Category: Public Sector
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Getting Agreement
Getting all the various stakeholders to agree to the new Shared Services Strategy for Government was a challenge. Logically, it made sense: having five shared systems should cost less than hundreds of stand-alone systems. But not everyone was convinced. Some stakeholders were concerned about their roles: the people who currently…
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Building Communities
One of the lessons from the Shared Services Strategy for Government was the importance of building communities. Any project is delivered by people. A programme even more so, and with five programmes that each span multiple organisations, the importance of bringing people together can’t be stressed enough. The first community…
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Learning from the Shared Services Strategy for Government
I gave a presentation at the UK Oracle User Group based on my five years at the heart of this initiative. There’s too much to cover in a single blog post, so I am going to spread this out as a series. This first post will introduce the Shared Services…
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Replying to a Challenge
I was challenged on my last blog post. It was such a good challenge that I’ve devoted this week’s blog to answering it. The Challenge “Regardless of politics, reducing the proportion of civil servants employed in non public-facing roles should be a good thing.” That seems not only objectionable on…
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ERP Trends in the Public Sector
There have been several key factors impacting the UK public sector ERP market. The first of these has been a policy driver from the Government Digital Service known as Cloud First. Now over a decade old, it has shaped many decisions and strategies in public sector organisations, and ERPs have…
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