MBA CSi provides comprehensive facilities management services to ensure work environments are safe, efficient, and comfortable. One of our clients has over 30,000 buildings nationwide. Given this volume and diversity of locations, facilities management represents a significant portion of our client’s operating budgets. However, it is noteworthy that many recent developments, including rising wages, technology disruption, and now a pandemic, have made cost savings a very high priority. MBA CSi provides facilities management experts that are skilled in Building Inspection/Condition assessment, Lease Management & Negotiations, Facilities Call Center, Building Management & Maintenance, Energy Management, Facilities Planning, Real Estate Project Management: O&M and Onsite Construction, Space Management, Asset and Capital Management, Computer-aided facility management (CAFM), Data Management, Configuration Management, and more.

To provide world-class services, MBA CSi recruits industry experts, and our staff develops innovative facilities solutions that integrate people, places, and technology. We work to streamline facilities management and administer essential services for unique and specific building specifications. Our team prioritizes the improvement of workplace designs and flexibility, including the use of Human Factors Engineering and User-Centered Design. For example, when designing facility products, systems, or processes, we always consider the interaction between each facility element and the employees. This is part of our approach to Occupational Health Service (OHS). One of our clients uses many technology devices, including tens of thousands of sorting and scanning machines for mission-essential services. We strategically generate proper ergonomic design specifications to prevent repetitive strain injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. This is an essential service that improves employee engagement and results in higher employee productivity.

Today, MBA CSi supports a government agency’s real estate portfolio of over 30,000 buildings, which has nearly 300 million of interior square feet. We continuously make sure that this facility’s portfolio is managed with a reliable governance structure. Also, we help to administer services that are provided by trusted suppliers at a reasonable cost. We must continually innovate and adapt to current trends of brick and mortar vs. eCommerce solutions. Providing the appropriate facilities solution helps ensure the proper stewardship and real estate portfolio and resources management.

Due to recent COVID events, MBA CSi expects facilities management and building maintenance to continue to evolve at an accelerated pace. We are helping clients redesign workspaces, as many employees are working remotely. Technology and demographics will continue to drive innovation and transformation. MBA CSi is ready to meet the growing expectations of our clients and deliver solutions that improve functionality, comfort, health, safety, and efficiency of work environments.

Author: Sean Delaney, MBA CSi’s SVP of Strategy

MBA CSi
14900 Conference Center Drive
Suite 525
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 344-9000

Project teams today recognize the necessity to manage the human factor side of change on all projects. However, organizational change management means different things to different stakeholders. IT project managers see change management as the defined process controls in place to gain approval to change a project’s scope, schedule, and budget. On the other hand, executive leadership and the collective user community view change management as a change to behaviors, and the new and improved ways of conducting business. Everyone shares a common goal to realize value and achieve desired results. Many federal agencies face complex challenges with organizational change management (OCM) obstacles. Government stakeholders must see these obstacles as opportunities, not obligations. The agencies that implement and dedicate time and effort to enterprise OCM—the human side of change—realize superior benefits.

OCM thought leadership is critical for agencies looking to transform and modernize. The key is collaboration and iterative progress to gain buy-in. Just as agile processes are followed where projects are developed in sprints (lasting just days or a few weeks), a project can also undergo iterative or Agile OCM plan. A skilled thought OCM leader will have extensive communication expertise in Agile OCM and know how to create a strategic change plan that accelerates change adoption. MBA CSi’s OCM framework was designed for Agile transformation and accounts for the impact of new business processes, changes in organizational structure, and cultural changes within the enterprise.

OCM is valuable when change requires people to learn new behaviors. An Agile OCM plan itself is not enough. Instead, the value of an Agile OCM plan is realized incrementally through the improvements in human behavior and sustained advancements of work results. By setting expectations early, using tools to improve communication, and proactively identifying ways to reduce misinformation, agencies are more likely to adapt to change. To accelerate change adoption, we embed Agile coaches within Agile teams. Our coaches ensure teams understand the change impacts, assess training needs, and reduce productivity dips. Furthermore, Agile coaches customize the process for faster adoption without negatively impacting schedules. The right player-coach solution provides users with the confidence that their voice is heard, that their day-to-day work activities are understood, and their feedback is both welcome and implemented.

Another vital aspect of Agile OCM success is User Journeys. User Journeys inform all users, participants, and stakeholders of leadership priorities. After all, it is the leadership that must embrace new behaviors first to motivate the rest of the user community. This allows the agency to demonstrate vision, help understand user behavior (possible resistance), identify potential issues, and implement a realistic approach based on organizational readiness and capacity to change. The result is always an experienced partner who understands the agency’s business, enterprise environments, and provides the necessary level of support to execute its journey successfully.

Transforming culture can be challenging – especially when communicating at the speed of Agile. Our Agile OCM approach accelerates positive human behavioral change times. Experience is key, and our past performance highlights valuable lessons learned. Best practices and perspectives gained across high-visibility and complex programs allow us to identify and resolve challenges quickly. We also break down silos, improve leadership, and user adoption by demonstrating a shared understanding of strategic direction. This allows the agency to map organizational priorities and goals with mission requirements. Our Agile OCM approach scales to any customer and any mission.

Author: Sean Delaney, MBA CSi’s SVP of Strategy

MBA CSi
14900 Conference Center Drive
Suite 525
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 344-9000

Is traditional project management obsolete? Many traditional project management plans are based on a Waterfall or a Critical Path plan-driven approach. Under the right conditions, a conventional method can be successful. Today, the Agile methodology is most prevalent. However, that does not mean we should shoehorn a one-size-fits-all approach.

Most everyone agrees that the best practice approach is to embrace new tools, processes, and technologies. Successful management and technology consultants adapt to a customer’s technology maturity and establish an every day/practical project management foundation. MBA CSi’s non-traditional approach is called Transformational Agile Management Approach (TAMA). TAMA provides insight and oversite. It combines the very best practices of Agile and traditional management approaches. Our TAMA approach encourages innovation and resists the notion of “that’s the way we do things here.” Our project managers and technology leaders can quickly and continuously validate project milestones against business objectives. It also allows both the project manager and customer to implement changes rapidly at a decreased cost with lower risk.

Using TAMA, we have experienced increased collaboration and project control through adaptable project plans. Essential activities are readily managed to schedule, programmatic insights are encouraged throughout day-to-day activities, and real-time documentation is available for stakeholder transparency. TAMA provides immediate and continuous feedback without impacting cost, schedule, or performance. It offers dependable performance synchronization with natural alignment to any client’s mission.

Strategically combining the best practices of each approach—and tailoring our approach to a customer’s technology maturity level—inspires creativity and innovation while providing planning and control to achieve predictability.

Author: Sean P. Delaney, MBA CSi’s SVP of Strategy

MBA CSi
14900 Conference Center Drive
Suite 525
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 344-9000

Need: The military’s need to strengthen its capability to deter, detect, protect, defend, and respond to the rising number of attacks on U.S. military networks.

We formed this Cyber Team with the best and brightest cyber professionals recruited from around the nation. They work from fixed, remote, and expeditionary locations worldwide to introduce capacities that protect and ensure U.S. freedom in cyberspace while denying the same to our adversaries. Collectively, our Cyber Team of professionals forms a community of practice that shares emerging security best practices.

In support of this mission, we employed advanced Web 2.0 tools and progressive barcoding technologies to attract and connect qualified candidates to the Cyber Team. We exceeded industry standards for the identification and hiring by more than 200%. Our propriety Agile Workforce and Talent Management solutions provide the additional support needed to identify and hire cybersecurity Rockstars. While technical expertise is essential for engagement, we empower and emphasize a collaborative spirit to guarantee success. To date, we have recruited over 400 cybersecurity professionals and maintain an exclusive cybersecurity database of over 60,000 candidates.

We designed our Agile Workforce and Talent Management Solution to scale to any agency’s mission or needs irrespective of technology or skill.

Author: Sean P. Delaney, MBA CSi’s SVP of Strategy

MBA CSi
14900 Conference Center Drive
Suite 525
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 344-9000

MBA Consulting Services, Inc. (MBA CSi), a leading management and technology services company is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website – www.MBACSi.com.

The new site features a new corporate logo, a modern design highlighting its priority service offerings, and its experience delivering creative solutions for government agencies. The new comprehensive website ensures a user-friendly experience across all digital devices, including desktop and mobile.

MBA CSi continues to grow with a nation-wide presence of nearly 400 employees. “In the past year, MBA CSi focused on developing solutions that matter – collaborating with our government customers to protect, transform, and advance the lives of U.S. Citizens,” said Sean Delaney who leads Marketing and Communications. “We wanted to ensure that the firm’s distinctive capabilities were accurately reflected via our enhanced online presence.”

The website was developed with social capabilities at the forefront, offering users a one-click ability to share News & Insights across their social networks. It also contains integrated social media buttons for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to foster improved communication with clients, employees, and teaming partners. MBA CSi will continuously update content with helpful information, articles, blogs, case studies, company announcements, and innovative solutions. Lou Coleman, MBA CSi’s President & CEO said, “Our goal during the redesign process was to create a valuable, user-centric and responsive resource across all platforms and devices. Specifically, we focused on making it easier for our customers and potential employees to locate valuable information about our priority solutions offerings and career opportunities.

As part of the ongoing evolution of our company’s brand, MBA CSi is also proud to introduce the new corporate logo. Our business has grown and advanced over 30+ years, and we felt it was time for a change. We transformed our logo to reflect who we are today—a modern company with vision, service, and reliability.

ABOUT MBA CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
MBA Consulting Services, Inc. (MBA CSi) is a leading government solutions provider. We create innovative and transformative solutions that help government agencies optimize their technology systems, data, and mobility. We share a passion for creating real value and positive working relationships, and have become a trusted and impartial partner to our civilian, defense, and intelligence clients. We draw on our proven leadership expertise, diverse experience working with emerging technologies, and deliver the most effective and efficient solutions. MBA CSi was founded in 1988 and is a privately held company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We have nearly 400 diverse and outstanding people in 46 worldwide locations.

MBA CSi
14900 Conference Center Drive
Suite 525
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 344-9000