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Making the case for BCP
If Business Continuity Planning (BCP) has a higher profile today than twenty years ago, it is in no small way due to the activities of terrorist organisations
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Education, Higher Education, Utilities, Transport, Financial Services, International, Disaster planning and recovery, Risk management.
Outsourcing - is your deal set up to fail?
Outsourcing, whether it be front or back office services; specific functions or applications; on-shore or off-shore, has been around for nearly two decades. It is now a fairly mature industry, so why are so many outsourcing contracts still going wrong?
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Housing, Education, Higher Education, Transport, International, Financial management advice, Procurement support, Outsourcing advice, Benefits management and achievement, Business case development, Systems procurement, Service outsourcing, Risk management.
Flexible Learning
Advances in technology have opened the door to far reaching changes in working and learning patterns. Learners, teachers and other school employees are demanding flexible access to virtual learning environments and learning systems at times and places outside the normal school/college day and premises. In this article we share some insights to provide anytime-anywhere access to educators and learners.
See: Central Government & Agencies, Education, Higher Education.
Project Management vs. Configuration Management
Geoff Beeson looks at why configuration management maybe more valuable on large scale IS/IT projects than traditional project management.
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Higher Education, Financial Services, Technology.
Commissioning Best Practice Checklist
Oakleigh have developed a commissioning checklist as a brief aide memoir to commissioners to ensure the latest commissioning rounds are inclusive of best practice.
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Housing, Education, Higher Education.
Business Transformation
Business transformation is something that should never be taken lightly; it can be a stressful process but in order to adapt to the ever changing business world and evolving technologies, it should not be avoided.
Benchmarking
Benchmarking is becoming increasingly popular in the UK public sector
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Education, Higher Education, Partnership working, Stakeholder consultation, Modernising business processes, Organisational development, Performance management, Business case development.
When IS Projects Go Bad
Many information systems (IS) projects fail because they have been designed to satisfy the wrong requirements.
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Education, Higher Education, Utilities, Financial Services, White Paper, Technology specific.
Business Process Analysis - Modelling vs Mapping
Business Process Analysis is a crucial competency when reviewing current processes or designing new ones.
Getting consultation right
There a number of ways in which a particular policy can be defined as 'good' - do you know what they are?
See: Central Government & Agencies, Local Government, Health, Education, Higher Education, Stakeholder consultation, Knowledge management.