Breaking with old habits to get your IT going The Dutch television show EenVandaag (OneToday) recently devoted attention to a recurring topic: expensive and inefficient IT projects at (executive) government agencies. This time, the reason to focus on the subject...
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How can the government properly digitise current IT systems?
The desire to take digitization to the next level is there, so why does it so often go wrong? And how can the government ensure that by 2025, at the next election, it has put such IT blunders behind it once and for all? Digitization starts at... Government...
Developing software faster with low-code through business rules
It's a problem for many independent software vendors (ISVs): finding good software developers in this tight labor market. Can they develop, maintain and further develop a comprehensive software suite with a small team? Working with low-code based on business rules...
Automation new lasting problem within GGD pattern
Besides the infection rates and the discussions about the impact of a lockdown on the economy, there was another constant in recent months: IT problems at the GGD. If overloading wasn't the cause of the system going down, it was that security didn't seem to be in...
Not enough staff for customization? Find the solution in low-code and business rules
Many Dutch people watched with amazement the parliamentary inquiry into the childcare allowance affair. There was a lack of understanding about how easily the 'human measure' was lost sight of. Former director of Toeslagen Gerard Blankestijn tried to explain the...
Event-driven processing: the paradigm shift in software development
To meet the ever-growing expectations of customers in an ever more complex world, most of us feel something has to change soon. That ‘something’ could be summarized as becoming an event-driven organization. Those among you who have read the previous parts of this...
Data, data everywhere, but not a purpose to serve
In our previous blog Business rules and business processes: tomayto, tomahto or more? we have stressed the importance of business rules within organisations. With developments such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and data and process mining knocking on our doors, we...
The value of digitisation beyond your own process
Remember the once popular TV-series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff and his talking car called KITT? Most of us at USoft really loved it, which may not come as a surprise. You know, with Artificial Intelligence and all. KITT even gave ‘The Hoff’ tons of good...
Business rules and business processes: tomayto, tomahto or more?
Asking this question is in a way answering it. After all, if they were completely interchangeable, we wouldn’t need to elaborate. Making the distinction between business rules and processes is quite crucial, especially with the potential value of big data and AI...