ac2017 1. bit & bites

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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!?

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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?