May 2010

The TSG Consulting Group to Coach the NBA to Successful Technology Systems Relocation and Upgrade

TSG’s Consulting Group has been retained by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to guide them in technology decision making, system visualization, and budget definition necessary to enable TSG to produce build-to documentation and a solid implementation plan for their upcoming facility relocation and upgrade project. 

The TSG team will also serve as a technical translator and infrastructure requirements analyst for the project architect, HLW, and NBA design team in designing the building infrastructure that will be needed to support the NBA’s technical operations well into the future.  Key design challenges are the need for current facilities to remain operational during the course of the migration, the migration of years (aka. petabytes) of NBA historic archive media, and the integration of NBA engineering’s custom developed software throughout the new facility to maintain the high level of media access, automated workflows, and system monitoring and control that NBA engineering and operations personnel are accustomed to.

TSG plans to address these challenges by working closely with NBA Engineering and Operations to assess current work processes and analyze available emerging technologies.  Once this process is complete, the team will establish and illustrate the workflows that are to be designed for in the new facility. Throughout the course of design, architectural requirements and design targets will be communicated directly to the architectural design team.  Concurrently, TSG will be working with the NBA team to develop a palatable budget for all broadcast system technology and integration costs that maximizes re-use from the existing technical plant while addressing future expansion plans. 

Ultimately, TSG will produce and submit to the NBA a comprehensive set of broadcast industry standard system documents that will define the systems and implementation requirements for a smooth and successful relocation to their new home.

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