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VICTORIAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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“ The pace at which we can deliver digital transformation is now critical to the government ’ s ability to deliver its reform programs ”
— Steve Hodgkinson , CIO , The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services successful process , Hodgkinson says that it starts with Fiona Sparks , Assistant Director , Strategy & Design , who is integral to the upfront work required to mobilise and fund a large portfolio of projects . Ray Baird , Assistant Director , Systems Solutions , then leads development of the applications , creating the structure for delivery . Assistant Director , Solutions Engagement , John Henderson manages the project pipeline , liaising with businesses to ensure projects are steadily delivered . David Stephens is Chief Data Officer , responsible not only for data to do with projects but also the broader logic around data collection and information management in a large department , and Liz Hughes , Directorate Manager , provides the support services that keep the branch operating .
PLATFORM + AGILE
Alongside his team , Hodgkinson credits the rapid acceleration of the department ’ s digital transformation efforts to an approach he has pioneered known as Platform + Agile , building out of agile software development methods . “ The Platform + Agile model is founded on two main ideas . Firstly , you can ’ t be agile unless you
AUGUST 2019