Committee Details

Committee'S CONSIDERATION

The committee has considered Auditor-General Report No. 7: 2020-21—Delivering successful technology projects and has determined to take no further action in relation to the report. Further details are included in the committee's Annual Report 2020-21.

Overview

Role of the Auditor-General

The role of the Auditor-General is to provide Parliament with independent assurance of public sector accountability and performance. This is achieved through reporting to Parliament on the results of its financial and performance audits.

About the Auditor-General Report

The Auditor-General Report 7: 2020-21 – Delivering successful technology projects (the Report) was tabled on 30 September 2020.

The Report analyses the delivery of technology projects across the public sector. The intent of the Report is to share insights with all entities, so they can apply crucial learnings to each of their respective technology projects.

The Report identified the following five factors that if managed and monitored throughout the life cycle of projects, can improve the chances of success:

• senior leaders actively lead and challenge
• projects are aligned to business outcomes
• internal and external teams work towards the same goals
• the team has the skills and capacity to match the challenge, and
• learnings are identified and acted on.

Referral to Committee 

Standing Order 194B provides that the Committee of the Legislative Assembly shall as soon as practicable after a report of the Auditor-General is tabled in the Assembly refer that report to the relevant portfolio committee(s) for consideration. 

The committee is responsible under section 94 of the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 for assessing the integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government financial management by examining government financial documents and considering reports of the Auditor-General.

The Committee of the Legislative Assembly referred the Report to the committee on 3 December 2020.