Proactively Reducing Costs by Reducing Risks

As the cost of implementing an IT program escalates, the need for early intervention based on objective assessments also escalates. In development efforts, the lack of professional Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) or Program Management Support may alone be the cause of failure for what could have otherwise been a successful re-engineering effort. Federal government agencies require very high levels of accuracy in the estimation, design, execution and management of their programs.

IV&V is the process where a completely independent entity evaluates the work products generated by a team that is designing or executing a particular project. Often, an IV&V project is used to mitigate conflict of interest (OCI) issues with other contracts. The MIL Corporation monitors and evaluates every aspect of a project from inception to completion. Looking at a project from a truly outside perspective enables MIL to recognize the warning signs of impending problems while they can still be corrected. Some of the services we provide are: 

MIL is experienced at managing and executing IV&V work for Federal customers, particularly Momentum. We have expertise in all the major Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO) certified financial management systems. These systems are:

Our CMM Level 3 driven IV&V methodologies are documented in our "IV&V Methodology Guide" and can be tailored to any customer. This methodology adheres to guidance published through standards bodies such as SEI (CMM), IEEE (std. 1012-2004), and PMS (PMBOK), and is flexible to incorporate specific customer standards and policies.

IV&V is a MIL core competency. Our experience began with the Department of Energy in 1985. Since that time, we have performed the full range of IV&V tasks for many Federal financial management systems. Our current IV&V clients include:

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