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AcisTek Corporation

Federal Contracting Services

Appraisal Details

Organization

AcisTek Corporation

Organizational Unit

Federal Contracting Services

Appraisal Team Leader

Richard Thomas Bechtold

Partner

Abridge Technology

Sponsors

Daniel Cheng

Appraisal Type

Benchmark

Last day On-site

2022/09/23

Appraisal Expiration Date

2025/09/23


Federal Contracting Services Project Description

Organizational Unit

Federal Contracting Services

Model or Model View

CMMI Development V2.0 (CMMI-DEV) with SAM - Maturity Level - 3

Sample Size - People

96.4%

Sample Size - Projects

100%


Project Name

Engineering Process Group

Project Type

Organizational Project

Project Description

The purpose of the AcisTek Corporation EPG is to initiate and sustain process change and support normal operations through the implementation of a Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) based process improvement program. The EPG is to guide and provide direction for process improvement initiatives across AcisTek Corporation . The AcisTek Corporation EPG facilitates process application and training across all projects within AcisTek Corporation . The AcisTek Corporation EPG is a permanent, fully funded group established within the AcisTek Corporation . The term length for each member varies and is specified by AcisTek Corporation executive management. The AcisTek Corporation EPG expects that each member fulfills a 12 month term of service on the committee. Membership rotation will occur on a rotating basis with overlap of training and expertise.

Number of People

4

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup


Project Name

Quality Assurance

Project Type

Organizational Project

Project Description

Develops the products and delivers the services related to Quality Assurance activities within the OU. This includes the development and management of QA-related products, such as checklists. This also includes planning for different types of QA reviews, conducting those reviews, communicating results to relevant stakeholders, and ensuring resolution of non-compliances. As an adjunct objective, this group also looks for opportunities relating to ongoing efforts at process, product, capability, and performance improvement.

Number of People

1

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup


Project Name

Supplier Management

Project Type

Organizational Project

Project Description

This group plans and performs the work, and develops the necessary products, related to Supplier Agreement Management activities. This includes evaluating and selecting suppliers, establishing agreements, tracking performance, and evaluating delivered products and services.

Number of People

1

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup


Project Name

SMART

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

AcisTek Corporation works closely with HUD’s National Servicing Center (NSC) to plan, upgrade and deploy mission critical enterprise applications that directly support HUD’s nationwide Single Family Asset Management programs. The application Single Family Mortgage Asset Recovery Technology (SMART) is securely deployed in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment and supports nationwide housing loans on an everyday business needs. Also, HUD uses SMART to service and track servicing activities on loan portfolios and provides daily reconciliation to HUD Headquarters Accounting Division.

Number of People

11

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup

All Projects


Project Name

EVARS

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

The application EVARS is securely deployed in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment and supports FHA lenders to provide real time automated requests, review, approval and/or denial of extensions and variances related to various loan programs.

Number of People

4

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup

All Projects


Project Name

ECLASS

Project Type

OU Project

Project Description

The application ECLASS is securely deployed in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment and supports online training to FHA lenders, housing counseling agencies, HUD and other non-profit organizations.

Number of People

4

Location

Alexandria, VA United States

Subgroup

All Projects


OU Description

AcisTek Corporation Federal Contracting Services works closely with clients in the US Federal Government to plan, upgrade and deploy mission critical enterprise applications that directly support US Federal Government programs. Over the past five years, the Federal Contracting Services team has been working with HUD to conduct business case analysis, system research, development, test, and evaluation activities for the Office of Single Family Housing Asset Management (OSFAM)’s SMART, EVARS, and ECLASS systems, which facilitate crucial loan servicing and loss mitigation support services for the 8 million active, insured single-family loans under the jurisdiction of the HUD National Servicing Center. This work included hands-on Project Management, which included an initial assessment, evaluation, and eventual transformation of the technology approach, cloud hosting environment, and business processes for development and O&M of these systems and leveraging our status as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Standard Consulting Partner to effectively re-deploy the transformed systems to the AWS Cloud. We currently use a DevSecOps approach to maintain and update five main Cloud environments: Development, Testing, Integration, Staging, and Production.

Relevant Sampling Factors

Type of Work: This criteria distinguishes projects by type of work.

Sampling Factor Values

Web Development: These types of projects do web design, development, test, and modernization.

Subgroups

All Projects


Model View

CMMI Development V2.0 (CMMI-DEV) with SAM

Maturity Level

3
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