Commission of Inquiry, Peter Barnett, Telstra (PowerPoint

National Local Government Summit 2014
Commission of Inquiry
Peter Barnett
Telstra Global & Enterprise Services
The Municipal Landscape
Council IT Teams
Councils
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Tighter future Public Sector funding
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Continuing to shave costs
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Pressure on Councils to retain their
identity and independence
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Continuing to build individual vendor
driven systems
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Large unfunded infrastructure gaps
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Purchasing for price not strategic
advantage
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Increasing number of Councils with an
average underlying operating deficit
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Collaboration ad hoc
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Struggling to acquire, skill and maintain
skilled workers
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Managers struggling to find sufficient
appropriate resources to deliver required
services
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The LIKELY OUTCOME?
COLLABORATION
• Leverage technology
• Build a contestable competitive framework
as a key enabler
• Drive your own priorities and outcomes
• DO it or have it DONE to you
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The Business Challenges
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Consensus and Commitment
Legal and Commercial framework
Development of Service Catalogue
Priorities
The Technology Challenges
Maximise IT Resources
• Identify core business
• Price or strategic advantage?
• Transition from IT Doer to IT Strategy, Performance Manager
• Understand the value of technology solutions in a business context
Collaboration
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Targeted, prioritised application development and/or procurement
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Skills specialisation and structural flexibility
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Develop solutions in collectives and seize opportunities
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Drive your own IT agenda
Embrace a Change
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Copyright
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