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Washington StateAdministrative Office of the Courts

JIS Today and Tomorrow

Doug Ford, JES Manager

February 2007

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Then and Now

25 years ago

AOC at leading edge of court technology

Today

AOC is behind the curve with outdated systems and isolated data

The need

Integrated case management system (CMS) for all courts with seamless vertical and horizontal data access

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JIS Factoids

JIS database

1,779,121,635 rows of data in 289 tables

7,000,000 persons

Occupies ~32,000,000,000 bytes

27,000,000 reads / writes daily(8hr = 850 per second)

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JIS CPU

Two “balanced” IBM Mainframe computers

Redundant systems

Backup power sources

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JIS RAM

7 Terabytes of working memory

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JIS Today

Problems

Integrity of data

Multiple dissimilar JIS tools

Case migration

Outdated programs and technologies

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JIS Today

THE BIG QUESTION:

BUILD OR BUY?

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Build

PROS

Complete control

Design

Code

Maintain

Revise

Support

CONS

Development

Time

Cost

Ongoing IT costs

Cost of technology changes

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Buy

PROS

Faster implementation

Broad base of users

System “evolves”

Ongoing vendor support & service

CONS

Upfront costs

Less customization

Vendor dependent

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Process to date

Gartner consultants

Focus groups

As-is study

To-be study

Gap analysis

Visits to Nevada & Minnesota

Created & deployed RFQ & RFP

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What next?

RFP scoring

Selection (top 2-3)

Proof of Concept (~April)

30 days

Court reps

AOC reps

Real case data / Real operations

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What next?

Decision in June

Courts, not AOC!

Business Process Engineering

Court & AOC staff

Improve efficiency and effectiveness of court business practices

Proof of Implementation

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What next?

Training

Conversion

Implementation (done by 6/2011)

World Peace

Questions?

Washington State

Administrative Office of the Courts

1206 Quince St SE

P O Box 41170

Olympia, WA 98504-1170

(360) 753-3365 FAX: (360) 586-8869

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