Services

Under Karder’s core competencies, we are poised to support government and industry by providing a range of information technology and information management services. Karder’s uniqueness lies in our ability to provide high quality services and products with a rapid turnaround, without compromise to customer service.

Chief Information Officer (CIO) Core Competency
At Karder, we recognize the complex role of the Chief Information Officer, especially those in the public sector. Our management has graduated from the Federal Government’s CIO University and holds a Federal Chief Information Officer Certificate. We’ve directly supported CIOs on a daily basis for several years and understand the vast quantity and notably, the diversity of projects and tasks for which a CIO is responsible. This makes up a very unique and challenging role in any organization.

Information Technology/Information Management Strategy, Policy & Governance
OMB/GAO Submissions
Action Officer / Technical Analysis Support
Portfolio Management
Technical Writing
IT and Strategy Transition Planning

Enterprise Architecture Core Competency
Karder understands the unique mission and enterprise architecture challenges of government and government-affiliated organizations as they develop and organize enterprise architecture programs and products. Our work for Chief Information Officers, Chief Enterprise Architects, and Chief Technical Architects performing Enterprise Architecture planning and development to aide decisions and guide Programs of Record for the Department of Defense (DoD) gives us insight to the intricacies of the Chief Architect’s mission. Our work with DoD entities involved identifying and documenting their unique requirements, developing prototypes, importing legacy data, testing, quality assurance, and configuration management. We are energized to bring the same results to every client. Our experience with automating the business processes of government offices minimizes for Karder, the learning curve required to effectively help other public and private sector organizations accomplish their missions. Karder’s senior managers are both highly skilled and trained Enterprise Architects who hold many achievements in the field. We understand this area very well and will apply our expertise to building and maintaining effective EA programs. Karder is solution centered and will plan and execute programs focused on the desired end state.

Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM)
DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
Business, Data, Application, and Technology Architectures
IT Standards Management
JCIDS/DISR/ISPs/NR-KPP
Capabilities Based Assessments

Business Process Modernization Core Competency
Our streamlined approach to business process modernization is an end-to-end solution, beginning with requirements identification and documentation; and leading to leaning, automating, and refining. We examine and document existing business processes and lean where appropriate. Karder has successfully applied web-based technologies to automate business processes across large organizations to achieve cost avoidance. Our innovative approach includes, but is not limited to developing and implementing workflow automation, trigger-based email notifications, web-based repositories, real-time status tracking, and stoplight and dashboard displays of data through the application of seasoned architects, proven methodologies, and customized COTS. Business processes Karder has successfully modernized include, but are not limited to personnel management, audit management, tasker management, resource management, BRAC management, application migration management, IA compliance management, process management, and recruitment management.

Business Process Mapping (As-Is and To-Be)
Work Breakdown Structure
Identification of Process Stop-Gaps and Weaknesses
Cost/Value/Risk Analysis
Legacy Process/Data/Application Transition
Continuous Process Improvement

QuickBase Customization Core Competency
In conjuction with our Business Process Modernization Core Competency, Karder transforms legacy government and industry paper processes into streamlined automated web-based processes through the customization of the Intuit QuickBase tool. Karder has developed hundreds of QuickBase applications. The processes we’ve completely revamped started as completely paper driven, labor intensive, manual efforts. Organizations were reformed of using multiple spreadsheets managed by several different individuals across many organizations with no real-time visibility and situational awareness. Customizing QuickBase to suit each organization’s unique needs has modernized data collection for decision support, complex workflows, surveys with 30,000 participants, project management, travel management, and HR management.

Process Requirements Identification and Documentation
QuickBase Application Development / Post Production Support
QuickBase Surveys/Data Calls, Workflows, Repositories, Project Timelines, Real-Time Charting
QuickBase Application User Account Management and User Support
QuickBase Application Training and User Guides
QuickBase Application Configuration Management