Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government

Computerworld, together with the support of Hewlett Packard New Zealand, is pleased to announce the winner of the Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award for 2010. From a record number of six finalists this year, the judges chose the North Shore City Council for its Online Consenting Portal project. The judges were very impressed with the calibre of entries this year and found it very difficult to choose a winner.

The award was presented at a cocktail function at Te Papa, Wellington on 27 October.

Computerworld would like to express sincere thanks to the judging panel for their time, knowledge and expertise in reviewing submissions and interviewing finalists. We are most grateful for their contribution to a successful Award programme.

The 2010 Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Winner:
North Shore City Council for their Online Consenting Solution Project

The 2010 Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government finalists are:

Auckland District Health Board for their ASPIRE (Automated Sending of Patient Information to Recipients Electronically) Project
Auckland District Health Board for their Mobile Telehealth Project
Earthquake Commission for their Temporary Office ICT Deployment Project
New Zealand Transport Agency for their InfoConnect Project
North Shore City Council for their Online Consenting Solution Project
Tertiary Education Commission for their Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool

Please contact Sue McIntosh- sue.mcintosh@ffxbusinessgroup.co.nz or Ph. 09-926 9112 for further information.

Judges

David Spaziani
David is an independent IT and business consultant, and a director of consulting firm Andiamo. He specialises in strategic and business planning, organisational change, business process improvement and programme and project management. His work experience spans both the client and vendor sides of the industry, where he has held a number of senior roles. He has worked in New Zealand, Australia, the US, and Japan, and has over 23 years experience in the IT industry.

David's work history includes roles at DIA where he was CIO, and MED where he was the programme manager. He has also held consulting, architecture and project management roles with systems integration and software development organisations. He has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne, and is a member of the NZ Computer Society.

Clayton Wakefield
Clayton Wakefield is a Director of Techspace Ltd (www.techspace.co.nz) an independent IT Advisory company of 30+ top professionals delivering IT outcomes to NZ’s top organisations. Clayton has extensive experience over 25 years in the NZ information technology industry leading technology teams, as CIO, at ASB Group and University of Auckland. Clayton is passionate about IT delivering competitive advantage for any organisation. He is also passionate about getting the best out of high performing teams of IT professionals and individuals in the NZ market.

Murray Wills
Murray Wills (aka the VirtualCIO) is the driving force behind Wellington-based IT consultancy Maxsys (http://www.virtualcio.co.nz and http://www.maxsys.co.nz). Murray has extensive senior IT and business experience. He acts as a senior consultant/advisor, and VirtualCIO to a number of private sector and government organisations.

As an author in the areas of IT strategy, project management and IT governance for industry journals, his own, and other blogs, his expertise reaches an international audience. He is a member of the NZ Computer Society and is a founding IT Certified Professional (ITCP). He holds an MBS (info systems) from Massey University. A member of the Institute of Directors, he regularly challenges those in governance positions in the public and private sectors to wake up to their responsibilities in the governance of information technology!

Category Definition and Qualification:

Qualifying Organisations: All public sector organisations in both central (e.g. departments, agencies and crown entities) and local government (territorial local authorities, regional councils, etc). Profit-making organisations such as SOEs and LATEs are excluded, as are educational establishments.

Qualifying People: ICT personnel or business users/sponsors of ICT-based projects. They must work for a qualifying organisation (i.e. not for a consulting or vendor firm, for example).

Qualifying Projects/Systems: Those which have made a difference. At least some elements of the system must be in live operation by 30 June 2010 (work-in-progress does not qualify).

Submissions will be evaluated on:

The extent to which they have achieved their stated objectives and business case.
The extent to which they have made a difference and the benefits to the public of New Zealand.
Cost-effective use of innovative concepts or technologies.
How challenges were met and overcome.
Effective use of appropriate risk management and project control mechanisms.
Evaluation and quantification of benefits achieved.

Category questions include;

What does the system do?
How does it do it?
What were your objectives when undertaking the project (e.g. efficiency, service to the public, contribution to e-government/knowledge economy, cost saving, etc).
What functional area(s) within your organisation does the project/system address and how does it achieve this?
What was the business case, in particular, what qualitative and quantitative benefits were proposed?
What is new or different about it?
What difference has this project made and how does it benefit the public of New Zealand?
What processes did you use to ensure the ICT solution was introduced and deployed effectively?
What challenges arose and how did you overcome them?
Detail whether the benefits used to justify the project were achieved and how you measured them.
Please supply any other information you think may assist your submission.
Please supply details of two users whom our judges may contact as references:
Please list all technology suppliers involved in the project:
Please list any supporting documentation that is available on request: