NCRB: IT Data Center Process and Procedures

NCRB

Challenge

The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) provides resources for the insurance industry of North Carolina. As a result of growth, new technology, and many employees having been at NCRB for over 20 years, the need for process and procedure documentation was viewed as mission-critical and a major challenge. NCRB required an organization-wide effort to capture and document the many processes and procedures that were used in their data center operations.

Solution

Contiem partnered with Pro-Active Management, a business consulting company, and worked with NCRB managers to identify business-impacting processes and develop a hierarchy of the processes that could be used to establish a work plan.

Contiem worked with process owners from all levels of the organization to identify processes and procedures to document, assess current documentation, if any, and determine the most effective type of documentation for a given process or procedure. During this analysis phase, the team also was able to identify processes that were no longer applicable.

By handling all aspects of this project and only being onsite at NCRB as needed, Contiem was able to minimize the time required of NCRB personnel and any impact on their day-to-day operations.

Result

Contiem produced documentation that ranged from high-level process documents to in-depth, step-by-step procedures for the critical processes within NCRB’s data center operations.

When seeking to develop process and procedure documentation it is important to consider the following elements:

• Key objectives
• Target audience
• Environment in which it will be used
• Best method to display the process and procedures (such as text or process diagrams)

For NCRB, the documentation was simple, straightforward, and aligned with the data center operations standards. From manufacturing and data centers to process workflows and service center operations, Contiem can work with you to develop process and procedure documentation that will meet your goals and objectives.