This document summarizes the autumn conference of NESMA held on November 9th 2017. It introduces the speakers Alisa Westerhof, a data management and big data expert, and Stefan Kuiper, a sourcing expert. It discusses past IT projects of the Dutch government that resulted in billions of euros in losses. It outlines the scope and independence of BIT, an organization that assesses large IT projects. BIT focuses on whether projects will solve problems and the likelihood of success given the chosen approach. It lists principles for successful projects and provides lessons learned using illustrations.

1. BIT & Bites
9 november 2017
NESMA
Autumn Conference 2017
Alisa Westerhof
Stefan Kuiper

2. Alisa Westerhof
Data management and
big data expert
Financial expert
Stefan Kuiper
Sourcing expert

3. 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)

4. Instellingsbesluit BIT
Scope of BIT
ü Ministries & Autonomous
Administrative Authorities
ü We focus on projects of which
the IT part is ≥ € 5 million

5. BIT is independant:
The minister of Internal Affairs
does not influence
the content of BIT reports

6. BIT organisation
Manager BIT
Team leaders/
project
assessors
Project
assessors
Scientific
advisor
CIO national
government
Writing
supervisors
Supervisory
board

7. We focus on two research questions

8. 1. Will the IT-project solve the problem?

9. 63%
27%
5%
5%
Yes
No
Probably
No
answer
Published
reports
on
September
1,
2017
Will the IT Project solve the problem?

10. 2. What is the chance of success given the
chosen approach?

11. 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

12. Lessons learned
(so far…. )

13. By means of illustrations

14. Government IT projects versus
market IT projects
Footnote:

15. #1 Determine a clear and shared goal

16. #2 Be aware of current status
Chimney recently renovated
Roof leaks
Attic with old stuff
Foundation?
Single glazing
Number of square meters

17. #3 Consider realistic scenarios.
New buildingRenovation Move

18. ?
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#4 Chose a realistic approach

19. #5 Provide sufficient resources
and solid progress monitoring

20. #6 Create a good balance of power
with external suppliers

21. #7 Create a plan B should things go wrong

22. # IT is a profession

23. IT contracts
create a good balance of power

26. Questions?