Government

Whether local, regional, or national, governmental organizations strive to efficiently serve their citizens. Often constrained by tight budgets and limited resources, providing quality services at minimum cost is not a simple endeavor. Rather governmental organizations are engaged in constant struggles to

• Stay informed about the needs, wishes, and opinions of their citizens and employees.
• Determine which projects to authorize;
• Accurately budget for existing and future projects, accounting for risk;
• Allocate resources to keep projects on budget and schedule; and
• Minimize the overall cost of "doing business".

Solutions

The Vanguard System™ is a comprehensive business solution for improving the quality, reliability, and speed of management decisions. It does this by helping you Collaborate with colleagues on important plans, Analyze alternatives using state-of-the-art modeling and simulation techniques, Automate routine decisions using expert system technology, and Improve overall management effectiveness by adding structure to a normally chaotic process.

Organizational improvement is all about working smarter. Vanguard brings together the people, analytics, and systems required to help your organization operate intelligently.

Here are just a few of the ways Vanguard supports governmental organizations:

• Budgeting: Create more accurate budgets by accounting for risk and uncertainty. Know which factors are most likely to cause budget overruns and plan accordingly.
• Portfolio analysis: Consolidate budgets and projections for program level views so you can choose most cost-effective set of projects.
• Resource optimization: Determine how to most efficiently allocate scarce resources such as people, equipment, and cash to projects.
• Operational efficiency: Conduct process improvement/Six Sigma projects to reduce costs, cycle times, and waste.
• Knowledge automation: Expertly guide employees and citizens through complex processes using automated question-and-answer sessions. Reduce administration costs while improving service.
• Regulatory compliance: Efficiently conduct regulatory compliance audits using guided expert systems.
• Surveys and research: Learn how to best serve your community by listening to citizens, employees, and subcontractors.

Content Management System (CMS)

Vanguard Content Management System (CMS) is a Web-based expert system development tool for non-programmers. CMS Web-based applications guide customers or employees through complex decision-making processes using interactive, automated question and answer sessions. They are core software applications that can improve the operational efficiency of your key business processes.

CMS applications can help government agencies stay informed about the opinions of their citizens and employees. A live CMS application could ask voters to select from a set of policy alternatives to determine the alternative most representative of voters' needs. An internal CMS application can enforce government policies and procedures by interacting with public servants making decisions about government spending and regulations. Reports from CMS applications interacting with both voters and government employees can combine to determine which government projects to authorize.