By Freya Purnell
The end date for the SAP roll-out at Transport for NSW has been revised by more than a year, according to a report to Parliament by the NSW Auditor-General.
The project’s original completion date of 31 December 2015 has been revised to 2 January 2017.
The program covers the replacement of financial, human resource/payroll and procurement legacy systems with a single SAP solution across the cluster of agencies. With the program budgeted at $151 million in total, total costs to 30 June 2014 were $76.5 million.
The report noted that management has responded to “early challenges of the project, including project team changes and scope changes with re-alignment of project plans and delivery timelines”.
The report warned that while ensuring the technical requirements for the project are delivered, the project team should also plan for the business transformation aspects of the implementation.
“This includes the management of structural and process changes arising from the project, the delivery of adequate training around the new systems and processes of end users, and ensuring appropriate support arrangements are in place,” the report said.
A performance audit on the security of critical infrastructure IT systems across the Transport for NSW cluster will be tabled soon in NSW Parliament.
