The CIOs also reported the results of ongoing techstat IT project review sessions and indicated they are yielding benefits.
Treasury said in the last two months it held two techstat sessions and identified management issues with the implementation of a new manufacturing support system and identified investment governance, project management, and change control processes as key areas to strengthen. It also decided to terminate a FOIA system being developed for one of its bureaus and to integrate its functions into an existing investment.
The EPA said it has conducted techstat sessions for all of its major capital planning and investment control systems and is planning to extend future techstat sessions to minor CPIC and other systems. It expects the sessions to result in new guidance that will strengthen the oversight and accountability processes and it said senior managers have started looking more closely and critically at their larger IT projects.
Labor said it held a techstat session focused on improving the governance practices of its new core financial management system and decided to undertake an assessment of the project’s operations and maintenance costs.
USAID said a techstat review of its enterprise disaster recovery investment enabled it to highlight performance challenges and take corrective actions such as establishing weekly program oversight meetings that are used to communicate progress, opportunities, and challenges to stakeholders, including agency executive management.
