Information Management

At Indtai, our philosophy of strategic alignment penetrates even our information management services. We make sure that a program's statutes, regulations, policies, initiatives, and performance measures are taken into account when we define the types of data to be tracked in our client's systems. Our requirements analyses are thorough investigations into the fundamental reasons for collecting data. We anticipate the types of questions that stakeholders will ask and ensure that information systems can produce answers. For example, we meet with agency mid-level and senior managers to ensure that creative standard reports are made available to them routinely and easily. Indeed, we are especially skilled at designing and developing effective management reports from databases. In sum, we engineer and refine agency databases to ensure effective program management and incisive program evaluation.

A critical success factor in developing information systems is to ensure that data collectors enter high-quality data on a timely basis. Those responsible for data collection need to know what needs to be collected and why. Thus, we write solid guidance to data management personnel, guidance that gives them clear definitions and good processes and protocols. Our guidance is often based on an analysis of business processes and work flows, thereby ensuring that data management requirements are strategically aligned with how our clients conduct business. We make sure our clients are getting the data they want and need, and that it is timely, complete, and of high quality.

We have assisted in many data quality initiatives, and center our work on program implementation themes. Indtai also has information technology staff on tap--people who can supply the highly technical services that will assist in the implementation of information management strategies by designing and developing applications, tools, and databases. While we employ technology wizards, we have trained them to believe that technology should be the background for your business processes. The systems we design are pragmatic; they fit into your life like a phone or a fax machine, enabling your business processes.

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