1. Peter Barnett Telstra Global & Enterprise Services
National Local Government Summit 2014
Commission of Inquiry
Peter Barnett
Telstra Global & Enterprise Services

2. The Municipal Landscape
Councils
Council IT Teams
Tighter future Public Sector funding
Pressure on Councils to retain their identity and independence
Large unfunded infrastructure gaps
Increasing number of Councils with an average underlying operating deficit
Managers struggling to find sufficient appropriate resources to deliver required services
Continuing to shave costs
Continuing to build individual vendor driven systems
Purchasing for price not strategic advantage
Collaboration ad hoc
Struggling to acquire, skill and maintain skilled workers
The LIKELY OUTCOME?

3. 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

4. The Business Challenges
Consensus and Commitment
Legal and Commercial framework
Development of Service Catalogue
Priorities

5. 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
Targeted, prioritised application development and/or procurement
Skills specialisation and structural flexibility
Develop solutions in collectives and seize opportunities
Drive your own IT agenda
Embrace a Change

6. Copyright