In March of 2005 CenterPoint announced plans to migrate from Novell and Notes to a Microsoft platform, including Exchange for messaging and Active Directory for user authentication to the companies network. CenterPoint engaged CPSG to formulate a solution for this migration. In addition to the communication and collaboration migration effort CPSG also needed to develop a strategy that would allow enterprise-wide management of logical user ID’s while providing a central solution for de-provisioning across both the new and the legacy systems before October 1st of 2005.
After a comprehensive review of all the client’s customers over all business objectives, CPSG facilitated an architecture review and assessment workshop/meeting with the support of the client’s Microsoft migration team. Based on findings from the workshop, an end-to-end Identity Management (IdM) assessment was proposed in the form of CPSG’s packaged IdM RoadMapTM. CPSG was engaged to execute the roadmap for all corporately managed systems and applications that impact the client’s financials. This project was delivered on time and with in the initial project budget.
CPSG proposed a complete phased approach for implementing IdM which included:
- IdM definition and evaluation
- Analysis of current processes and Change Remove Update and Disable (“CRUD”) strategy
- Defining future IdM related processes and strategy
- IdM product evaluation and architecture
- Vendor POC’s
- IdM RACF assessment and cleanup
- Design enterprise IdM platform
- Deliver the proposed solution
Ultimately during this phase CPSG was able to assist the customer in identifying, testing, and recommending enterprise IdM software solutions to manage users’ accounts in the company’s financial applications.
Because of the success of the initial project and CPSG’s ability to deliver with qualified consultants, the client has now engaged CPSG to assist them in defining their future role based access control (RBAC) strategy. This includes a “bottom-up” extraction of roles from existing applications and systems, as well as a “top-down” business process mapping of roles within the client company. In addition the client has also requested CPSG to assist them in understanding how to build enterprise Business Process Models (BPM) for their critical business functions, including material financial systems.
About CenterPint Energy
CenterPoint Energy is the third largest publicly traded natural gas delivery company in the U.S. with 3 million natural gas customers in six states. We're also the nation's third largest combined electricity and natural gas delivery company, with more than 5 million metered electric and natural gas customers, and the third largest employer in the energy industry in Houston.
About CPSG
Consultants’ Choice Professional Services Group (CPSG) is a nationally recognized consulting firm focused on delivering high-quality consulting services within the enterprise application space. Our experienced staff has hundreds of years of combined implementation and post-production experience using a multitude of technologies. Founded in 1997, we are committed to exceeding expectations by developing solutions tailored to your specific needs. Our deep understanding of technology, coupled with our focus on quality, produces unparalleled value for our clients.
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