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Item 5FItem 5F Approve a professional services agreement with Credera/Maximus, Inc. to provide software selection and implementation management services City Council May 16, 2006 Background Findings of the IT Alignment Study grouped into 4 themes Missing system functionality results in manual or inefficient business processes Technology infrastructure is complicated and lacks critical integration between applications Background Current applications make reporting and analysis difficult or even impossible in some cases Current foundational applications are based on out of date technology and are hard to use Project Scope Agreement covers services for “quick hit” projects, as well as, software selection for the financial/HR Project Summary Credera/Maximus, Inc. Team The team of Credera/Maximus, Inc. has experience conducting information technology selection and implementations in both the public and private sectors. This team, in combination, brings deep local government industry knowledge, with an appreciation for the need to clearly link technology investment to constituent benefit and extensive and proven IT implementations Why Credera/Maximus, Inc. Team? Understand and respect our business and community. Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the organization and its needs Know the quality and detail of the product we will get based on past experience with this team Have assembled the right team to meet our needs Project Schedule and Cost Will begin immediately on “quick hit” and software selection projects in phase 1 and be completed by Sept. 30 Fixed price contract of $143,000 for phase 1 covering the “quick hit” and software selection projects Funds were budgeted in the amount of $143,00 in the FY06 Amended Budget Item 5F Questions?