Visualize Before You Modernize

There's a quiet revolution going on in the commercial sector that is transforming the way companies specify, acquire and develop mission-critical software applications. Visualization, CMMI-ACQ and new approaches to innovation are giving private companies a huge competitive advantage in responding to issues like improving customer experience, predictable delivery and cost control. Government agencies are poised to take advantage of these best practices for the first time. But what's the fastest way to gain this insight?

On behalf of iRise, I would like to personally invite you to join four technology thought leaders for a roundtable discussion on this paradigm shift. This roundtable will provide essential information on how to effectively specify, acquire and develop mission-critical applications to ensure program success.

Our roundtable will feature a dynamic moderator and four powerful keynote speakers:

Moderator: G. Martin Wagner, Senior Fellow, Center for the Business of Government and former Chief Policy Officer for Federal IT Acquisition at the GSA
Keynote: Keith Glennan, Chief Technology Officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation - IT Solutions and previously, CIO of Northrop Grumman Corporation, IT Sector
Panel Member: Michael Schrage, Sr. Advisor to MIT’s Security Studies Program; Research Fellow, MIT Sloan School, Center for Digital Business; and author (Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate)
Panel Member: Dr. Rich Frost, Global Director for Information Systems and Services, General Motors and Sr. Advisor to Software Engineering Institute for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ)
Panel Member: Dr. Gregg Bailey, PhD, Chief Information Officer, Department of Justice, ATF - OS&T

Topics to be addressed:

• Accurately eliciting user-centered application requirements • Developing an air-tight understanding of technology needs • Essential attributes of a competitive statement-of-objectives • How to mitigate risk between the agency and service providers while implementing   controls that ensure a successful deployment

This is a discussion that any CIO, CTO or Program Manager directing a complex application modernization
effort needs to hear. Please register and join us. Click here to learn more about how visualization has improved operational efficiency and delivered measurable results at lower risk and cost within the commercial sector.

What: Roundtable Discussion/Working Breakfast
Where: The Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
When: Friday, May 9, 2008, 7:30am to 9:30am

Please contact Brian Flood at bflood@irise.com or (703) 865-2512 for more information and to register.

Have a good week.

Em

Emmet B. Keeffe III
CEO & Co-Founder

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