Denmark’s IT Project Council, part of the Agency for Digitisation (Digitaliseringsstyrelsen - DIGST), has published its most recent evaluation report on 26 large government IT projects, including eHealth, tax collection and student grants.
The report is in Danish, with a summary of the evaluation available in English.
With its reports, the IT council aims to reduce project risks, to keep large IT projects on track, and to make sure the projects deliver value.
In its latest report, the council concludes that for projects to be successful, collaboration between customers and suppliers is pivotal. Three themes are particularly important, writes the council:
- Anchor in senior management;
- Early and sustained dialogue on progress; and
- Openness regarding challenges and joint risk management.
“The Council is concerned that the parties actually apply the principles, and therefore the Council will focus on this in ongoing dialogue with future projects”, it writes in its summary.
Traffic police
The current report looks at 26 projects, using traffic lights (red, orange and green) to indicate if projects are at risk or are doing well. This is based on data on project planning, budget and benefits over the first six months of this year.
Of the 26 projects, two are at risk, the council writes. The Landspatientregistret (national patient registry, a project by the Health Data Authority) and the Grunddataprogrammet (basic data programme, by the Agency for Digitisation) are both given a red traffic light. Additionally, five projects are given a yellow traffic light, 18 are given a green traffic light, and one was not given any.
Status reports on major government IT projects are published by the IT Project Council twice a year. These reports have been made available since 2011.