Oxnard-- The Finance & Governance Committee approved an amendment with Avasant LLC for its I.T. (Information Technology) Transformation Plan Execution Strategy and Roadmap Tuesday, April 25.
THE amendment is for $130,375, with the revised cost at most $279,375 to complete the transformation plan, execution strategy, and roadmap before June 23, 2023.
Chief Information Officer Helen Miller presented the item and said Oxnard began working with Avasant, a management advisory services company, in January to develop an I.T. strategy and sourcing company to guide the City’s transformation & operating model plan.
Elements in the plan include City Departs’ & I.T. Drivers, I.T. Transformation & Operating model objectives and vision, current I.T. gaps and risks to address, future state options that optimize the framework for each element, and the transformation plan, execution strategy, and roadmap.
“Like many organizations today, the City is facing challenges fulfilling evolving I.T. needs based solely on an internal staff approach,” Miller said. “The envisioned execution strategy will help the City identify the optimal sourcing approach to execute each element of the transformation plan and operating model, including the use of Software as a Service (SAS), which is a subscription-based software model versus a more traditional capital…
