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Quarterly Reporting Timeframes. Quarterly reporting timeframes coincide with the State Fiscal Year as follows: Quarter 1 - (July-September) – Due by October 31 Quarter 2 - (October-December) – Due by January 31 Quarter 3 - (January-March) – Due by April 30 Quarter 4 - (April-June) – Due by July 31 Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit B Pricing Sheet Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit C Work Plan & IV&V Methodology The following five pages are the Work Plan & IV&V Methodology for Xxxxxx Information Services, Inc. Xxxxxx’x History of IV&V Project Success Using over 30 years of experience supporting local, state, and federal agencies, Xxxxxx provides IV&V services using proven, strategic methodologies to ensure project success and the highest levels of client satisfaction. Our approach offers an independent assessment and evaluation of large scale software and management/oversight projects. Our expert team works with each client to identify project goals, business processes and requirements and outcomes, and validates the effectiveness of programs and offers recommendation based on proven industry practices and standards. When you choose Xxxxxx, you are choosing an organization that will leverage strong partnerships with industry leading senior consultants and on-staff personnel with decades of proven IV&V experience across Florida’s agencies. Our dedicated, in-house recruiting and client success teams work to ensure we offer each client the best consultants and resources to meet project needs and offer an independent approach to ensuring project success. We work to ensure our consultants knowledge and expertise meet IV&V scope requirements, are available for the project services and duration as outlined by each customer, and have the technical breadth to support IV&V efforts. IV&V Approaches & Methodologies Using over three decades of success in designing and implementing large scale technology projects, IV&V services, and other management support solutions, Xxxxxx will offer each client under the state term contract unparalleled IV&V support to:  Provide an independent review of agency technology and business projects, outcomes, and successes.  Offer recommendations, strategies, and support to improve processes, streamline operations, and ensure technology projects are meeting business requirements.  Verify work quality standards and deliverables meet client, industry, and regulatory standards and compliance requirements.  Provide key personnel resources/subject matter experts and industry leading methodologies to verify and validate technology projects.  Evaluate project operations to ensure they meet Florida requirements, laws, and administrative rule as well as individual agency protocols and procedures.  Any additional resources, personnel, or tools to independently verify and validate technology projects. For each IV&V project, Xxxxxx’x expert consultants will follow an organized project structure using PMBOK principles and methodologies to identify the scope, analyze project effectiveness and success, and provide customers with valuable feedback and recommendations to mitigate risks, improve operations, and ensure technology projects meet unique agency needs.

Quarterly Reporting Timeframes. Quarterly reporting timeframes coincide with the State Fiscal Year as follows: Quarter 1 - (July-September) – Due by October 31 Quarter 2 - (October-December) – Due by January 31 Quarter 3 - (January-March) – Due by April 30 Quarter 4 - (April-June) – Due by July 31 Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit B Pricing Sheet Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit C Work Plan & IV&V Methodology The following five pages are the Work Plan & IV&V Methodology for Xxxxxx the North Highland Company. PART THREE: WORK PLAN AND IV&V METHODOLOGY North Highland has conducted more than twenty-five (25) IV&V projects for government clients within the past five (5) years and significantly more for private sector firms. Our IV&V approach has been developed and honed over the past twenty (20) years on multiple government and commercial engagements to provide the best value to our clients. Our philosophy of designing an effective IV&V program is to focus intensively on the specific client-detailed requirements and to triage these requirements for the best gain. As our clients would tell you, North Highland conducts IV&V differently. Our team focuses on Total Project Success, which is defined as the successful achievement of our client’s project goals. At North Highland, IV&V is: ▪ Verification that project management disciplines are planned and performed according to best practices, and work products are cohesive and lend to the continued progress of the project ▪ Validation that deliverables and project results meet the goals, objectives and requirements ▪ Assistance in protecting a client’s interest through provision of subject matter expertise ▪ Advising project sponsors and project teams ▪ Adhering to the guidelines and expectations of our clients, the Florida Agency for State Technology (AST) Florida Information Services, Inc. Xxxxxx’x History Technolgy Project Management and Oversight (FITPMO) Standards as specified in the Florida Administrative Code (FAC) rule 74-1 for proper and thorough project management and IV&V oversight. North Highland believes that the mission of IV&V is to verify best practices are employed, risks are identified and mitigated, issues are properly identified and addressed, contractual obligations are met, and project deliverables meet quality standards. Our IV&V approach is founded on industry standard project management disciplines and processes, such as: ▪ Project Success Using over 30 years Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) ▪ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 1490-2003 ▪ IEEE Std 1058-1998 Standard for Software Project Management Plans ▪ IEEE Std 828-2005 Standard for Software Configuration Management Plans ▪ IEEE Std 730-2002 Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans ▪ IEEE Std 1061-1998 Standard for Software Quality Metrics Methodology ▪ Based on industry standards for IV&V IEEE Std.1012-2004 ▪ IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3 ▪ Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Development Standards ▪ Framed on Xxxxxx’x PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle for continuous quality improvement We understand and recognize the dynamics involved in a large and complex system modernization project. Our staff has deep and proven experience in helping our clients plan, procure, define, design, manage and oversee the delivery of large complex system implementations providing a solid based of experience supporting local, state, for our proposed Work Plan and federal agencies, Xxxxxx provides IV&V services using proven, strategic methodologies to ensure project success and the highest levels of client satisfaction. Our approach offers an independent assessment and evaluation of large scale software and management/oversight projects. Our expert team works with each client to identify project goals, business processes and requirements and outcomes, and validates the effectiveness of programs and offers recommendation based on proven industry practices and standards. When you choose Xxxxxx, you are choosing an organization that will leverage strong partnerships with industry leading senior consultants and on-staff personnel with decades of proven IV&V experience across Florida’s agencies. Our dedicated, in-house recruiting and client success teams work to ensure we offer each client the best consultants and resources to meet project needs and offer an independent approach to ensuring project success. We work to ensure our consultants knowledge and expertise meet IV&V scope requirements, are available for the project services and duration as outlined by each customer, and have the technical breadth to support IV&V efforts. IV&V Approaches & Methodologies Using over three decades of success in designing and implementing large scale technology projects, IV&V services, and other management support solutions, Xxxxxx will offer each client under the state term contract unparalleled IV&V support to:  Provide an independent review of agency technology and business projects, outcomes, and successes.  Offer recommendations, strategies, and support to improve processes, streamline operations, and ensure technology projects are meeting business requirements.  Verify work quality standards and deliverables meet client, industry, and regulatory standards and compliance requirements.  Provide key personnel resources/subject matter experts and industry leading methodologies to verify and validate technology projects.  Evaluate project operations to ensure they meet Florida requirements, laws, and administrative rule as well as individual agency protocols and procedures.  Any additional resources, personnel, or tools to independently verify and validate technology projects. For each IV&V project, Xxxxxx’x expert consultants will follow an organized project structure using PMBOK principles and methodologies to identify the scope, analyze project effectiveness and success, and provide customers with valuable feedback and recommendations to mitigate risks, improve operations, and ensure technology projects meet unique agency needsMethodology.

Quarterly Reporting Timeframes. Quarterly reporting timeframes coincide with the State Fiscal Year as follows: Quarter 1 - (July-September) – Due by October 31 Quarter 2 - (October-December) – Due by January 31 Quarter 3 - (January-March) – Due by April 30 Quarter 4 - (April-June) – Due by July 31 Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit B Pricing Sheet Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit C Work Plan & IV&V Methodology The following five pages are the Work Plan & IV&V Methodology for Xxxxxx Cognosante Consulting, LLC. Florida Department of Management Services Information ServicesTechnology Independent Verification and Validation RFP No. 05-80101507-IVV-B 3 WORK PLAN AND IV&V METHODOLOGY Our experience has shown that strong IV&V is critical in design, Inc. Xxxxxx’x History of development, and implementation environments. Florida needs a vendor that understands how to perform IV&V Project Success Using over 30 services for health and human services projects, understands potentially harmful project pitfalls, and brings experience providing IV&V services on today’s most current modular HHS implementations. Our processes and methodologies are both proven and Florida will have an IV&V partner focused on reducing project risk and will be able to mitigate issues before they derail projects. evolving. They are based on industry standards, best practices, and years of experience supporting localconducting IV&V for state projects. Each process is continually reviewed against established and recognized standards and the ever-changing needs of the IV&V industry. Exhibit 1. Cognosante IV&V Approach. Overview of QA/IV&V Services The importance of the IV&V services cannot be understated as Florida looks to enhance or support information system, statepolicy, and federal agenciesregulatory changes. Our methodology focuses on activities that provide the most value based on specific project needs, Xxxxxx provides IV&V services using provensuch as identifying and prioritizing deficiencies, strategic methodologies to ensure project success issues, and the highest levels of client satisfactioncritical risks, while recommending realistic mitigation strategies. Our processes provide value and support Florida objectives. Our approach offers an independent assessment and evaluation of large scale software and management/oversight projects. Our expert team works with each client to identify project goals, business processes and requirements and outcomes, and validates the effectiveness of programs and offers recommendation based on proven industry practices and standards. When you choose Xxxxxx, you are choosing an organization that will leverage strong partnerships with industry leading senior consultants and on-staff personnel with decades of proven IV&V experience across Florida’s agencies. Our dedicated, in-house recruiting and client success teams work to ensure we offer each client the best consultants and resources to meet project needs and offer an independent approach to ensuring project success. We work to ensure our consultants knowledge and expertise meet IV&V scope requirements, are available for the project services and duration as outlined by each customer, and have the technical breadth to support IV&V efforts. IV&V Approaches & Methodologies Using over three decades of success Florida is illustrated in designing and implementing large scale technology projects, IV&V services, and other management support solutions, Xxxxxx will offer each client under the state term contract unparalleled IV&V support to:  Provide an independent review of agency technology and business projects, outcomes, and successes.  Offer recommendations, strategies, and support to improve processes, streamline operations, and ensure technology projects are meeting business requirements.  Verify work quality standards and deliverables meet client, industry, and regulatory standards and compliance requirements.  Provide key personnel resources/subject matter experts and industry leading methodologies to verify and validate technology projects.  Evaluate project operations to ensure they meet Florida requirements, laws, and administrative rule as well as individual agency protocols and procedures.  Any additional resources, personnel, or tools to independently verify and validate technology projects. For each IV&V project, Xxxxxx’x expert consultants will follow an organized project structure using PMBOK principles and methodologies to identify the scope, analyze project effectiveness and success, and provide customers with valuable feedback and recommendations to mitigate risks, improve operations, and ensure technology projects meet unique agency needsExhibit 1.

Quarterly Reporting Timeframes. Quarterly reporting timeframes coincide with the State Fiscal Year as follows: Quarter 1 - (July-September) – Due by October 31 Quarter 2 - (October-December) – Due by January 31 Quarter 3 - (January-March) – Due by April 30 Quarter 4 - (April-June) – Due by July 31 Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit B Pricing Sheet Information Technology Independent Verification and Validation Contract No. 80101507-IVV-15-1 Exhibit C Work Plan & IV&V Methodology The following five pages are the Work Plan & IV&V Methodology for Xxxxxx the North Highland Company. PART THREE: WORK PLAN AND IV&V METHODOLOGY North Highland has conducted more than twenty-five (25) IV&V projects for government clients within the past five (5) years and significantly more for private sector firms. Our IV&V approach has been developed and honed over the past twenty (20) years on multiple government and commercial engagements to provide the best value to our clients. Our philosophy of designing an effective IV&V program is to focus intensively on the specific client-detailed requirements and to triage these requirements for the best gain. As our clients would tell you, North Highland conducts IV&V differently. Our team focuses on Total Project Success, which is defined as the successful achievement of our client’s project goals. At North Highland, IV&V is:  Verification that project management disciplines are planned and performed according to best practices, and work products are cohesive and lend to the continued progress of the project  Validation that deliverables and project results meet the goals, objectives and requirements  Assistance in protecting a client’s interest through provision of subject matter expertise  Advising project sponsors and project teams  Adhering to the guidelines and expectations of our clients, the Florida Agency for State Technology (AST) Florida Information Services, Inc. Xxxxxx’x History Technolgy Project Management and Oversight (FITPMO) Standards as specified in the Florida Administrative Code (FAC) rule 74-1 for proper and thorough project management and IV&V oversight. North Highland believes that the mission of IV&V is to verify best practices are employed, risks are identified and mitigated, issues are properly identified and addressed, contractual obligations are met, and project deliverables meet quality standards. Our IV&V approach is founded on industry standard project management disciplines and processes, such as:  Project Success Using over 30 years Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK)  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 1490-2003  IEEE Std 1058-1998 Standard for Software Project Management Plans  IEEE Std 828-2005 Standard for Software Configuration Management Plans  IEEE Std 730-2002 Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans  IEEE Std 1061-1998 Standard for Software Quality Metrics Methodology  Based on industry standards for IV&V IEEE Std.1012-2004  IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3  Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Development Standards  Framed on Xxxxxx’x PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) cycle for continuous quality improvement We understand and recognize the dynamics involved in a large and complex system modernization project. Our staff has deep and proven experience in helping our clients plan, procure, define, design, manage and oversee the delivery of large complex system implementations providing a solid based of experience supporting local, state, for our proposed Work Plan and federal agencies, Xxxxxx provides IV&V services using proven, strategic methodologies to ensure project success and the highest levels of client satisfaction. Our approach offers an independent assessment and evaluation of large scale software and management/oversight projects. Our expert team works with each client to identify project goals, business processes and requirements and outcomes, and validates the effectiveness of programs and offers recommendation based on proven industry practices and standards. When you choose Xxxxxx, you are choosing an organization that will leverage strong partnerships with industry leading senior consultants and on-staff personnel with decades of proven IV&V experience across Florida’s agencies. Our dedicated, in-house recruiting and client success teams work to ensure we offer each client the best consultants and resources to meet project needs and offer an independent approach to ensuring project success. We work to ensure our consultants knowledge and expertise meet IV&V scope requirements, are available for the project services and duration as outlined by each customer, and have the technical breadth to support IV&V efforts. IV&V Approaches & Methodologies Using over three decades of success in designing and implementing large scale technology projects, IV&V services, and other management support solutions, Xxxxxx will offer each client under the state term contract unparalleled IV&V support to:  Provide an independent review of agency technology and business projects, outcomes, and successes.  Offer recommendations, strategies, and support to improve processes, streamline operations, and ensure technology projects are meeting business requirements.  Verify work quality standards and deliverables meet client, industry, and regulatory standards and compliance requirements.  Provide key personnel resources/subject matter experts and industry leading methodologies to verify and validate technology projects.  Evaluate project operations to ensure they meet Florida requirements, laws, and administrative rule as well as individual agency protocols and procedures.  Any additional resources, personnel, or tools to independently verify and validate technology projects. For each IV&V project, Xxxxxx’x expert consultants will follow an organized project structure using PMBOK principles and methodologies to identify the scope, analyze project effectiveness and success, and provide customers with valuable feedback and recommendations to mitigate risks, improve operations, and ensure technology projects meet unique agency needsMethodology.