Sayer Vincent surveys successful information systems
Howard Lake | 18 March 2004 | News
Sayer Vincent is launching a survey into what makes for successful investment in information systems (IS) by charities.
Sayer Vincent say that this is the first survey of its kind in the sector. It will cover a range of topics including strategic planning and governance of IT projects; IS department staffing profiles; information and system security; systems integration; access to applications and information; outsourcing; project management and expenditure on IS.
Charities with more than 100 paid staff are being invited to participate in the survey. To do so you have to pay £250 plus VAT. In return for this they will receive a full version of the final report, which will analyse the findings and draw out best practice. In addition, there will be a participants-only discussion to look at the findings in more detail.
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One of the steering group, Ajay Burlingham-Böhr, Head of Information Systems at RSPB, said: “Other benchmarking exercises within the charity sector have looked at specific facts and figures. What is missing is a way of getting hold of some of the softer measures. How do we ensure IS strategy is in line with our organisational needs? Which systems really deliver added value? This benchlearning exercise has been well designed to cover some of these more intangible, softer issues and the results will make fascinating and useful reading.”
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He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.