Organisation of the information system in INSEE Alain Vienot Deputy to the Secretary-General, with responsibility for IT

IT Steering Committee January The main orientations of the information system the creation of new systems, e.g. –the 'updated population census‘ –the consideration of the European needs –the customer relationship management –the impact of the internet –the management modernisation the upgrading of old systems,

IT Steering Committee January The principles of organization The statistician as supervisor, the owner of the applications to be built or maintained The computer scientist as implementing agent Between the two, assistance is provided, i.e. the architect About twenty supervisory units distributed between five large directorates (business statistics, demography and social statistics, studies and syntheses, dissemination, management

IT Steering Committee January The missions of IT Directorate developing, maintaining and running the application designing and managing the technical infrastructures providing assistance with project supervision elaborating the strategy, the blueprint, technology watch, the budget and IT human resources policy

IT Steering Committee January Strengths and weaknesses of the organisation an information system more focused on functional aspects than on technology high levels of creativity and many projects But a certain dispersion in the applications, a lack of cohesion in the information systems of the various directorates a 'dish of spaghetti'.

IT Steering Committee January The metaphor of urban development Managing an information system has much in common with administering a city A more modular structure, where components interact in an efficient network

7 Four cardinal points Acquired situation Patrimony of the applications New strategy of the company City planning and architecture Technological opportunities Supply Demand FUTURE PRESENT Well-tried but old technologies

IT Steering Committee January The IT infrastructure The transition from a central computer to the network model of the internet The various system components : –communication –transactional applications with a 3-level architecture and data storage servers to consolidate –software packages for management applications –a sharp increase in the need of content management