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VIRTUALISATION Telstra's IT transformation, 15 percent done: now for the hard part
VIRTUALISATION Telstra's IT transformation, 15 percent done: now for the hard part | Telstra's IT transformation, 15 percent done: now for the hard part |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 09 October 2006 | |
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"It seems to me the biggest, riskiest part of the transformation, the IT component, is the least developed...I just wonder if you can elaborate on what the different tasks are over [the next 12 months] in the IT transformation and a little bit more detail on what the risks might be and the consequences, if that does take a bit longer or costs a bit more." It's not the "bit longer" and "cost a bit more" that are the real issues here. With such a massive project as this it is the risk of a major failure to deliver the functionality needed in the time frame expected of just one of many interlinked and interdependent components. And while Trujillo and his COO Greg Winn were full of re-assuring words, explaining how Telstra was relying greatly on the expertise and experience or prime systems integrator, Accenture, they made it very clear that the work done to date was the low risk part: assessing what is there today, determining what needs to be done and mapping out a plan to do it. |
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