News:
Released under the Official Information Act.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) commissioned an independent quality assessment by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of its Cloud Acceleration Programme and the Digital Workspace Transformation Programme, after a cost escalation and rescoping of the original business case.
- The PwC review was completed on 6 May. MFAT publicly released the review on 7 May.
- MFAT accepts the findings of the review in full and will work to implement the recommendations.
- The Ministry takes management of public funds very seriously; it has commissioned the report and is resetting the programme.
- In response to the review, MFAT will perform a fundamental reset to the programme.
- This will involve removing unnecessary costs, changing the delivery approach, resetting scope and retaining only what is needed.
- This is intended to ensure that work essential for the Ministry’s core business is progressed to a successful outcome.
- The report highlighted issues around leadership and governance. Intensive oversight and reporting will be applied to ensure delivery to time, cost and quality.
- MFAT will engage ongoing independent quality assurance over the lifetime of the reset programme.