Exceptional Project Management support is essential for the successful completion of any project. SRM project managers employ the following five-step process to ensure that our clients’ objectives are met on time and within the determined cost structure:

• Meet with customers to identify project milestones, establish a project schedule and define a target budget
• Prepare planning documentation, such as White Papers, Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs) and Action Items (AI)
• Perform comprehensive project risk assessments
• Select the appropriate personnel and facility resources necessary to perform the required tasking
• Enforce rigid Quality Assurance (QA) standards and closely monitor the status of project milestones to ensure that all technical and financial goals are met

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation

SRM Engineers are involved throughout each step of the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) lifecycle; SRM Engineers research testing concepts, develop test procedures, prepare test sites, execute experiments and analyze test results for customers.

Technical Documentation

In addition to performing RDT&E functions, SRM Engineers are also adept at developing technical documentation. Forms of technical documentation routinely prepared by SRM Engineers include test plans, test reports, test proposals, mechanical manuals, white papers and patents.

Modeling and Simulation

SRM Engineers perform a variety of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) services for our customers. Utilizing sophisticated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software, SRM Engineers design two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional mechanical models for our customers.

SRM’s team of experienced Welders, Machinists, Engineering Technicians and Painters provide a wide range of manufacturing, design and fabrication services. Utilizing various types of tooling, equipment, manual machines and Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines, SRM personnel:

• Perform various machining functions such as milling, turning, slotting, planning, boring, sawing and grinding.
• Engrave metals and plastics.
• Perform Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) on ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
• Paint and powder coat customer projects.
• Perform sheet metal manufacturing functions, such as drilling, bending, rolling, punching and shearing.

In addition to manufacturing parts for customers, SRM personnel also perform Non-Destructive Testing on the manufactured parts. Common NDT processes employed by SRM personnel include magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, liquid penetrant testing and visual inspection.

SRM’s comprehensive Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) services span across all twelve (12) Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements–facilitating the development of efficient, sustainable and reliable systems for our clients. ILS functions performed by SRM’s ILS Managers include:

• Development and maintenance of Life Cycle Sustainment Plans (LCSPs), Maintenance Plans, Computer Resources Life Cycle Management Plans (CRLCMPs), Naval Training Support Plans (NTSPs), Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Plans, and Software Development Plans (SDPs)
• Execution of Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RM&A) analyses
• Preparation of Inventory Control Point (ICP) provisioning data
• Performance of life cycle supportability analyses and obsolescence forecasting
• Identification of Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation (PHS&T) requirements and conduction of site surveys
• Development of Maintenance Task Analyses (MTAs), Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals and Maintenance Demonstrations (M-Demos)
• Execution of Level of Repair Analyses (LORA) and Acquisition Category (ACAT) Depot Repair Analyses
• Preparation of Military Construction (MILCON) supporting documentation and warehouse layouts

SRM personnel are fully acquainted with a wide range of financial management tools, such as the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (N-ERP) system and the Computer Optimized Batch Reconciliation Application (COBRA). SRM Financial Managers use these, and several other financial management systems, to perform a wide range of financial management tasks, such as:

• Creating and tracking Network/Activity (NWA) numbers
• Analyzing “Planned vs. Actual” costs
• Calculating out year program/project funding for Latest Revised Estimates (LREs) and Annual Business Plans (ABPs) estimates
• Performing detailed cost projections
• Compiling and reviewing Task Books, Task Statements and Work Packages
• Assisting in the acceptance of Reimbursable funds and Direct Cite funds Tracking and processing the receipt of funding documents
• Preparing financial expenditure reports for program personnel and sponsors
• Submitting/revising Task Plans, leading to the creation of project budgets for each Fiscal Year (FY)
• Responding to data calls

SRM’s Designers and Illustrators have a well-earned reputation for excellence in illustration, visual design and electronic imaging. Both professionally and empirically trained, SRM personnel create a wide variety of visual and multimedia products for our Federal, State and Commercial clients.

• Illustration, both technical and aesthetic
• 3D imaging and animation
• Multimedia presentations
• Digital signage
• Graphic design, including logos, branding, etc.
• Posters and displays
• Photo compositing
• Publication development, layout, and pre-press
• Promotional collateral

SRM’s Technical Writing and Editing staff has the knowledge and experience necessary to prepare a wide range of technical documentation, including technical reports, technical memoranda, technical manuals, administrative publications, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, journal articles, conference papers, and directives. When developing technical documentation for their customers, SRM Technical Writers employ a three-phase review process to ensure the delivery of a complete, accurate, and polished final product:

Copy review for proper use of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and language

Mechanical review to ensure required format compliance, including consistent style in headings and figures, prescribed reference citation style, appropriate use of symbols and acronyms, and sequential callout of figures, tables, and equations

Content review for coherence and logical organization; content editing and rewriting are accomplished in close collaboration with the author

Cataloging and Circulation

Routine circulation functions fulfilled by SRM Librarians include checking-in/out of library materials, performing Interlibrary Loan (ILL) transactions and sending document availability notifications to researchers. Librarians facilitate access to public materials such as books and journals as well as controlled reports.

Research and Reference

SRM employs state-of-the-art research methods to ensure timely and accurate responses to our customer’s research requests. In addition to guiding researchers in the use of online databases, such as IEEE's Xplore Digital Library and Information Handling Service's (IHS) Standards Expert, SRM Librarians interview Scientists, Engineers and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to gather information for our customers.

Document Control

SRM Management Analysts perform a variety of Document Control functions, including:

• Barcoding and tracking controlled materials
• Facilitating delivery and transmission of controlled material between NUWC researchers and their external research partners
• Destroying controlled materials

Planning and Management Support

SRM provides turn-key meeting support services to our clients. SRM personnel handle details such as tracking and registering meeting attendees; providing security authentication services; arranging high-quality catering; designing and hosting meeting web pages; and providing audio/visual support.

Documentation Support

SRM personnel document critical information that is discussed during meeting proceedings in a clear and accurate manner. Forms of meeting documentation routinely prepared by SRM personnel include transcriptions, meeting minutes, Action Items (AI) and meeting summary reports.

Multimedia Support

SRM’s talented team of Illustrators designs brochures, presentations, badges, signs and banners for local meetings and national conferences alike.

Contractor-Site Meeting Spaces

SRM offers the use of our state-of-the-art conference room to all of our customers. SRM's conference room is equipped with government-compatible video teleconferencing (VTC) systems and is capable of housing both classified and unclassified meetings.

Configuration Management plays a key role in maintaining the functional and physical integrity of our clients’ hardware and software programs. Through our regulated Configuration Management processes, SRM’s Configuration Management Specialists:

• Establish hardware/software infrastructure models
• Maintain document traceability throughout the life-cycle of a hardware/software development project
• Create top-to-bottom breakdowns of source codes, software builds, Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), waivers and deviations
• Identify Hardware Configuration Items (HCIs) and Software Configuration Items (SCIs)
• Monitor and record HCI/SCI baselines through the use of a Configuration Status Accounting (CSA) system
• Perform screening, identification, control, cataloging, and audits of property assets and materials from receipt to disposal

Features and Benefits

• SRM-developed software and database products are tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients. Through the provision of customized data-management solutions, SRM streamlines our clients’ data entry processes and minimizes the probability of human error.
• The creation of custom software and database solutions often requires SRM Developers to come in contact with our clients’ proprietary information. SRM personnel recognize the importance of protecting our clients’ intellectual property, and always handle our clients’ sensitive information with absolute discretion.
• SRM’s software and database packages are designed with our clients’ future in mind; every software and database project undertaken by SRM is structured to accommodate the growth of our clients’ businesses. This provision eliminates the need to make future modifications to the originally-delivered product, thereby saving our customers both time and money.

Development Technology

SRM utilizes industry-standard environments and frameworks to develop applications and databases for our clients. Programming technologies routinely employed by SRM Developers include, but are not limited to: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Basic, C++, C#, and Java. SRM’s use of the aforementioned technologies presents a number of advantages, in that the resultant SRM-developed applications and databases will:

• Interface well with complementary products
• Effectively thwart security threats
• Operate on a variety of hardware configurations
• Provide comprehensive documentation of software developed

SRM’s expert team of certified (Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, Comptia) professionals are skilled in the design, implementation, administration and support of network infrastructures. A Symantec Registered Partner (computer security solutions), SRM is dedicated to providing efficient, reliable network engineering services, such as:

• Domain Name Server (DNS) support
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) configuration
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services
• Network security assessments
• Virtualization technology
• Router configuration
• Managed switches
• Microsoft SharePoint Server consolidation and migration assistance
• Directory Services management (i.e. Microsoft Active Directory)
• Web server management (Microsoft’s IIS and Apache on Linux)
• Email services (i.e. Microsoft Exchange)
• Database server (i.e. Microsoft SQL Server) administration

SRM’s Web Developers pride themselves in their ability to create websites that are visually appealing, intuitively organized and easily navigated. In order to develop a graphical user interface that is as user-friendly as possible, SRM emphasizes site response times, consistent and logically-organized graphics and content, and accessibility for visitors using assistive technologies.

In addition, SRM Web Developers endeavor to make sites which are stable and cross-browser compatible, using current web standards for hypertext markup, stable scripting code, industry standard database functionality, and up-to-date security enhancements.

SRM provides comprehensive hardware/software installation and maintenance services to our customers. Our expert team of Desktop Support Technicians are trained and certified to work across a variety of computer platforms and browsers to ensure that our customers experience seamless desktop support. Typical desktop support services provided by SRM personnel include:

• Personal Computer (PC) troubleshooting and repair
• Help Desk support
• Rollout of new workstations and rebuild of existing workstations
• Installation of desktop hardware and software
• Management of patch updates and antivirus software
• Server deployment
• Internet Protocol (IP) network setup
• Hardware and software migration