Management Consulting
Program & Project Management
PotomacWave supports diverse projects and programs across Acquisition, IT, Finance, and Mission-specific areas. Our leadership team including our project managers are certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs) with a disciplined approach founded in project management best practices. We continually hone our experience and perspective by our participation in the broader project management community including Industry forums and working groups. We support the full spectrum of program and project management activities and supporting tasks including financial management and budgeting, risk management, communication and outreach, training, facilitation, and technical writing and documentation.
Strategic Planning & Analysis
PotomacWave personnel are experts with diverse industry and functional backgrounds. We apply our experience as subject matter experts to support organizational objectives and create structured governance frameworks to enable effective full life-cycle delivery from concept and analysis to planning and execution. We recognize that solid foresight and planning upfront revisited at critical junctions, is the blueprint for successful programs, missions, and operations. We employ a variety of methodologies and best practices but tailor them to be right-sized for our clients and their scope, timeframe, and resources.
Process Improvement
Process improvement has become commonplace for every effective organization but with increasing constraints on resources, the key to sustained process improvement begins with identifying the high value focus areas. PotomacWave approaches process improvement by first identifying and understanding process drivers to ensure that bad processes are not perpetuated and that better and more effective processes result in improved outcomes. Our experts leverage industry best practices and methodologies and apply them to conduct process improvement activities including organizational assessments, benchmarking, SWOT analysis, and internal controls.
Performance Management & Metrics
Effective performance management begins with a thorough understanding of our client’s strategic priorities, goals, and objectives. From this starting point PotomacWave subject matter experts are able to create and refine relevant performance measures, document accountability, establish baselines, and set target performance goals. PotomacWave leverages the latest technology platforms to facilitate efficient data collection and analysis allowing us to produce automated dashboards and scorecards utilized in day-to-day performance management by senior leadership, process owners, and stakeholders.
Acquisition Support
Today’s acquisition environment encompasses a full lifecycle including: (1) Need, (2) Analyze/Select, (3) Obtain, and (4) Produce/Deploy/Support. PotomacWave brings expertise and experience supporting the full lifecycle of acquisition activities. We bring capabilities to support Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), requirements analysis, strategy and planning, cost modeling and analysis, acquisition program management, and acquisition reform.Representative Engagements
Client: United States Coast Guard
Service Provided: Acquisition Program Support and Systems Engineering and Technical Assitance (SETA)
Project Details:
PotomacWave performed studies and analyses related to program management, engineering, and technical services supporting acquisition, research and development activities for high profile R&D initiatives including: Mounted Automatic Weapon Analysis, Land-based Unmanned Aircraft Systems, USCG Icebreakers, Fire and Safety Testing, and Cutter Homeporting Processes.
