Office of the Chief Information Officer

United States Department of Agriculture

Application Development and Maintenance

Service Description

EAS can provide the professional services required for developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise-class business applications.

  • Application architecture and design
  • Application development per industry best practices
  • Application maintenance and support
  • Technology consulting and feasibility studies
  • Business requirements analysis
  • Business process review
  • New module development for existing applications enhancements/modifications to existing applications
  • Release management
  • System and Database requirements development
  • Project Management Services

How We Charge

Charges are based on actual numbers of professional services hours.

Price Drivers:

  • Scope and timeframe of development project
  • Actual professional service skill-set required
    - IT Specialist
    - Advanced IT Specialist
    - Senior IT Specialist
    - Senior Systems Architect

  Service Level Metrics

Measure Target SLA
Incident Response 24 x 7

Cost Saving Tips

  • Avoid greater costs associated with high priority service
  • Engage project team early to document requirements
  • Minimize changes during project delivery
  • Avoid historical project cost estimation
  • Ensure that all requirements are documented

  Additional Information

  • Customer acceptance of deliverables is required

USDA CONTACT

Chris North, Director

OCIO, Enterprise Applications Services (EAS)

Chris.North@ocio.usda.gov