Category Archives: Project Management

How to get your Channel Shift Strategy to cut your Costs, Fast

Posted on by Allan Watton Allan Watton SOCITM Channel Shift

One of my roles is as Deputy Chairman of SOCITM Insight, the local authority IT management think tank. SOCITM has just published its annual Better Connected survey. In it, SOCITM complain Councils still don’t embrace the digital route when it comes to engaging with the public or delivering public services. What is going on? We all know, and have known for years, that movement from face-to-face services to digital delivery has achieved modest

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How using Agile Project Management TREBLED the cost and timescales of a major project

Posted on by Allan Watton Agile Project Management

We have recently been instructed to review a major software development project for a client in the insurance and financial services field. Using the ‘Agile’ project management methodology to develop the project rapidly in five stages, the end to end cost of this project was supposed to be £2m and completed in 18 months. As we review the current status of the project, it looks like this: Costs have escalated

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