Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Technology, to create a purchase order with IBM Corporation, a vendor selected from a State of Ohio - State Contracts (STS-033, #533276-2 expiration 6/30/08 and MMA7155 - expiration 6/30/09), for four Platform user licenses and one Enterprise Suite license (IBM Rational Software Development Platform), maintenance and support, per the terms and conditions of both contracts. The user licenses will provide the Department of Technology the ability to link business process and IT activity by allowing the Department to capture, prioritize, monitor and track projects and related activities; link project activities with related assets for project team update; simplify and automate changes and updates related to business process and or projects; increase productivity; allow for the use of web-based tools; track and report impact of any changes to documented projects; provide project documentation, activity measurement and dashboard indicators and gauges that will point out potential bottlenecks and align resources; offers web-based training; automates and simplifies change management; combine data and information; identify risks; will flag the project manager when change has occurred to a high priority project; along with many other features and communication components. Also, these licenses need installed by June 2008, as they are needed to help track, monitor and produce reports related to time lines and milestones directly related to the CHRIS (Columbus Human Resource System) project, already in progress. The installation process will begin upon approval and passage of this ordinance and associated certified purchase order; and the support and first year license usage will continue for twelve months after the approval of the associated purchase order.
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