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.