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Project Assistance

Project Assistance

Business success requires more than a dice toss. How do you decide between competing technologies to make the decision that’s best for your business? Maybe the resources to evaluate a promising new technology aren’t readily available within your organization. What sources offer information on projects similar to those you plan to launch? And where are they?

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	Stay Relevant, Real, and Resilient One of the reasons the Center for Strategic Information Technology and Security was established is to encourage rapid commercialization of new technologies. The ways we can help you adopt new technologies are many and varied.
	Internships If you have a project or temporary position that requires specific professional or technical skills, an intern may provide the quality, cost-effective results you seek. Contact the Center at 612.659.7230. The Center for Strategic IT & Security has partnered with Kelly IT Services to facilitate a smooth internship process. Kelley IT Services will provide talented resources along with invoicing services for the Center. This Relationship allows our business customers flexibility in filling its resource needs.
	Externships The Center can help by coordinating an externship with an IT faculty professor. By utilizing the existing knowledge of MIS, your business can use best practices without the high cost of a consultant. Your interaction with the university will strengthen your business and increase the educational value to the IT students. For more information, contact the Center at 612.359.7230.
	Post Implementation Reviews (PIR) The Center's PIR is an in-depth evaluation process that allows you to protect IT investments and strengthen asset management programs. In addition, a Center PIR provides a strategic roadmap for future projects based on the assessment. The PIR is a secure, proprietary product tailored to each clients needs. Every Center PIR is supported by a non-disclosure agreement to protect each clients investments and assets. Each PIR is developed by faculty-sponsored student-led teams at Metropolitan State University. Both faculty and students are Center affiliates, who actively participate in Center programs and services. Each PIR is a neutral, unbiased analysis of the selection process, integration parameters and deployment of components.
	PIRs Offer Vibrant IT Management The Center PIR resource is a robust enterprise management tool that: Examines all aspects of an IT project development, acquisition, and implementation Assesses what was done right or what could have been done better throughout the process. Allows better strategic planning for future projects Supplies Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) criteria to evaluate the implementation process. For more information, contact the Center at 612.359.7230.