HACT has launched version 1.0 of its free data standard for housing IT. Created in conjunction with 17 housing providers, the data standard focuses on core tenant data, and the voids and allocations process. It includes a reference data model, data exchange standards, supporting documentation, and implementation business cases. Andrew van Doorn, chief executive, HACT,…
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General News
T for technology or team?
Many of you will have seen the headlines on the increasing rise in IT project failures, how project costs overrun by 45 per cent on average and deliver only 56 per cent of the intended benefits*. So, what is IT project success? The fundamentals of project management are time, cost and quality to deliver an…
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Keeping housing IT projects on track
I should like to start off by saying that I don’t think there is anything special about housing IT projects. I don’t believe that IT projects in the housing sector fail any more frequently than they do in any other sector. I would also like to state that I don’t think that IT projects fail…
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If nothing goes wrong, you’re not innovating
‘Digital transformation’ has existed as a mainstream term in the IT sector for a long time, and before that, the phrase used was ‘channel shift’. Both are terms for a project or strategy taken on by an organisation to change the way either it provides services to customers or how the staff interact into a…
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Weaver appoints new technology director
Weaver Vale Housing Trust has appointed Andrew Rafferty as its new director of technology and business improvement. Rafferty previously held several IT-based, board-level positions at northern supermarket chain Booths, including director of IT and e-commerce. Wayne Gales, chief executive, Weaver Vale Housing Trust, said, “We are delighted to welcome Andrew. I believe he will make…
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Breaking the circle… A personal view
It’s now two years since Steve Lamb and I left the ‘client side’ of the housing sector to work in a technology business which specialises in supplying IT solutions to the housing sector. These two years at Housing Support Pro have flown by, bringing new challenges, opportunities and inspiring new ideas. Our business continues to…
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