RSA ARCHER SERVICE OFFERINGS

RSA® ARCHER SERVICE OFFERINGS
 Implementation Blueprint
 Optimization Assessment
 Process Harmonization
Optimize deployments, identify areas for improvement
across the enterprise and leverage Archer long-term
scalability
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AT-A-GLANCE
Many organizations look for ways to optimize existing investments in business
The RSA Archer
process, security and IT products to meet Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Implementation Blueprint
(GRC) requirements. The Archer SmartSuite platform is the leading software
service focuses on
synchronizing the Archer
solution with customer-specific
use cases, while planning for
the future.
for automating GRC processes. RSA Professional Services continues to offer
The RSA Archer Optimization
Assessment service evaluates
use cases and applications for
ways to improve GRC results,
and provide a go-forward plan
that prioritizes maintenance
and new functionality.
identify an optimal deployment approach for your Archer solution. It aims to realize and
The RSA Archer Process
Harmonization service which
reviews the current state of a
functional and/or business
process, identifies an optimal
go-forward process, and
provides a tactical plan to
translate the go-forward
process into RSA Archer
supporting solutions.
solution, including:
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new service offerings to help you maximize your GRC roadmap.
RSA Archer Implementation Blueprint Service
The RSA Archer Implementation Blueprint service provides you the opportunity to
build on customer-specific use cases, and at the same time consider what is necessary
for long-term scalability. This service leverages your Archer purchase by focusing on
high impact deployment areas of your organization.
At the direction of the your Project Manager or other designated individuals, the RSA
Consultant works on tasks that support the planned Archer module deployment
– Use Case Mapping to identify dependencies and complexity of current use cases, and
identify candidates for quickly adding value to the organization
– A Tactical Roll-Out Plan that reduces discovery time during implementation, is in-sync
with use cases, offers Archer best practices, and includes stakeholder level-ofinvolvement for a successful implementation
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“We have some pretty
unique use cases in our
organization. We want
to be sure that the
Archer solution will be
tightly coupled with our
GRC requirements. The
Implementation
Blueprint gives our
executives the comfort
level that RSA
consultants understand
what we want and will
make this deployment
work.”
Director GRC Global Transportation
Company
“The Optimization
Assessment service
gave us the ability to
check if our use cases
were aligned with our
Archer solution. RSA
Professional Services
identified some key
gaps in our systems.
The Complexity Rating
helped us prioritize
maintenance upgrades
and new functionality
for the new fiscal year.”
RSA Archer Optimization Assessment Service
The RSA Archer Optimization Assessment service reviews your current use cases and
applications to evaluate and identify areas of improvement, as well as rationalize
current usage across your enterprise.
You may find this service particularly applicable if you are interested in a “refresh”
check of your Archer solution, or you did not utilize RSA Professional Services expertise
during your initial Archer implementation.
The assessment provides a review and recommendations for a more efficient
implementation of RSA Archer functionality aligned to customer-specific use cases,
while considering long-term scalability. Consideration is given to understanding key goforward opportunities through engagement with business-level application stakeholders
and end-users.
RSA Archer Process Harmonization
Whether you are implementing a new or have an existing Archer solution, the RSA
Archer Process Harmonization service provides a good fit with company objectives to
re-engineer an existing business process.
RSA Professional Service consultants will help you review the current state of a
functional and/or business process, identifying GRC conflicts, wasteful overlaps, and
gaps which could comprise your organization’s goals.
The service also identifies the optimal “go-forward” strategy to be synchronized with
GRC benchmarks, and provides a corresponding tactical plan to translate the strategy
into RSA Archer components and supporting solutions to get the job done.
SERVICE DELIVERY FRAMEWORK
Archer service offerings are delivered to you based the RSA’s predictable and successful
Service Delivery Framework.
CSO of National Insurance
Underwriter
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KEY BENEFITS OF ARCHER SERVICE DELIVERY
Service Offering
Key Benefits
RSA Archer Implementation Blueprint
– The deliverables support a tactical, "go-forward" plan
to leverage implementation hours.
– Blueprints that are successfully completed prior to
“With the Process
Harmonization service,
our RSA consultants
worked with our staff to
analyze one of our major
business processes, and
discovered some issues
that left us wide open
for failing a quarterly
audit. The resultant
framework put us on a
path to a repeatable and
consistent audit process
with management
approved steps and
professional practices.”
actual Implementation service engagements provide
fast time-to-value for the organization, as well as a
more impactful use of consulting hours.
– The use-case library and roll-out project plan
provides the opportunity to help our customers
prioritize and understand what users throughout the
business would like to achieve with Archer.
RSA Archer Optimization
Assessment
– On-demand application rationalization
– Gap analysis of configured functionality against
available core functionality
– Opportunity assessment with a go-forward vision, as
communicated by application business stakeholders
– Complexity rating by application, indicating goforward consideration for maintenance, requests for
new functionality, upgradability, etc.
RSA Archer Process
Harmonization
– Go-Forward Process flow diagram, and Business
Requirements Document (BRD) for Archer
development
– RSA Archer process alignment matrix including:
individual process activities mapped to supporting
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components, go-forward process for RSA Archer
adoption, and go-forward RSA Archer components
required to support process
– Roll-out plan with the level-of-effort to “adopt” the
go-forward process into RSA Archer supporting
solutions
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