Gov't tries to make IT projects run on time
Plans so radical, it will be years before ordinary business catches up
Posted in Business, 22nd May 2000 16:40 GMT
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The Government has published a report outlining 30 ways it can ensure major public sector IT projects go to plan - and to budget.
Among them, the report recommends that:
- civil servants view IT projects as part of a "whole process of business change" and not just a separate "add-on".
- one person is made responsible for the management of project, to "streamline decision-making and banish confusions".
- Government manages its suppliers far more effectively. It's recommended that before contracts are signed suppliers must produce "detailed plans covering resources, timescales and technology".
- key staff are trained.
- projects will be reviewed.
These recommendations are so radical it could be years before ordinary businesses catch-up and adopt this new heightened way of thinking.
Who'd have thought it, getting a proper job before you appoint a contractor and actually having people in charge who know what's what. Brilliant. Quite brilliant. ®
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