{"id":4076,"date":"2014-06-05T15:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/?p=4076"},"modified":"2014-06-05T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:07:30","slug":"open-source-as-a-catalyst-for-digital-by-default-public-sector-ict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/open-source-as-a-catalyst-for-digital-by-default-public-sector-ict\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source as a catalyst for Digital by Default. Public Sector ICT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/35526529\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/monkchips\/software-ag-workshop-open-source-as-a-catalyst-for-digital-by-default-35526529\" title=\"Open Source as a catalyst for Digital by Default. Public Sector ICT\" target=\"_blank\">Open Source as a catalyst for Digital by Default. Public Sector ICT<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/monkchips\" target=\"_blank\">James Governor<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I participated in a really interesting workshop run by Software AG for public sector organisations seeking to modernise their IT infrastructures and approaches. I presented on the role of open source in government, particularly its role in modernising the culture. \u00a0Open source should not be seen as a goal in itself, but as a means to end. The end, in the UK at least, being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/service-manual\/digital-by-default\">Digital by Default<\/a>, as defined by the talented folks over at Government Digital Service (GDS). One of the unalloyed successes of the current UK government has been its strongly activist stance to improve public sector IT, in order to reduce transaction costs and improve services to citizens. Or put another way &#8211; how to stop wasting billions of pounds a year on IT projects that completely fail to deliver on their objectives. Well done Cabinet Office! \u00a0But the Cabinet Office can only really lead by example \u00a0&#8211; the ministries themselves need to implement the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The session was excellent, although it confirmed that massive outsourcing contracts really are the biggest problem when it comes to wasting taxpayer money on IT, and many of them are not up for renewal for some time. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway I just wanted to highlight the suggestions on my wrap up slide<\/p>\n<p>Digital by Default > Open Source (open source is a <em>means<\/em>)<br \/>\nService Design > Open Source (service design and the user story trump everything)<br \/>\nOpen Source != Non-Commercial (open source doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t have a throat to choke)<br \/>\nOpen Source != Open Standards (this confusion has been around since I joined the industry, and it&#8217;s still just as unhelpful)<br \/>\nOpen Data (how to win friends and influence people)<br \/>\nNew approaches to governance for IP, contract, supplier, project and portfolio management (open source does change everything)<br \/>\nUse Open Source to change the culture\/as an organisational principle (see above)<br \/>\nSuccessful Open Source requires a technical competence (GDS is a great example. you can&#8217;t leave IT to procurement and legal people)<br \/>\nImpact on application development<br \/>\n\tagile, continuous deployment, microservices\/APIs, TDD, DevOps, NoSQL, UX (cloud\/web\/doing things better)<br \/>\nLearn and Borrow from the Web \u2013 code, events, publications, tools<br \/>\nSoftware License fees are fair game, claim the rebate (don&#8217;t allow SIs to replace proprietary software with open source and not pass on the savings)<br \/>\nBuild, Deploy, Iterate \u2013 quick wins. Try before you buy. (join the maker movement, it will turn you into a more effective purchaser)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Source as a catalyst for Digital by Default. Public Sector ICT from James Governor &nbsp; Yesterday I participated in a really interesting workshop run by Software AG for public sector organisations seeking to modernise their IT infrastructures and approaches. 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