Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)

BLC is currently the holder of a standing offer at Citizenship and Immigration Canada for the provision of ten categories of Informatics Professional Services in the amount of more than five millions dollars.

One of our past projects at CIC included the following:

 Project name: C16 Development Project

The project team provided by BLC consisting of a project leader, senior systems analyst, programmer analyst, and a database administrator. The environments consisted of Windows 95, NT workstations, and UNIX servers. The front end was coded in Visual Basic 5.0. The back end and Database were coded in ObjectStar 3.1. The BLC team performed the following tasks:

	prepared and maintained project plans, reporting progress to the Project Authority,
	prepared user requirements through utilization of JAD sessions,
	responsible for the systems analysis, design, and development,
	managed and directed the project team on a day to day basis within the budgetary and planning parameters
	prepared design specifications, test cases,
	developed test cases,
	conducted the test runs and cycles,
	recorded testing results and procured client signoff,
	corrected minor problems and documented trouble reports,
	maintaining the integrity of the database systems,
	co-ordinates and performs the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of databases,providing internal support and general assistance to ensure the effective and efficient use of the databases.

We continue to meet the 48 hour timeframe when a new requirement is sent to us by CIC. Presently, we have several consultants working at Citizenship and Immigration Canada and hopefully, many more in the upcoming years.