Project Director

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SAMIS Project

• Project Director
• Mike Allen

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Table of Contents - SAMIS

• gt What is SAMIS?
• gt Project Structure
• gt The SAMIS Product Suite
• gt System Branding
• gt The Pilot Program
• gt Current Status
• gt Next Steps

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What is SAMIS ?

• An Information System togt Support the 1996
  Strategic Asset Management (SAM) Frameworkgt
  Help Government Agencies better manage their
  asset portfolios
• It will provide information aboutgt The
  condition of the governments build asset
  portfoliogt How well each asset meets the needs
  of the community it servesgt The compliance of
  each asset to applicable legislation
• What benefits will this bringgt Ongoing savings
  due to improved decision makinggt Better
  delivery of a service that is matched to the
  needs of the communitygt Better planning
  and measurement of how an asset is performing

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Project Structure
Overview

• The SAMIS Project is divided into four major
  streams of activity
• gt Agency Implementations
• gt porteco Development
• gt Information Management
• gt Project Operations and Support

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Project Structure
Agency Implementations

• gt Business Process Changegt Data identification
  and cleansegt Pilot Engagementgt Full Rolloutgt
  Ongoing Maintenance and Support

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Project Structure
porteco Development

• KAZ Technology Services Pty Ltd
• porteco development and support
• Functional determination and change management
• The development method is
• gt Cyclic or spiral - allows for risk management,
  scope control and controlled change
• gt Participative - involves business experts, IT
  practitioners and other relevant expertise
  within Government

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Project Structure
Information Management

• gt Developmental and functional oversight for
  portecogt Infrastructure provisiongt Data
  identification and conversiongt cognito
  functional design and development

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Project Structure
Project Operations Support

• gt Project Administration, Quality and
  Reportinggt System and project visual designgt
  Acceptance Testinggt Communicationsgt Training
  and Supportgt lexicon functional design and
  development

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The SAMIS Product Suite
Overview

• SAMIS is made up of 4 products
• gt porteco The core system- Asset Register,
  Performance Mgt, etc. gt cognito Information
  Analysis - Reportinggt pelorus Spatial
  Analysis Planning SAgt lexicon User
  Assistance on-line user supportEach product
  integrates using varied technologies and
  resources to deliver a full set of Strategic
  Asset Management tools through a single user
  experience

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The SAMIS Product Suite
Overview

• Producing SAMIS as a Product Suite has several
  benefits
• gt Ease of use for occasional users quickly
  find the tool they need
• gt Clarity of responsibility (eg KAZ efforts
  limited to porteco)
• gt Scope control for system development
• gt Risk management on a complex system
  development project
• gt More targeted marketing, resulting in better
  user acceptance

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The SAMIS Product Suite

• Provides Asset Register, Performance Measurement,
  and Asset Planning functionality
• Developed using Microsoft.NET and ORACLE
  technologies
• Development underway managed by a formal change
  management process
• Usage profilegt Represents approx 65 of system
  functionalitygt Agency decision makers lowgt
  Site Decision Makers Moderategt Business
  Experts Highgt Transactional Users - High

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The SAMIS Product Suite
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The SAMIS Product Suite
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The SAMIS Product Suite
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The SAMIS Product Suite
cognito

• Provides Information Analysis, Reporting, Ad-hoc
  Query and Data Warehousing functionality
• Supported by Cognos (Information Management) and
  ORACLE technologies
• User Interface design almost complete. Report
  design to be undertaken in parallel with
  porteco development
• Usage Profilegt Represents approximately 20 of
  system functionalitygt Agency Decision Makers
  Moderategt Site Decision Makers Moderategt
  Business Experts Highgt Transactional Users -
  Low

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The SAMIS Product Suite
cognito
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The SAMIS Product Suite
cognito
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The SAMIS Product Suite

• Provides the capacity to spatially locate or
  query an asset or group of assets. Also allows
  for the overlay of demographic, zoning and land
  use information
• Supported by ESRI and ORACLE technologies.
• Developed in partnership with Planning SA
• The development of pelorus will be undertaken
  in parallel withthe progressive release of
  portecos functionality
• Usage Profilegt Represents approximately 5 of
  system functionalitygt Asset Decision Makers
  Lowgt Site Decision Makers Lowgt Business
  Experts Moderategt Transactional Users - Low

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The SAMIS Product Suite

• Provides the education system, administrative
  support and historical project bodies of
  knowledge to support the users of the system
• Supported by HTML/XML and ORACLE technologies
• Development of usage and training devices
  commenced (Help Screens, Tutorials).
• Scope of the remaining content and technology to
  present it currently being finalised
• Usage Profilegt Represents Approximately 10 of
  system functionalitygt Asset Decision Makers
  Lowgt Site Decision Makers Moderategt
  Business Experts Highgt Transactional Users -
  Moderate

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The SAMIS Product Suite
Product Usage
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The SAMIS Product Suite
Product Usage
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System Branding
Brand Genesis

• Key elements of the brand
• gt Vision and planning long term decision
  making
• gt Cohesion and aggregation integrating
  information across government
• gt Technology information management and
  delivery utilising the latest technologies
• gt Helpful and reliable a system that
  provides benefit and instils confidence
• System Characteristics
• gt Information gateway a portal
• gt Important decision support information
• gt Uses the latest technology
• gt Serves the asset management discipline

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System Branding
The porteco Example

• gt Asset, architecture, building ?
  ? A Stylised Column
• gt Information, access, gateway ? portico ? a
  buildings entrance
• gt Technology, leading edge ? (e)
• gt Those devices combined ?

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System Branding
The Brand Explained

• gt The I-Beam logo serves to unite the SAMIS
  product suite
• gt It is a stylised column / support structure
  and reflects the architectural genesis of
  the core brands

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System Branding
The Brand Explained

• gt porteco A portico is an area
  delineated by columns and a roof that frames the
  entrance to a building
• gt cognito The Latin words cognitio
  (investigation) and incognito (unknown) combine
  to represent the information analysis
  capability of cognito
• gt pelorus A pelorus is an ancient
  navigational instrument used to position
  coastlines or transport vessels spatially
• gt lexicon A lexicon is a type of
  dictionary of vocabulary used in a particular
  profession

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The Pilot Program
Summary

• The term Early Adopter an explanation
• Who are they? gt DECS, DHS (health), Justice,
  DAIS (REM)
• Pilot Engagement 4th Quarter 2003
• Benefits of early adoptiongt Additional
  supportgt Assistance with datagt Traininggt
  Support

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Current Status

• Project Initiation ?
• Procurement ?
• System Design ?
• Development Underwaygt Development Partner
  KAZ Technology Services (previously Aspect)gt
  Parallel development of cognito, pelorus and
  lexicon gt Technical Infrastructure in place
  (via EDS) gt Data identification, cleansing and
  migration underwaygt Pilot engagement and
  preparations underwaygt Acceptance Testing
  Commencedgt Scope control through formal Change
  Management process
• Implementation
• Ongoing Maintenance and Operation

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Next Steps

• Continuation of porteco development KAZ
• Acceptance Testing on progressive software
  deliveries
• Continual improvement of functionality through
  controlled change
• Ongoing development of cognito, pelorus and
  lexicon pilot program planning and
  implementation
• Training materials development in parallel with
  software delivery
• Communication to, and preparation of, the user
  community