Sperling - Information
Technology

In the project preparation phase we provide following services:

• initial assessment of the client situation and draft of project goals
• business performance analysis and determination of project objectives
• process analysis, functional and technical solution design
• detailed functional and technical specifications of the required solution as well as associated operation, maintenance, support and development services
• creation of tender documents according to the public procurement law, such as:
• selection of suitable public procurement mode
• formulation of the call and the basic parameters of the public contract
• definition of the subject and its detailed specification
• proposal of necessary qualification prerequisites
• determination of evaluation criteria
• determination of requirements for the structure of the offer and its processing
• proposal of the expected value of the contract
• setting appropriate time limits and other conditions and requirements
• organization of pre-market consulting
• support in the evaluation and selection of the best bid

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Before starting the implementation of an IT project, whether from customer's or supplier's perspective, we help to streamline the preparation of contract documentation and associated contractual negotiations. For our clients, we design and properly formulate practical and substantive parts of agreements, such as:

• the subject of performance and its detailed specification in terms of not only functional and technical requirements for the software but all types of project deliveries (documentation, training, etc.)
• schedule of implementation and its breakdown, logical continuity and overall consistency
• acceptance conditions of the deliverable and its parts, as well as acceptance procedure
• project communication, critical situations and project risks
• suggestion of scope, content, parameters and terms of service:
• system operation
• software maintenance and updates
• support for users at all levels
• solution development

At the same time, we provide support in contract negotiations and closing. We are on the client's side with immediate assistance in negotiations with suppliers. This includes not only contractual ones but also dealing with the implementation and acceptance of deliverables.

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Delivering information technology, be it a complete IS or smaller software applications, is performed almost exclusively as a project. There are its goals and expectations at the beginning and a running application providing new ways of solving old problems at the end.

We help our clients to manage the project implementation: to meet its goals completely, to fulfil the expectations, to make the benefits of using the software visible and practical. Such services include:

• project planning and organization, implementation performance, closure of partial deliveries
• managing user requests to keep on moving to the project goal
• decomposing problems, finding effective solutions and escalating possible problems
• managing project communication inside as well we between parties (subcontractors, subsidiaries)
• reducing risks and their impacts, process monitoring
• project supply management, standardization and quality
• methodological support for the creation of documentation and user training
• operational and crisis management

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Although you have a good plan, all information needed, a complete assignment and a balanced contract, deploying new software might not be an easy task. You'll have to implement a system to support your business or industry, which is probably not information technology.

So, if you don't neccesarily want to become an all-IT specialist or have limited capacity for this task but you still want to be ensured for success, use our services. In addition to the knowledge and skills offered, we put our valuable practical experience into our clients' projects delivering information systems of various types in more than 20 years!

You can utilize of any of our following services:

• revision of given targets and specifications
• technical supervision of the implementation of the project
• assessment of the approach to the implementation of the solution
• opposition to project deliveries, their assessment and recommendations for acceptance
• supervising and supporting project management and key user activities
• revision of change requirements and minimizing extra costs
• assistance and support in accepting project outputs and acceptance procedure
• methodological support for education and documentation review
• practical and factual review of project inputs and outputs

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

There are various situations where it is necessary to verify and sometimes prove that the result of the implementation of an information system corresponds to the specification and original requirements and objectives. Often, in the course of the project, expectations and outcomes may start to differentiate more and more, which is usually unwanted. Another specific reason may be the fulfilment of the obligation to prove the effectiveness of the expenses incurred by the funding provided, most often subsidies from state or EU funds.

Our services provide a solution for such situations and their main task is to carry out an audit of the information system or the entire state of ICT within your organization. It can be done from different perspectives and with different goals depending on which question the audit should answer:

• Is it validating the solution's functional and technical features?
• Should outputs or acceptance procedures be validated?
• Is it an expert opinion or even an opinion from a specialist?

Moreover, we provide an evaluation of user experience and evaluation of the functional and non-functional characteristics of the system by key users. This service responds to the requirement to obtain objective information about the effectiveness of the user's use of the software solution under consideration.

Another common customer's situation asks for an effort to take control over the supplied solution and to bring it under in-house management. Or to verify an existing or select a new service provider. In this case, we will assess the technical characteristics of the solution and evaluate the system's take over criteria in the areas of architecture used, security, licensing coverage, development documentation, deployment method, and operating conditions.

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Get information about planned business trips

Usually, there is an information system in organizations, where employees' business trips are planned. Thanks to the integration with such an IS, a travel expense report in CPnet can be created not only manually, but also completely automatically. The user (employee) then fills in details of all trips and related costs in one place. Such information can then be propagated to other systems.

Adding and editing travel expense reports

Travel expense report in CPnet uses a format of well-known (and massively used) Microsoft Excel workbook. The appropriate template is used to create the travel expense report, which provides several useful automated tools and features. The employee adds travel details (times, costs, etc.) and uploads the XLSX file back to the application. At the same time, it is possible to render a PDF expense template containing all related information with a single click. This is then used as a cover page to attach relevant expense documents, which can be attached to travel expense report record when scanned. All operations are simultaneously recorded in well-arranged history.

Syncing information with attendance system

It is often the case, that an employee starts their business trip at home or a place different from their office. Thus provided attendance record may not always be complete and/or correctly reflecting the reality. After uploading the completed XLSX travel expense report file to the application, it is possible to check all differences between user's records in the travel expense report management system and records obtained from the attendance tracking database. After necessary corrections, attendance records can be synchronized (updated) with the travel expense report data.

Approval in ERP

Once a travel expense report is completed from the user's perspective, it can be moved forward to the economic information system for registration and approval. In case of rejection, the entire procedure can be repeated until the travel expense report is correctly filled in and approved.

Customer success

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Not just on demand - reliability first

It is certainly not a problem to develop a customized software application for whatever it should do. Anything is possible - it's just a software. Sperling and its people strive for more: To keep developed apps maintainable in the long term, systematically and without unnecessary costs. It is always pleasing when customers want to expand and evolve delivered applications. On the other hand, it's not a quite nice relation, when the client is too dependent on the vendor for its application. Sperling pays attention to the relationship between the degree of requirements specificity and long-term system sustainability. That's why Sperling uses proven components and methods to develop custom applications, and its developers are conceptual, systematic and consistent.

Always something extra: parametrization, documentation, deployment

It pays off to focus on the parametrization of functions wherever it is beneficial, when developing custom applications. Understandably, the users' needs and requirements evolve over time as their experience of using the software increases. That's why Sperling experts try to anticipate such functionality with adjustable parameters and incorporate it into the target solution even before users request it.

Sperling specialists endeavour to create a complete and detailed functional specification of the target application on top of usual documentation when managing development projects. Using this, it is possible to easily understand the concept, logic and behaviour of the system even in the background, which is often hidden from the user's eyes. In addition, an implementation guide ensures the sustainability of software development by describing the key methods and approaches to application development.

Targeted environments and development platforms

Sperling delivers custom applications primarily using several web application frameworks, Windows desktop applications or mobile platforms. All this using a range of development tools technologies and languages ​​(.NET Core, PHP, Nette/Latte, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, Bootstrap, ReactJS, XForms, SOAP & REST web services etc.).

Customer success

More information can be found in a list of successfully completed projects in clients section.

Business process modeling of supporting processes

Detailed analysis of current process design, and proposal of an optimized solution of IT department procurement tasks. Modelling of complete process flow and all its components in BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) standard with an emphasis on increasing efficiency of the implemented steps, relationships and conditions incl. use of repeatable tasks.

Audit report on user experience and technical readability of the electronic records management system and document management system (eSSS / DMS)

Advisory services in identifying and evaluating user experience with Electronic Records Management and DMS system, identifying key issues to address, and a complete audit of capabilities and readiness of the system and organization to take over its own administration, operation, maintenance and further development.

Science and Research Portal

Advisory services for requirements analysis and target concept creating for a key application for administration of grants to help agricultural research projects all together as a part of expert opinion for valuation of possible new platform selection and method of its implementation.

Travel & expense report management system

Web application (.NET Core) to support management and automation of travel expense reports processing, including connection to economic information system via web services; and for the controlled creation and publication of hierarchical documents containing inspection guidelines (evaluation criteria).

Validation of acceptance, ISVS Certification and Implementation of Cyber ​​Security Rules for the NIQES Project Information System

Professional supervision of system architect / designer over the implementation of project implementation of customer's main information systems in InspIS family comprising a total of six mutually integrated applications.

The project was delivered in the field of IT design and consulting and it also included solutions to issues related to the security of information systems according to the requirements of Act No. 181/2014 Coll., on cyber security and amending related laws.

The delivery was directly related to developed and partially already deployed information system (InspIS SET), which supports correct and concurrent operation of more than 20 thousand registered users. The supervised information system was integrated on the application and data level with another information system (InspIS DATA) having different data and application architecture, supporting more than 20 thousand registered users as well. Both of these systems are public administration information systems (ISVS) pursuant to Act No. 365/2000 Coll.

Register (information system) of research and innovative projects - ISVP

Provision of technical supervision services in the development of register of research and innovation projects (ISVP) used by the Agency for Health Research of the Czech Republic (AZV). ISVP implementation was carried out in the Unified Technology Platform (JTP) of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic operated by the Coordination Center for Health Information Systems (KSRZIS).

The main tasks of provided consulting services were to ensure an efficient assignment and supervision of the course of implementation of the Register and its relations to central operational information systems of ICT Competence Center of Ministry of Health and basic registers of public administration according to rights set out in the Register of Rights and Obligations.

Client shopping system

Consulting services providing validation of input data for analysis and processing of the subject of the assignment, and subsequent validation of the obtained conclusions and quality control of outputs. The subject of the assignment was an independent comparison of two information purchasing systems in terms of hardware and software specifications, architecture, parameters and complexity of operation, security, development options and SLA parameters.

The comparison of both systems aimed to determine the possibilities of effective use of each of them for the purpose of technical sales and to determine which functionalities or services are comparable to duplicate, which, on the contrary, are exceptional, with regard to total maintenance and operation costs.

Information system for evaluation of academic positions (IS HAP)

Project management for implementation of IS HAP system for collecting, recording and evaluating information for evaluation of academic workers for more than 12,000 registered users and its integration with the University's main information system (UIS) and the science and research evidence system with over 2,000 registered users.

Project, organizational, methodological and technical support consisting of consulting services for analysis, design, technical supervision and project management, ensuring migration of historical data, putting it into operation and designing and managing integration with UIS and OBD in data and process levels.

Information System for Collection of Information on Research and Development Results in the Register (RIV) - Personal Bibliographic Database (OBD)

Project management implementation of OBD system for the collection and registration of research and development results and their registration in the Register of Government Council for Science, Research and Innovation (RIV), and its integration with University's Main Information System (UIS) for more than 2,000 registered OBD users and more than 12,000 registered UIS users, while having almost 18,000 R&D results recorded.

Project, organizational, methodological and technical support consisting of consulting services for analysis, design, technical supervision and project management, ensuring the migration of historical data, deployment and design and management of integration with UIS.

Productisation of outputs of Center for Technology Transfer

Advisory services for analyzing and assessing existing university software-type outputs, proposing measures to productise them, developing a methodology to be used for future productions, and making good progress in creating new software-type outputs.

Server Infrastructure Services

Advisory services for the revision of nature, content, parameters and conditions of provided server infrastructure service (HW + SW), creation of tender documentation and assessment of offers for the selection of a suitable supplier.

University Information System Innovation

Advisory services for analysis of requirements, specification of all technical components of assignment and tender documentation and assessment of bids for selection of main information system innovation supplier. The system serves more than 10,500 internal users (employees and students) and about 2,000 external users (researchers, advisors, etc.)

Fleet Management System

Consulting services - the opposition of proposed solution delivered within the selection of a most suitable supplier to assess and justify the proposed scope of delivery and relevant price compared to specified deliveries, negotiating price reduction, with responsibility for feasibility.

Document management system (DMS), management and support of project implementation and its key parameters

Consulting services covering analysis of requirements, solution design, detailed target concept, expert supervision in selection and implementation of required solution, specification of all technical components and tender documentation, assessment of bids in supplier selection.

Detailed analysis, specifications, tender documentation, and support for evaluation and selection of an electronic records management and document management system (eSSS/DMS)

Advisory services including an analysis of detailed requirements, design of architecture, a proposal of functional and technical requirements of the solution and technical part of its tender documentation, specification of all technical components of the solution, project delivery and implementation conditions, assessment and evaluation of bids for vendor selection and final technical supervision within selection and implementation of the selected solution.

Revision of risks and competencies in relation to operation, development and conception of support services of a System for Exchange of Crisis Data in Hydrological Area of Morava and Dyje River Basins (AVD system)

Professional consultancy in assessing risks of the current state and conditions of operation and development of the AVD system and the subsequent more effective procedure in addressing the provision of procedural and technical capability to operate and develop AVD system while fulfilling conditions of potential system transferability to internal management, in the following areas:

• stocktaking a baseline situation from existing documentation and available knowledge
• identifying risks and proposal of a strategy for operations and development
• specification of goals and requirements for service support and development
• support negotiations with the selected vendor

Audit of ASPE application functional and technical characteristics

Advisory services including an analysis and assessment of the functionality of the ASPE platform within the scope of global system architecture, HW and SW components, security components, data storage, process status and relevant documentation, provision of SLA parameters and their levels and values, mainly those related to system availability as the primary SLA parameter.

Sperling BPM - Busines Process Management system (SBPM)

Implementation of process automation solution based on Sperling BPM - Business Process Management platform. Complete delivery of credit risk management application to manage risk when selling fuel products. Delivery included process analysis, BPMN modelling, customization of BPM platform and deployment of several key agendas and associated processes. BPM system provides complete process control via workflow automation, incl. managing user entries in dynamic forms, respecting the management and administration roles and processing of execution history and outputs (products) of processes in reports and overviews.

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Redmine - project and task management

Intranet application for managing project tasks and solving requirements and incidents in IT helpdesk based on Redmine platform. Implementation of several other types of projects for several departments, also cross-sectional, incl. IT helpdesk, integration with user management in Active Directory.

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Mobile ADR inspections

Mobile application enabling to make and recording of systematic or random ADR inspections of fuel tanks at various locations and stages of operation, from the entry of the tank to the warehouse to its exit. Checks are entered into several types of wizard-type forms with biometric signatures of participants, delivering them to legacy systems, incl. modules for data authentication and updating.

Document Management System (DMS) – market research

Business and marketing research and assessment of suitable suppliers in comparison with existing DMS solutions and its supplier, in functional, technical and commercial areas.

Project management and assignment and task management with Redmine

Complete delivery of a solution for task management from task creation by management board to the approval of the results across the whole organization. Scope of the project included analysis of detailed requirements, selection of platform, creation of solution concept, delivery of the solution and management of its implementation after deployment to a production environment in the cloud.

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Application for attendance and preparation of documents for salaries

Complete delivery of attendance management system incl. contactless terminals with fingerprint reading in multiple locations and an extension application for data processing and their transformation into data for salaries for the payroll office.

Alfresco ECM – Document Management System (DMS)

Complete delivery of Alfresco Document Management System (DMS) cloud solution: overall concept consultation, requirement analysis, solution design and implementation and operation in a remote cloud, maintenance and support.

ABRA G3 ERP to Alfresco DMS integration - automated system of processing invoices received

Complete digitalization of invoice approval process on Alfresco platform through integration with ABRA G3 ERP system. The process of electronic invoice approval ending with original manual processing in the ERP system has been extended and automated via the transfer of scanned invoice images and related metadata to invoice records created in the ABRA ERP system. Subsequently, invoice metadata modified in the ERP system is transferred back to the Alfresco DMS repository, where it is updated. At the same time, the consistency of invoice linking to the accounting is maintained so that it is always clear which invoice has not yet been linked and which has already been linked. The attached invoice (its image, scanned PDF) is accessible directly from the ABRA G3 ERP system user interface.

signo Sign

Enabling biometric signatures of delivery notes using signoTec products. Analysis, design and complete delivery of solutions including both biometric signature hardware (signoPad signing tablet) and signoSign software for incorporating biometric signature into the resulting electronic document, which is an output of ABRA economic system. The resulting electronic document is inserted back into the ABRA system and automatically sent to the customer.

Restructuring customer strains by reforming existing contracts and creating architecture related marketing support

Advisory services to analyse the possibilities and to find the most suitable solution to eliminate economically disadvantageous contracts. The resulting campaign combined management consulting activities with effective marketing tools design and applications.

PVNPG-14m mobile application and its modernization

Mobile application to support the process of preparation of artillery fire control and self-control artillery fire in the environment of dedicated mobile devices incl. simulation of fire characteristics and their representation in maps.

Type Career Positions Modeling Application

Delivery of a feasibility study and a prototype solution for structured modelling of type career positions and their economic characteristics based on multiple different computational methods to effectively model the evolution of human resources needed in changing strategic command requirements.

Document Management System (DMS)

Analytical and advisory services to identify user requirements, disclosure associated needs, incl. solution design, construction of tender documents, evaluation of offers and proposed design review of a document management system with integration into an accounting system (ERP) and client, player and fan portfolio management system based on CRM.

Consulting services in DMS project

Analytical services in document management system (DMS) project. It included complete analysis of needs in the management of financial, operational and production documents; identification of key areas for process electrification and design of target solution framework specification in individual agendas; covering not only DMS platform but also in conjunction with PDM system and existing IS.

New Order Management System solution design and project management services

Consulting services in the project of a new web-based order management system including project management, requirements analysis, preparation of target technical specification and tender documents, preparation of contractual documentation, consultation in the evaluation of delivered bids and support and participation in negotiations with potential suppliers.

New University Information System with Records Management System

Consulting services to design specification and tender documents, and tender & choose a vendor of the new university information system with electronic records management functionality. The subject of the services was mainly needs and requirements analysis and creation of tender documents. That included a call for papers to participants, a complete technical specification of required solution, both functional and non-functional, contract design and another necessary call for paper annexes. Finally, the required bid structure and suitable evaluation criteria, supplemented by modelling of possible marginal evaluation results, were also part of the assigned consulting job.

Document Management System (DMS) solution and call for papers design

Analytical services in project implementation of the document management system (DMS). The subject matter of the services was primarily a complete requirement analysis of a solution to manage concluded contracts and related documents. The analysis led to a proposal for a specification of a solution for the management and processing of client documents and their digitalization. That made it possible to audit and review the completeness of client's file documentation and procedures by governing national bank. The analysis also included document digitization and the necessary scanning equipment.

Core information systems innovation consulting services

Consulting services in the project of innovation of core information systems based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and NAV platforms. It included business analysis of innovation needs and requirements of affected IS, specification of subject of future public tender and design of maintenance & support services and especially development of these IS. That all supported with administration and legal services, incl. coordination activities. Application and adoption of general SLA contract template provided by Department of Agriculture into a form suitable to target subject and customer's needs and conditions was another key task to perform.

AuditIS

Information system for creation, administration and revision of financial audits electronic files. The subject of the contract was a complete analysis, design and development of a new solution based on .NET platform including client UI and the server part. The application manages the entire audit life cycle, incl. off-line mode and data synchronization with conflict resolution, as well as user management and template-based file structure creation.

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Consulting services in the Creation, operation and development of the BusinessInfo.cz portal project. The main objective of the services was to provide an independent assessment of the proposed Design and description of the solution selected requirements evaluation sub-criterion in procurement procedure of associated public contract in order to ensure clarity of its wording in all parts of the criterion, its completeness, perfection and precision of expression within the verbal assessment and a clear verbal relationship evaluation to the evaluated parameters of criteria and sub-criteria.

Analysis and modelling of property reproduction of subordinate organizations business processes. Detailed analysis of the current state of the process and design of its optimized shape, modelling of the complete process and all of its subcomponents in Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) standard down to Business, Description and Executive Model levels with an emphasis on increasing efficiency of implemented steps, relations and conditions.

New ERP system

Project management consulting and support for the implementation of a new ERP system, project supplies review incl. integration with other internal applications for delivery management.

The aim of the consultations was primarily to ensure the quality and performance of the selected supplier concerning the tender documentation, contractual specifications and blueprint for ERP implementation.

The scope of work included the assessment of several project outputs, participation in project meetings with the supplier and its specialists, support in the final solution acceptance and the change request management.

New ERP system

Consulting services including analysis of needs and requirements, creation of tender specifications and project management when entering and selecting a new ERP system.

The subject of the services was mainly the analysis of the needs and requirements of the contracting authority and the subsequent design of documents for the tender, in particular, invitations to tenderers, complete technical specifications of the solution requested, both functional and non-functional, price structures and bid structures.

The performance also included an evaluation of the offers received, negotiations with suppliers on issues and ambiguities in the offers, and the preparation of a complete comparative study.

eIDAS

Consulting services in the project of preparation and implementation of a city-wide important eIDAS project in accordance with applicable legislation, in particular, an assessment of the suitability and timeliness of the specifications in force, the harmonization and coordination of the authorities and centres concerned, cooperation on the preparation of technical specifications for public procurement, project plans and schedules, communication matrices, solving detailed technical issues, economic analysis and support in the contracting authority's negotiations with & nbsp; suppliers.

Information system to support grants

Consulting services for the assessment of contractual and licensing relationships and strategy. The aim was to ensure the most efficient operation, maintenance, support and development of the system while ensuring maximum economy and efficiency on the one hand, and technical competence and adequate solution quality on the other hand. Part of the performance is also the formulation of criteria for the transferability of software to its own administration as one of the tools for reducing dependence on suppliers (anti vendor lock-in).

City-wide strategy and concept of information systems development

Ensuring technical supervision and review and validation of project deliveries (output documents), expert comments and their settlement, revision and incorporation, participation in negotiations with & nbsp; authors and their moderation, support of project management.

CCTV

The subject of the contract was the elaboration of an expert opinion on the delivery of the renewal of the camera system of the theatre, incl. conducting a local survey. The assessment focused on both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the performance with regard to the tender and contractual documentation. The key factor was the assessment of the completeness of the delivery and the fulfilment of important technical parameters of the system, especially the signal latency.