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Formed in 2005, IR has distinguished itself as a preferred service provider with core competencies focused in the areas of acquisition support, training analysis, operational logistics, fielding support, requirements analysis, administration and documentation and project management. To maintain the highest level of quality in each of these domains, IR hires the most qualified employees and equips them with robust and mature policies and procedures to enable them to execute any given support task effectively and efficiently. This is why IR is the preferred service provider recognized for its superior people, processes and performance among numerous Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), and other Federal Services clients.
- Acquisition Support
- Training Continuum
- Administration and Documentation
- Operational Logistics
- Field & Systems Support
- Requirements Analysis
- Program Management
IR’s leadership team members are experts in the field of Acquisition and Lifecycle Logistics. We have extensive and comprehensive experience in Government Acquisition and Lifecycle Logistics. This wealth of specialized experience makes IR uniquely qualified to understand and facilitate the attainment of Acquisition and Lifecycle Logistics milestones, and the knowledge to ensure that we meet all customer and contract requirements on schedule.
Innovative Reasoning has a proven Acquisition Logistics track record. Our support encompasses assisting command-level acquisition logisticians as well as performing day-to-day Acquisition Logistical Support (ALS) functions at the program level. Our analysts have supported logistics management programs for major systems such as communications/electronic equipment, tactical/non-tactical vehicles, ships, combat engineer equipment, shelters, and individual infantry weapons.
Relying on this experience, our customers routinely assign IR with the responsibility of coordinating Integrated Product Team meetings with stakeholders to ensure that all Acquisition and Operational Lifecycle Logistics requirements are addressed and to ensure that these requirements are successfully transitioned into end product deliverables throughout the complex acquisition process. We work closely with our customers in an Integrated Process and Product Development Team environment. We are at the forefront of Acquisition Logistics Management, Planning, and Execution initiatives.
From the identification of training requirements through exercise design and After Action Review (AAR), IR has the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as the needed Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to ensure a successful delivery of training to the target audience.
IR is expertly qualified and regularly supports every aspect of the training continuum starting with requirements development through actual conducting of training and providing of feedback after training has concluded. This level of involvement requires expertise and experience in all forms of training, including live, virtual and constructive training, and knowing which training method is most appropriate to meet the customers desired training objectives.
As an active participant in the development and implementation of training curriculum for numerous customers, IR has extensive experience in the development of training doctrine, scenario and exercise design, curriculum development and implementation, and performance evaluation.
Innovative Reasoning provides superior administrative support to perform a variety of administrative and clerical duties necessary to run an organization efficiently. Our personnel serve as information and communication managers for smooth office operations; plan and schedule meetings and appointments; organize and maintain paper and electronic files; disseminate information; and retrieve data from various sources. We also handle travel and guest arrangement support. Our administrative services include operating a variety of office equipment, such as fax machines, photocopiers, scanners, and videoconferencing, telephone systems and of course computers. Additionally we maintain and purchase supplies, and manage areas such as stockrooms or corporate libraries as required to support the customer.
We provide technical analysis and program support for new and existing training and training systems acquisitions. IR’s expertise and experience in Operational Logistics includes integrated logistics solutions and supply chain management, warehouse operations, on-site maintenance, and field support services. To support a diverse array of customer requirements IR has assembled a team of logistics professionals with the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities needed for providing full service logistics support to include armorers, munitions specialists, fleet specialists, property specialists, and training system specialists.
IR is experienced in providing Manpower and Training Analyses, Life Cycle Cost Estimates, Training Methodologies, Curriculum Development and Design, and Technology Infusion. Our analysts have served as civilian educators, military formal learning center instructors, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Project Officers, Acquisition Officers, and Technical Writers.
IR has supported logistics management programs for major systems and sub-systems such as training ranges and facilities, communication/electronic equipment, tactical/non-tactical vehicles, ships, combat engineer equipment, shelters, small arms and crew service weapons, and training simulators.
IR is a preferred provider of support services with extensive experience supporting fielding and post deployment logistics. Areas of support include:
- New Equipment Training
- Fielding, Installation and Acceptance
- System Operations & Maintenance
- Range Operations
Innovative Reasoning provides comprehensive Requirements Analysis support. We have the capability to develop, analyze, and evaluate requirements documents to facilitate transitioning a requirement into an acquisition program. Our analysts are experienced in providing requirements analysis for highly technical training systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) including individual and collective training systems within the live, virtual and constructive training environments.
Our Requirements Analysis Capabilities include:
- Studies and Analyses
- Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) (i.e., ICD, CDD, CPD)
- Operational Requirement Documents (ORDs)
- Joint Operational Requirement Documents (JORDs)
- Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
- Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF)
- Organizational and Training Analysis (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures)
Innovative Reasoning provides comprehensive Program and Project Management support utilizing the internationally recognized Project Management Institute (PMI) standards and practices. Utilizing the processes and procedures of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), Innovative Reasoning develops, analyzes, evaluates, and provides expert, repeatable and reliable recommendations for effective, actionable and integrated Project Management solutions.
The IR approach ensures:
- Assignment of experienced, qualified, and cross-functional team members to provide seamless, responsive, and technically superior Project Management support across all assigned projects and programs.
- Use of proven Project Management tools for developing techniques that measure and/or maintain technical, cost, and schedule objectives. These tools include risk management tools, scheduling tools, critical path analysis, and budget management tools.
- We utilize the proven Integrated Product Team (IPT) approach in order to maintain constant communication and close coordination with our customer from task initiation through to project completion. The use of the IPT processes provides constant integration of feedback throughout task execution to ensure that all projects meet cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
- During a project’s life cycle, IR project managers assess projects utilizing the disciplined Earned Value Management (EVM) process and maintain the project data in IR’s EVM Data Tracking System. On smaller projects that do not require the rigor of the formal EVM process, IR implements a simplified EVM process where project value is assigned or “earned” based on the progress of each individual deliverable, and earned value is reported and tracked at the total project level. This simplified EV system allows IR to track variances and performance indexes as measured and reported at the total project level.
Our repeatable and predictive process of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing leads to overall program improvements across all of IR’s projects and programs.