The Crown and Suppliers:
A New Way of Working
Ways of Working
14:20 – 15:05
Data Standards
Open Source
ICT Asset & Service Knowledgebase
Agile
Q&A Session
PROTECT
Data Standards
Vision
Update
• “Common language” and understanding for sharing of
information across departments
• Seamless service provision to the citizen from across
government departments
• Move from inefficiency in production and use of data to
public sector data becoming a reusable asset for the common
good
• Ability to compare and benchmark as default
• Commitment to the open engagement on the identification,
definition and endorsement of open standards for data.
• Process of open engagement endorsed across departments.
• Building on successes of existing standards bodies and
departmental functions e.g. Information Standards Board for
Health and Social Care.
• Review across departments commenced on gaps/proposed
standards across set of key challenge areas.
Objectives
Opportunities
• Clear, agreed and published set of open standards for
data to
•Identify areas where there is a need for standards
• Build upon significant expertise and work already done
• Take input and expertise from outside of government
departments through open engagement process
• Consume data based upon open standards into products
• Enable comparative benchmarking
• Lower the barriers to entry for the market
• Ensure open standards are embedded across public
sector
• Build upon and spread existing thought leadership across
departments.
• Have the “common language” in place to support key
policy drivers (such as transparency)
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Open Source Solutions
Vision
Update
A level playing field for both Open Source and proprietary
software where all options are fairly and equally evaluated
and the solution which represents the best value for money
is selected without issue.
Toolkit published on 31 October 2011 to assist
departments in the evaluation of Open Source Solutions.
Toolkit includes
•Procurement advice (and associated PPN)
•All About Open Source (information)
•Security advice from CESG
•An Open Source options catalogue
•Basic information on Total Cost of Ownership
To April 2012 – Update and Embed - Maintain toolkit ,
communicate, continue surgeries and establish business
as usual functions
Potential savings from the adoption of Open Source
Solutions are realised in the medium to long term.
Objective
Opportunities
Full compliance with the existing Open Source Policy across
the whole of government.
Open source software (OSS) presents significant
opportunities for the design and delivery of
interoperable solutions as well as the possibility of
more cost effective solutions which can potentially offer
better value for money and a lower Total Cost of Ownership
The creation of a level playing field for open source and
proprietary software, allowing departments to evaluate
open source options and select the best value for money
option.
Awareness and education of all players involved in solution
acquisition.
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ASK ICT (Asset and Services
Knowledgebase)
Vision
Update
•Pan-government MI on ICT assets and services
WHAT?
FROM
WHO?
HOW
MANY?
HOW
MUCH?
Licences by Supplier for all of Central Government
Objectives
•100% Central Government Departments using
Opportunities
Increase organisations contributing and re-using assets
G-Cloud
•Dec 2011 - Build in to Spend Control Processes
•Mar 2012 - 100% Agencies, NDPBs, Arms Length Bodies
•Mar 2013 - 10% Wider Public Sector
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Agile
Vision
Update
• By April 2013, Agile techniques used in 50% of major ICTenabled programmes
• By 2014, Agile will reduce the average departmental ICT
enabled change delivery timescales by 20%.
• New projects will adopt Agile methods where appropriate
• A virtual centre of excellence will provide advice,
communication, help, support and feedback to Agile
projects
• A contractual Agile SME Supplier framework will provide
access to a catalogue of relevant services provided by SMEs
without the need for lengthy and costly competitions.
• 4 Strand approach defined and being implemented –
Leadership, Improvement, Prove, Support
• Approach continually being socialised with departments
• Initial pilot Agile projects identified
• Service Catalogue for Agile SMEs defined
• Department Agile Working Group in place to facilitate
progress and knowledge sharing
Objectives
Opportunities
• Identify further pilot Agile projects.
• Run awareness training for senior executives within
departments (incl CIOs, Policy, Finance, Procurement,
HR, Legal)
• Establish business case for each pilot Agile project to
invest in appropriate training & coaching.
• Set up Agile SME Supplier Framework
• As part of the pilot Agile projects build out contracting
options and virtual centre of excellent capabilities –
training champions
• Have approach adopted in all departments after the pilot
period
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• Suppliers can demonstrate their genuine willingness and
ability to change their own waterfall approaches to agile
approaches.
• Suppliers can implement agile engineering principles &
practices for the full delivery life cycle for pilot Agile
projects
• Where contracts are prohibitive to working in an agile way
suppliers can be proactive in trying to resolve contract
based problems.
• Suppliers can help departments source Agile SME help on
pilot Agile projects.