Indeed, I was looking forward to share my "street ph0tography" of the IT and eGov projects in our country.

On February 27, I was given a space to "exhibit my photos" at a Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) General Membership Meeting to exhibit my portfolio of images spanning ten years of capturing fleeting moments of IT and eGov activities.

PHOTO NUMBER 1 - a collage of pictures will be described as:

I believe that MOST IF NOT ALL the eGov projects were outsourced to the private sector. It may not be visible because some of the IT companies do not want to work for the gov't.

Some eGov projects are not successful. And causes are the following :

1. dysfunctional procurement process
2. lack of PROJECT MANAGEMENT mindset in the gov't
3. absence of SCOPE MANAGEMENT
4. lack of incentive in the gov't employees to buy-in to eGov projects
5. lack of staff with required IT skills set
6. lack of Service and Maintenance plan

Those have been my experiences doing eGov projects with the government since I started GSI 10 years ago.

Moving one step forward and being proactive, I am suggesting that the following should also be discussed :

1. technology transfer of the private sectors' IT best practices and project management to the gov't (similar to Singapore & Korea)

2. institutionalization of a functional procurement process (like a selection criteria different from road and building construction)

3. for the government to create a National Enterprise Architecture as well as the NGA Enterprise Architectures. This is to rationalize technology choices, portalization, SOA,interfacing, etc. The eGov projects need these architectures.

4. a creation of PSIA-Private Sector eGov Watchdog to address issues and concerns in the IT procurement process, project development, qualification of IT consultants. ( take note that some fly-by-night developers and consultants are not members of PSIA.)

There are many more of these "pictures" that I will share with you soon.

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