - In a multi-million dollar, multi-year managed services contract, Ciber has been engaged to deliver and mature project management and business analysis capabilities at one of the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan associations in the United States.
By delivering services of a standardized project management office (PMO) and a business analysis office (BAO), Ciber will help the nonprofit improve methodologies and implement best practices that can benefit association members. Ciber also will aid the client in continuously enhancing and enabling the organization's management of IT initiatives and application life-cycle requirements. This engagement aims to move the client's project and portfolio management (PPM) proficiency from a Gartner PPM Maturity Model capability of Level 1 to Level 3 within two years.
"Ciber's proven expertise in successfully establishing PMOs for other large organizations -coupled with our experience delivering in a managed services model - were key to this engagement," said Tony Phillips, senior vice president of Sales at Ciber. "Our 15-year relationship with the association also gives us in-depth understanding of current-state processes and procedures. That provides ample leverage for successful completion of a project this large and complex."
Ciber will dedicate a team of senior-level project managers and business analysts to direct technology initiatives through implementation of a PMO and BAO. These offices centralize control and management of projects to facilitate predictable results through the use of proven outcome-based methodologies. To elevate project delivery above current standards, Ciber also will enable the association to adopt demonstrated processes for project initiation, planning, execution and closing. Adoption of standardized tools and methodology allow for project repeatability and process reuse, which can improve an organization's time to delivery and overall performance.
Ciber follows a PPM maturity model outlined by consultants at Gartner. "Gartner's PPM Maturity Model has five levels," said Analyst Lars Mieritz. "These levels range from least mature, Level 1, to fully mature, Level 5."1
Gartner Analyst Matt Light noted, "Our research reveals that most IT organizations (64 percent) assess their PPM discipline at Maturity Level 2. That same research indicates that, for a majority of organizations, Level 3 is considered a desired state."2
Ciber has successfully guided companies and their PMO capabilities from no PMO to Level 3 maturity in fewer than two years.
Ciber is a global IT consulting company with about 6,700 consultants in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific, and approximately $1 billion in annual revenue. Client focused and results driven, Ciber partners with organizations to develop technology strategies and solutions that deliver tangible business value. Founded in 1974, the company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CBR). For more information, visit www.Ciber.com.
Trademarks: Ciber is a trademark of Ciber, Inc. and/or its affiliates. The PPM Maturity Model is a trademark of Gartner. All third party marks are property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Betsy Loeff
Media Relations
303-220-0100
bloeff@ciber.com
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1 Gartner, ITScore for Program and Portfolio Management, 19 March 2013, Lars Mieritz
2 Gartner, Diagnose and Treat the 'Pretty Bad' PMO at Level 2, 12 September 2013, Matt Light
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Source: Ciber, Inc via Globenewswire