Strategy and Planning

In 2008, as a result of significant organisational growth, the Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF) Group considered that its corporate management arrangements might not be optimised for effectiveness or efficiency. The purpose of the review was to establish an effective and efficient corporate management model for VCDF Group and review all corporate management functions to identify and recommend opportunities for rationalisation or improvement. Cordelta identified an organisational model for corporate management that would lead to greater effectiveness and efficiency. Cordelta also identified a number of opportunities for rationalisation and improvement within corporate management functions and drafted a series of related policies, procedures and guidance. The review’s recommendations addressed …

In 2012, Cordelta produced a high-quality technology guide for the Australian Government. A Guide to Implementing Cloud Services complements the Australian Government Information Management Office’s (AGIMO) suite of better practice guides for cloud computing and provides an understanding of issues related to transitioning to cloud services. Cordelta used extensive research and analysis of existing industry and government guides to formulate the document’s contents. It also consulted with government agencies and industry groups capturing, in particular, the experience of four agencies, which had implemented cloud services. The guide earned praise from stakeholders including vendors such as Microsoft, Gartner and the government SIGB and CIOC committees.

Cordelta is proud to have contributed to the now up-and-running Digital Investment Management Office (DIMO) at the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). In 2016, the Prime Minister and Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation announced the need for a centralised governance function to oversee high profile digital investments across the Commonwealth Government. Cordelta were brought on-board to assist with the establishment of the new whole-of-government function and applied contemporary Design Thinking and Business Architecture methods to understand the problem space and outcomes the DIMO needed to solve and deliver. Cordelta collaborated with DTA Executives to produce the target-state Operating Model for the DIMO, using methods such as Value Stream Mapping …