IT Website Project for BWX Technologies

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IT Website Project for BWX Technologies

• Contact John Knowles, IT Manager
• Date May 8, 2003
• Consulting Firm IT Design Services
• Consultant Adrian Lanning

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Table of Contents

• BWXT Overview
• The Problem
• The Solution
• How We Do IT
• Design
• Development
• Deployment
• Conclusions

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BWXT Company History

• BWXT Technologies, Inc., (BWXT) of Lynchburg, VA,
  is a diversified manufacturer of nuclear
  components and advanced energy products with
  operations in ten states.
• BWXT has managed the site for the U.S. Department
  of Energy since 1997
• BWXT IT Department provides 26 services to BWXT
  divisions and employees all over the US.

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The Problem

• IT Staff being over-loaded by large call volume.
• IT Staff forced to do data entry when keeping
  records.
• All record-keeping done in an off-line database,
  if at all.

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Our Solution
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End-Users Make Requests
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Staff-Users Manage Requests
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Admin-Users Manage Users
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How We Do IT

• Project Acceptance
• Preliminary Investigation Report
• Schedule
• Requirements Checklist
• Development
• Deployment

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Preliminary Investigation Report

• Define project scope.
• Define benefits of project.
• Identify key information needs.
• Identify system constraints

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Schedule

• The timeline serves as our guide and helps client
  understand process
• Developed early-on and checked/updated frequently

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Requirements Checklist

• What is the purpose of the requirements
  checklist?
• The requirements checklist serves as our contract
  of what will be developed.
• Most importantly, it defines all Outputs and
  Inputs of the final system.

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Development

• Iterative Process
• Create Prototype for 1 page
• Obtain approval of prototype
• Develop full version of page
• Obtain approval of full version
• Repeat
• Database evolves as needed

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Database Structure
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Deployment

• System developed such that deployment on target
  system took less than 5 minutes.
• Deployment Process
• Files transferred
• Base path updated

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Conclusion

• Success
• Client involved throughout.
• Delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Client happy with solution to his problem.
• Another useful program successfully developed by
  IT Design Services.
• Interested in having your problems solved?
  Contact Adrian Lanning alanning55_at_yahoo.com