Governance and Management of Statistical Information Systems

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Governance and Management of Statistical
Information Systems

Meeting on the Management of Statistical
Information Systems (MSIS) Geneva, May 8-10, 2007
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Topic i

• The papers presented under this topic deal with
  changes in statistical offices and their impact
  on IT strategies, particularly changes in
  funding, outsourcing, and service partnerships.

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Invited Papers

• Italy An Integration Approach for the
  Statisticsl Information Systems of ISTAT using
  SDMX Standards
• Norway New IT Strategies for Statistics Norway
• Eurostat IT Outsourcing in Eurostat

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Supporting Papers

• Israel The Impact of Strategy on Technological
  Architecture
• IMF The IMFs Strategic Sourcing Initiative
  The View from the Statistics Department
• Sweden Process Reengineering
• ECE IT Governance and Service Partnerships

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MSIS 2006 Exploitation of IT ServicePartnership
s within Statistical Organizations

• Key messages
• Build service partnership relationships around
  the mutual achievement of business objectives
• Identify key issues impacting sourcing management
  objectives of the statistical agency
• Develop a checklist of functional requirements
  for an overall service management framework.

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MSIS 2007 Governance Management of
Statistical Information Systems

• 1. Process change/reengineering within
  statistical organizations Italy, Norway, Israel,
  Sweden
• Active support of senior management
• Involvement of business not only IY
• Governance structures committees, new
  organizational structures, review boards
• How to deal with internal resistance to change
  and established power groups
• User acceptance incentives or dictated from
  above
• Metrics how to know when success is realized
• Importance of increased standardization
• Scope for sharing strategies across statistical
  organizations

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MSIS 2007 Governance Management of
Statistical Information Systems

• 1. Process change/reengineering within
  statistical organizations Italy, Norway, Israel,
  Sweden (continued)
• User acceptance incentives or dictated from
  above
• Metrics how can an organization know when
  success is realized
• Importance of increased standardization
• Scope for sharing strategies across statistical
  organizations

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MSIS 2007 Governance Management of
Statistical Information Systems

• 2. Partnerships/Global Sourcing model Eurostat,
  IMF, UNECE
• Common themes limited resources, search for
  efficiencies, standardization of processes,
  flexibility
• Need to create well-defined requirements and
  establish procedures for QA and UAT
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities
• Impact on short and long-term budgets
• Defining and implementing the role of the project
  manager new mix of skills
• What is the scope and costs for returning to an
  insourced model?