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Frameworks and Fans

Does the NHS need another Information Systems framework to work within? I hope so as we have just published one! The Local Portfolio Management System, Systems of Choice, or LPMS SoC for short. A nice neat short name and matching… Read More

Open Data is here so how do we do it securely?

Security and research information is a hot topic right now for a number of reasons, not least the transparency agenda and the desire, quite rightly, to be as open as possible about data relating to the conditions and outcomes of… Read More

Why our IT implementation is going to be different to the norm!

Having spent many months defining a set of detailed requirements for the building of a new Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS), then many more months creating a specification which, through the hard work of our supplier (Tribal Education Ltd), has… Read More

Where, when and from whom inspiration strikes.

Inspirational moments, places and people, they hit you and hit you hard! For me inspiration is what drives innovation, not just of what we create but also in how we think and how we work. I feel very lucky to… Read More

Presenting is like…

At the moment, whether it’s conference season or just a significant up turn in interest for what we do, I find myself living in Power Point. I even dreamt in Power Point the other night! I presented at a life… Read More

Last Call for Datatopia … Boarding Now!

‘Imagine a world’ is a phrase we are using quite a deal at the moment as we try to tell the story of how our information systems will come together in April 2014 to deliver an integrated solution for the… Read More

Turnaround Projects – The Horror Movie Sequel!

“Turn around, don’t run upstairs, please don’t go in the garage”… all that is missing is, “I will be right back!” the joys of wonderful horror films! Would you ever knowingly take on a failing project with many of those… Read More

Data Visualisation – a 19th Century Case Study

Did you know that the ‘father’ of Epidemiology also created Data Visualisation as we know it today. As we move towards our own “AppCentre” being live and the creation of more Apps within ODP that allow new and exciting insights… Read More

Overfitting – The most important problem we don’t consider enough!

In statistics the name given to mistaking noise for signal is known as “overfitting”. When delivering new Information Systems the concept is also prevalent, particularly at the stage in delivery that sends shivers down every IS project managers spine, the… Read More

To be a fox, or to be a hedgehog?

I am reading Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise, and a thought struck me about his categorisation of those that can make good forecasts and those that would be best leaving it to luck. He proposes that there are… Read More

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