IT Auditing Service

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IT Project remediation is a complex process that requires a deep understanding of business processes when the solution doesn't meet the expectations or misalignment. A change in direction will ensure the project deliverables.

I have delivered projects that have not met the business needs of small to medium and large corporate entities, from complex engineering to pension to infrastructure projects and cloud solutions and many more.  

I look at the root cause by understanding the project by taking a laser target approach to investigate the options available and provide recommendations to the board summarised in an assessment document outlining the way forward. 

They have legacy infrastructure and software that doesn't conform to or comply with government pension legislation. Their flagship software platform uses an auto-generated code engine that generates COBOL and is now obsolete due to a lack of resources that work in the COBOL space.

They've taken the approach to migrate to Java using a scrum approach, but they didn't meet the target delivery date for three years running, the board requested an external audit to decide if the programme team can deliver the project.

Based on my assessment this project is extremely complex due to the nature of the technical stack which must be converted for the business to move forward and support its strategic roadmap going forward, there are risks with the current approach which I have outlined in detail, but in summary, are:

• Unknown challenges and scope based on the unconverted COBOL programs

• A lack of change control management

• Documentation, planning and governance

• Missing technical architecture governance

These risks can be mitigated by my recommendations in my assessment document going forward and will give confidence in the direction of the work required and its eventual success.