A CoE is your internal organization that follows, advocates and implements best practices, knowledge, and pragmatic solutions in a functional, major technology line of business required to ensure maximum gains from the investment and ongoing sustainability. The CoE provides the discipline across various initiatives and offers benefits by building up the internal skills and competencies required to sustain successful execution of ongoing requirements. Establishing a CoE strategy helps de-risk business and maximize gains for your major enterprise IT investments by offering a framework for continuous business improvement.

The factors in the successful establishment of a CoE depend on your executive sponsorship commitments, budgets and resources. Sparta provides a dynamic and customizable roadmap to help you quickly and effectively establish a CoE that is centered upon the following activities and deliverables: 

Sparta CoE Activities & Deliverables

1. Define the role of the new CoE
2. Assess resources needed to support the CoE
3. Provide ongoing maintenance policies and procedures
4. Establish the CoE charter
5. Define support and maintenance procedures
6. Establish change management and prioritization guidelines