BIT & Bites 9 november 2017 NESMA Autumn Conference 2017 Alisa Westerhof Stefan Kuiper
BIT & Bites
9 november 2017 NESMA Autumn Conference 2017 Alisa Westerhof Stefan Kuiper
Alisa Westerhof Data management and big data expert Financial expert
Stefan Kuiper Sourcing expert
Video: IT Projects of the Dutch government
Which caused a loss of billions of Euro’s
(video is not part of this version of the slidedeck)
Instellingsbesluit BIT
Scope of BIT
ü Ministries & Autonomous Administrative Authorities
ü We focus on projects of which the IT part is ≥ € 5 million
BIT is independant:
The minister of Internal Affairs does not influence
the content of BIT reports
BIT organisation
Manager BIT
Team leaders/ project
assessors
Project assessors
Scientific advisor
CIO national government
Writing supervisors
Supervisory board
We focus on two research questions
1. Will the IT-project solve the problem?
63%
27%
5% 5%
Yes No Probably No answer
Published reports on September 1, 2017
Will the IT Project solve the problem?
2. What is the chance of success given the chosen approach?
Principle based auditing standard: we report on major risks
1. Business case and financing 2. Commissioning and project organization 3. Project dependencies and risks 4. Consistency work processes and automation 5. The size of the scope of the project 6. Architecture, functional and technical feasibility 7. Stakeholder’s intrests 8. Development and phasing 9. Controll of scope of the project during its duration 10. Realisation of the benefits 11. Tender 12. Implementation & transfer to the line organsation 13. Acceptation en decharge
Lessons learned (so far…. )
By means of illustrations
Government IT projects versus market IT projects
Footnote:
#1 Determine a clear and shared goal
#2 Be aware of current status
Chimney recently renovated
Roof leaks
Attic with old stuff
Foundation ?
Single glazing
Number of square meters
#3 Consider realistic scenarios.
New building Renovation Move
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#4 Chose a realistic approach
#5 Provide sufficient resources and solid progress monitoring
#6 Create a good balance of power with external suppliers
#7 Create a plan B should things go wrong
# IT is a profession
IT contracts
create a good balance of power
Questions?