Government and Public Sector
User experience of agile project: I have never known a project to develop at such a rate."
- Building on the recommendations of the System Error report
- Supporting the APP in local government
- Learning the lessons from the private sector
In November 2010 the Institute for Government published its System Error report, on failings in Government IT. The report made two key recommendations: that Government should move to a standard technology platform to enable economies of scale and reduce procurement costs; and that projects should be managed using Agile approaches.
The report was enthusiastically received and its recommendations incorporated into the Government IT Strategy for 2011, stating that all departments should seek to “pilot 4 Agile projects in 2011”. Additionally, the recommendations were also embraced within local government and SOCITM is now running an Agile Pathfinder Programme to pilot 6 Agile projects in 2011.
IndigoBlue welcomes this change. We believe that it can and will be a successful change and will offer significant benefits in times of austerity. We were instrumental in the development, publication and communication of the System Error report and are supporting the Agile Pathfinder Programme.
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I get asked the question ‘who is your favourite 19th century Prussian Field Marshal’ quite a lot, as I suspect you do as well. There are of course several great contenders for this title, but my vote has to go Helmuth Von Moltke the Elder. Why? Because of his contribution to the concept of dynamic planning! Trying to convince people that planning is a continuous and never ending process and not something that’s completed at the start of a project is a constant challenge for me and I will grab any support I can get.
