Cura and its associated consultants have undertaken and contributed to a range of projects for national and international organisations both in the UK and abroad, a sample of which is provided here.
For further information on any of these (subject to client confidence) please contact curacon@o2.co.uk
Cultural/ Heritage
British Waterways:Requirements specification and supplier selection methodology for internet-based access to archives
National Library for Wales:Requirements definition for Department of Manuscripts as part of an on-going IS/IT strategy
Energy
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company:Technical documentation review to assess and improve integrity across operating divisions
Bitech Petroleum:Requirements specification for electronic document management system (EDMS) for Russian-based exploration business
Brasoil:Project Management of electronic document management system (EDMS). Then information systems strategy for merging of company's operations with Petrobras
Ciba Geigy: Engineering documentation review and handover procedures for project documentation
Global Marine:Implications of Cullen report on Piper Alpha disaster
Mobil:Requirements for maintenance manuals and rectification of deficiencies.Auto-identification technology for equipment tagging
Petrobras: Survey of strategic electronic document management (EDMS) products and full text retrieval for the company's Brazilian head office
Qatar General Petroleum: Review of technical documentation and data policy and procedures including provision of records retention schedule
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company: Establishing, as part of a team, a corporate IS/IT strategy for this start-up company
Shell: Strategy for documentation and engineering systems handover
Total: Review of technical documentation arrangements. "Quality assurance" of an invitation to tender, selection of tenderers, choice of supplier and acceptance criteria
Finance
3iplc:Audit of y2k and European Monetary Union (EMU) projects
Government- UK
A UK Government Security Agency: Information management study including the move to electronic records management (ERM) and the production of an information management policy
British Tourist Authority: Undertaking, as part of a team, an information requirements and use study
Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work:Records management study for central and regional offices
Department of Constitutional Affairs:A study of paper file and handling requirements relating to judicial post holders following implementation of the Constitutional Reform Act
Department Environment, Transport & Regions:Solutions options paper (covering electronic document management (EDMS) and forms management products) for replacing current project management system
Electoral Commission: Formulation of an information and knowledge management strategy and implementation plan and subsequent production of associated policy and records management guidance including a file plan and retention schedules
Highways Agency: Structuring procedures manuals for network and web-based access using Adobe Acrobat
Home Office - Criminal Justice IT Unit: Data standards business analysis for various projects involving logical data modelling using uml
Inland Revenue:Undertaking, as part of a team, technology, supplier and user review for electronic document management (EDMS), full text retrieval and text publishing
National Archives, The: Design and implementation of statistical sampling for quality assessment of scanned images and transcribed data
National Archives, The: Range of project support for their electronic records management project including business analysis, project assurance and production of requirements specification, tender document, business case and change management following implementation of Objective Corporation's product
National Asylum Seekers Support: Overview of smart-card technology
National Audit Office: Undertaking, as part of team, gap-analysis review of the NAO's central Information Unit services
Office of Government Commerce: Project management of initial stage including production of information management strategy, policy, requirements specification, communication and awareness plan and training plan
Social Care Councils in the UK: Production of information management policy for care registration and conduct for the 4 country Councils
Treasury Solicitors: Project assurance for their electronic records management project leading to implementation using OpenText R/KYV product
Treasury Solicitors: Paper archives options study in the light of the the Department's planned move to a new building
Treasury Solicitors: Project management guidance for financial system upgrade
Treasury Solicitors: Information architect for analysis, specification, procurement and implementation of a legal case management and electronic document and records management system for litigation department based on Autonomy IRM, Interwoven Worksite and fwbs Matter Centre CMS products
Government - Overseas
EEC-ASEAN Standards Information Study: 6-country review of standards information services and potential for networking amongst the various standards bodies. Development of data dictionary for standards information databases
Romanian Standards Organisation: Survey of information systems identifying shortfalls and recommending a corrective programme
Russian and Ukranian Standards Organisation:Guidance on information technology to support their standard information databases
Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation: Review of the standards information services and assessment of their standards database design
International
International Atomic Energy Agency:Undertaking, as part of team, review of current use and future requirements for full text retrieval
Tobacco Documentation Centre: Undertaking, as part of team, information Audit of the tobacco industry's central information organisation
Local Government
Dorset:Production of a records management model including policy, file plan, retention schedules and action plans for authority partners
Hertsmere:Records management study of Planning Department to review and design improvements in procedures and work flow
Tynedale:Benchmarking current records management practice, undertaking a gap analysis against government requirements, producing an improvement plan and associated deliverables including an Information Management Policy, file plan and retention schedules.
Transport
Railtrack:Requirements specification for strategic electronic document management system (EDMS).Project management from supplier selection to full implementation for EDMS on major infrastructure and associated projects.Undertaking corporate strategy study for EDMS
Railway Safetey and Standards Board: Study to provide vision and programme for developing their information management initiatives for making railway safety research available to stakeholders via their internet site
Traffic Director for London: Feasibility study for using document imaging in conjunction with a Geographical Information system
HSBC Rail: Advice and project management for web-based document management (EDMS) with full text retrieval (FTR) for engineering standards and documentation.Advising on development of corporate approach to asset management
Utilities
Seeboard: Managing a range of infrastructure projects including secure remote access, remote stores data capture and customer information systems
