DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract For Business Analyst Services
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the Enterprise Finance and Information Services Director to execute a contract with ITR Group, Inc. to purchase business analyst services.
SUMMARY
Dakota County Information Technology wishes to contract with ITR Group, Inc. to assist staff in ensuring that projects are properly scoped, and all business requirements are well documented due to the current workload of the department.
Deliverables to be included are:
* Working with all stakeholders to gather and document a list of requirements that will be the basis for either the formal requirements definition, use case, or user story;
* Where warranted, create a process document (this document outlines the steps necessary to complete a process wither business or technical);
* Perform and document a gap analysis (identify the difference between the current state and where the customer would like to be); and
* Work with users and stakeholders to guide or lead quality assurance (QA) testing. This may include creating test cases and test scripts.
This contract will assist staff on a variety of projects freeing up staff to work on the Sheriff's Records Management Project. The Sheriff's Records Management Project goal is to replace the current system, which is no longer upgradable by PCI, the current vendor. The Sheriff's Office employs various systems for information collection and dissemination. This replacement will preserve existing functionality while improving data integration and sharing among three primary functional areas (Jail, Warrants, and Civil) and other relevant systems. The total cost of this contract is $122,400 covering the period of May 13, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Board authorize the Enterprise Finance and Information Services Director to execute a contrac...
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