Techmodal

Project Portfolio Management Optimisation

PPM Optimisation focusses on elevating both the value and efficiency of an organisation's project portfolio utilising data, digital toolsets and innovative technology meaning organisations remain responsive to dynamic shifts in business priorities and technological advancements. Our proactive approach enables organisations to capitalise on emerging opportunities and navigate challenges effectively.

Features

• Crafting solutions for project success with root cause analysis.
• Analyses projects by strategic alignment, resources, risk, and financial impact
• Work effectively by investing in projects with the highest ROI.
• Enhances decision-making by providing project insights for resource reallocation.
• Alignment of projects with strategic goals, ensuring organisational success

Benefits

• Ensures projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.
• Aligning projects with strategic objectives, optimising resource, and enhancing decision-making
• PPM optimisation optimizes resource allocation, minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency
• Provides insights into performance, risks, and returns, enabling informed decision-making
• Maximises the overall value generated by the portfolio
• Organisations can maintain a competitive edge by strategic project investment
• Aids in mitigating disruptions and ensures successful project delivery
• Facilitates alignment and communication among stakeholders

£475.00 to £1,650.00 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@techmodal.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

603124563394817

Contact

John Atkins
0117 376 3477
tenders@techmodal.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Our experts work closely with buyer teams to plan all aspects of a cloud implementation of our service. Our planning covers the full project lifecycle, from discovery through design, development, testing and implementation to on-going support and benefits realisation. Working closely with client SMEs we ensure that the plans are fully costed, resourced and acheivable, integrating with other initiatives and milestones as needed. We are experienced creating plans within both Waterfall and Agile methodologies and are strong advocates of close collaboration and joint working throughout the process.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Our services include the appropriate training for users, administrators and other stakeholders to ensure that all cloud solutions and hosting can be used, maintained and enhanced throughout the lifecycle of the software. We provide bespoke training activity and material tailored to the individual's needs and role.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Working closely with the buyer team, our dedicated team of experts assess, plan and deliver migration from on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms, or between cloud platforms. We determine the most appropriate target infrastructure, the migration tasks required and comprehensive testing, reconciliation and establishment of the new cloud service.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Our services include comprehensive testing to ensure that the highest standards are maintained. Our dedicated test team are ISTQB certified and experienced in performing the full range of test activities within Government and Public Sector environments. Where possible technical Unit and System testing is automated to ensure consistency and full coverage without tying up testing resource. Functional, Integration, Performance and User testing is executed in collaboration with users and other key stakeholders to ensure the service meets the user needs. Where appropriate our testing, validation and verification is performed in line with Government standards as documented in the HM Treasury Aqua and Green books, and by the Cost Advisory and Assurance Service (CAAS).

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Hosting or software provided by your organisation
• How the support service works: Our support model for our services and software is tailored to the buyer's needs. We operate an online ticketing system enabling prioritisation of issues and software patches (if needed) scheduled to minimise downtime and disruption to the buyer's organisation.

Service scope

• Service constraints: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Our support response times are part of contract-specific Service Level Agreements tailored to each buyer's needs, and graduated based on the severity and priority of the issue.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AAA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Our support model for our services and software is tailored and costed to the buyer's needs. Our support response times are part of contract-specific Service Level Agreements (SLA) tailored to each buyer's needs, and graduated based on the severity and priority of the issue. Each SLA will document agreed support levels as needed by each client. We operate an online ticketing system enabling prioritisation of issues and software patches (if needed) scheduled to minimise downtime and disruption to the buyer's organisation.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  We have set ourselves the target of:; • achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across our operations by 2030. We aim to do this by reducing our emissions as a minimum in line with the 1.5°C pathway; • working towards a Net Zero value chain by 2050.; ; In 2023 we moved to Phase Two of our Net Zero programme. We have developed a net zero roadmap and with the use of several strategic levers, enabled emissions to be reduced as far as possible, including activities relating to:; o low/zero carbon products; o our supply chains; o renewable energy; o energy efficiency in our facilities and buildings; o business travel; ; Phase Three will assess and identify key performance metrics and interim targets identified in our operating model that will be required to transition to a Net Zero organisation.; ; Phase Four will involve implementing the changes required to deliver our Net Zero strategy.; ; We actively manage our own efficiency and reduction targets, which are then endorsed at a corporate level. Part of our strategy to reduce our energy intensity is to purchase renewable energy and use renewable/sustainably recycled products (lighting/office equipment/paper/hygiene etc) where practicable.; ; We continue to influence and reinforce support for our environmental values to our staff, suppliers, customers and communities through being mindful and vocal about our impact in our day to day working and during project delivery.

  Covid-19 recovery

  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on many people and organisations. As the UK builds back there is increasing pressure on all to better manage social value efforts and deliver positive outcomes to the people, communities, and economies most affected. Techmodal is achieving this by: ; • Continually improving recruitment practices and employment conditions, in line with the five foundational principles of quality work set out in the Good Work Plan. ; • Providing career advice in the form of mentoring, mock interviews, CV advice and careers guidance to the Techmodal workforce. ; • Offering diverse opportunities for work experience. ; • Delivery of apprenticeships, traineeships, and T Level industry placement opportunities (Levels 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract. ; • Implementing plans to encourage new entrants to the market or supply chain, such as communicating contracting opportunities related to the contract that will reach a diverse supplier audience or learning and development opportunities to start ups that enable tenders for subcontracts during the life of the contract. ; • Collaborative working arrangements with organisations and new and growing businesses as part of the supply chain. ; • Investing in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the Techmodal workforce, especially in the context of COVID-19, such as implementing the 6 standards in the Mental Health at Work commitment ; • Measuring staff’s physical and mental health and wellbeing engagement over time and adapting to any changes in the results. ; • Engaging the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace conditions to address. ; • Improving contract workplace conditions, such as effective social distancing, remote and flexible working, and awareness raising on health and wellbeing for the contract workforce, including around loneliness and isolation.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Employment:; With an average age of 35, Techmodal have a younger workforce than many businesses. We have actively focused our recruitment in the graduate space so as to give younger people their first job. We are incredibly proud of the entry-level recruitment, at a time when many other employers were not hiring, we were able to add 182 new employees during 2020-22. However, we are conscious to not just offer opportunities to graduates and are open to applications from non-graduates and actively provide additional support throughout the recruitment process.; ; New Skills and Career Development:; We are passionate about our staff learning new skills and developing throughout their careers. From entry to the business, every member of staff has access to a LinkedIn Learning account, which they can use for both work and personal development.; ; Techmodal also support staff conducting learning and gaining qualifications across all our capabilities from Agile Project Management/Scrum Master/CIPD/CIMA/Tableau/Alteryx and AWS. We do not set a training budget per person each year, instead taking the approach that we will provide the right development for every person as an individual when required both for them and also for our current and forthcoming projects. This model has allowed us to promote internally and provide real career progression for our staff, with some of our Capability Leads having initially joined the business in junior entry level positions.; ; Apprenticeships; Techmodal are proud sponsors of a number of Apprentices in the business, at a range of different levels with one recently graduating with a Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship. Our other apprentices sit in Project Management/IT/Office Administration and Recruitment. We plan to provide more Apprenticeships in STEM areas. As a rule, we work with local Apprenticeship providers, providing opportunities to the local workforce in a more focused way.

  Equal opportunity

  Techmodal has seen its diversity increase considerably over recent years and we are proud that we have now increased our female representation in the workforce year on year, to 27%.; ; As a digital organisation working in the Defence sector, we are passionate about STEM engagement in schools, with a particular focus on providing opportunities for the next generation of women, who are largely under-represented in our industry. We do this through engagement with schools and universities, offering work experience placements to teenagers and by providing placement years to students, particularly in our Data Science capability.; ; We have also supported our staff with providing tutoring through the Code First Girls scheme over recent months and have been really proud to have been able to offer employment to a number of the learners who have benefitted from this scheme.; ; With a focus on gender equality, we are pleased to share that there has been at least a 9% increase in the appointment of highly skilled female employees in the last 12 months.; ; Techmodal are keen to support those returning to work after maternity, paternity and shared parental leave and have created positions recently that are specifically designed to support returners to work, with adjusted working patterns and upskilling programmes designed to assist those who may have ambition, but lack experience. Our culture is designed to support flexible working and our People policies are designed to find a way to support someone with their needs.

  Wellbeing

  We run several programmes supporting our People in managing their mental and physical health. These include access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme run by professional councillors, who can offer on-the-spot support and longer term counselling. All our staff have Private Health Cover as a standard employee benefit.; ; A significant number of our staff are trained Mental Health First Aiders and our People Team maintain frequent check-ins with staff. We operate a flexible approach to working as we believe this gets the best from our People, so we are not overly prescriptive regarding set working hours. Our aim is to allow staff to have the freedom and flexibility to choose their daily working hours, depending on a variety of factors such as workload, project delivery and personal needs.; ; Our Governance Team runs a weekly report to show working hours for all employees and if excessive hours are being worked by an individual, we endeavour to provide them with additional resource or support. This report is assessed by all those on the Senior Leadership Team, demonstrating a commitment to the wellbeing of our all our staff.; ; We support staff who wish to improve their physical health through subsidied gym membership, participation in the Cycle to Work scheme and through the provision of company sponsored events, such as kayaking or triathlons. We recognise that this does not suit all staff, but we are keen to facilitate everyone having the time and space to take some daily exercise/encouraging staff to take walking meetings or phone calls.; ; We understand that a ‘one-size fits all’ approach doesn’t suit everyone, so our People approach, rather than policy, is focused on having the flexibility to change and adapt to suit individuals’ needs.

Pricing

• Price: £475.00 to £1,650.00 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@techmodal.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.