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12
JUL
Agile Adoption in Government - Mixed News
12 JUL 2012 | Posted in Agile in Government, IfG | Author John WrightThe Government has made some progress in adopting Agile, but there is a long way to go. So says an update from the Institute for Government (IfG) on their report - System Error - from a year ago.
The IfG update report - System upgrade? The first year of the Government's ICT strategy - says that whilst the strategy commits the Government to use a more Agile approach, achieving its target of 50% of projects using Agile techniques by April 2013 will be extremely difficult. "Until agile approaches become the norm, we are likely to see further examples of major government IT projects that experience vast cost overruns and produce solutions that are out of date by the time they are delivered."
29
MAY
Agile Procurement – A US Military “Innovation”
29 MAY 2012 | Posted in Agile in Government | Author Rob SmithThis week’s Economist includes an interesting article on the US army’s new Agile process. According to the Magazine the army technology acquisitions are “often hampered by long budgeting cycles and byzantine contracting procedures”, which result in military communications systems that lag behind those in the commercial world. This, of course, may sound familiar to anyone involved in government procurement in the UK.
Inside Government Forum
Overview
IndigoBlue's Russ Charlesworth is presenting at Inside Government's Agile Government ICT Forum.
Russ will be talking about the Agile Pathfinder Programme (APP) for Agile Development in Local Authorities.
Other sessions include:
- Morning Keynote: "The Government ICT Strategy - Developing An Agile Approach" Steve Dover, Director, Major IT Programme Delivery - ADC Change Programme, Department for Work and Pensions
- Special Keynote: "System Error – Fixing the Flaws in Government IT" Adrian Brown, Institute for Government & Co-Author, System Error: Fixing the flaws in government IT
- "Creating an Agile Culture" Mark O'Neill, Head, Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
14
NOV
Chisel or axe?
14 NOV 2011 | Posted in Agile Business Conference 2011, Agile in Government, agile transition, Government | Author John WrightI've been thinking about the way Government is approaching the challenge of adopting a more Agile approach to IT.
The current Government ICT Strategy includes the follow specific targets:
08
NOV
Reducing the Risk of Project Failure: Using Agile in Government IT
08 NOV 2011 | Free BCS Talk |System Error: Reducing the Risk of Project Failure
More information
Overview
Working with a high level Taskforce, IndigoBlue supported the Institute for Government in their exploration of the key challenges facing government as it spends around £16 bn on ICT each year. The report, System Error, recommended a new dual approach to government ICT that emphasises adaptability and flexibility in procurement and delivery while retaining the benefits of scale and collaboration across government.
It described these twin tracks as 'agile' and 'platform'. Both these elements now feature prominently in the Government's ICT strategy, which promises that Government will "apply agile methods to procurement and delivery to reduce the risk of project failure" and introduce a "common ICT platform".
While implementing these changes may prove to be extremely challenging, a pilot project sponsored by the Home Office and the Met Police, led by IndigoBlue, demonstrated first hand the benefits of incremental delivery using an Agile approach while still maintaining the control craved by IT management within Government.
19
JUL
Making Agile Work in Government
19 JUL 2011 | Posted in agile governance, Agile in Government, Agile in public sector, Government, procurement | Author John Wright |
2 Comments
The current Government governance process directs project managers to think in a waterfall way and set projects up that way.
It is all too easy to do the big up front analysis and specification and then reuse existing contracts for the supply of software than it is to think of whether there is a better way.
31
MAY
Accentuate the negative
31 MAY 2011 | Posted in Agile in Government, Agile in public sector, agile project management, Government | Author Jason SmithIndigoBlue has been closely involved with the recent flurry of activity regarding the use of Agile methods in Government. We ran one of the principal pilot projects at the Home Office & Met Police, contributed to the IfG report and have been proselytising to a number of Government CIO’s. Our approach is reasonably straightforward: Agile is a set of techniques to help deliver incremental business improvement.
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