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7.5.3 Management of Enterprise Administrative Systems Implementation at United States Capitol Police
Author(s) -
Valivullah Michael,
Getter James R.,
Kaisler Stephen H.,
Armour Frank
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2003.tb02660.x
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , modernization theory , architecture , legacy system , enterprise architecture , upgrade , engineering management , enterprise system , information system , process management , computer security , computer science , business , engineering , knowledge management , political science , accounting , law , software , operating system , art , electrical engineering , visual arts
This paper describes our management of the systems modernization effort at the United States Capitol Police (USCP). The Enterprise Architecture of the United States Capitol Police comprises six broad categories of business applications. Of these six, two represent clusters of IT applications: the administrative information systems (AIS) and the operational law enforcement information systems (LEIS). The Enterprise System Architecture is comprised mainly of these two systems. A number of guiding principles are used to manage these systems modernization activities. One of those guiding principles is to use commercial off the shelf (COTS) products as much as possible to reduce development time and implementation costs. In some cases, we were able to successfully implement COTS products with little or no modifications. However, in others, the COTS products needed extensive modifications due to new, unique or evolving business needs. This paper will discuss the management strategy used to select, consolidate, modify, test and implement systems within the framework of USCP's enterprise architecture. This paper also discusses lessons learned from our system upgrade, conversion, consolidation, migration, integration and modernization experiences.