Technology Services Partner Framework

• SWS had an aged digital technology platform. AMP7 has focused on replacing most of the digital platforms with heavy focus on new age technologies. The service portfolio has involved building a new integration platform and rolling it out across the estate. AMP priorities included:

1. Digitise health and safety
2. Enhance environment / waste / wholesale digital capabilities
3. Enhance water digital capabilities
4. Customer digitisation
5. Other business driven spend / digitisation

• AMP7 priorities have included continuous investment in the corporate technologies which include enterprise applications like SAP, Success factors and Workday
• Going forward, key activities include but not limited to the following:
• Delivery of continuous improvements to existing and future applications used for enterprise-wide support services
• Ongoing support for specialist BAU
• Analysis, design, development, integration, maintenance, and support of a range of existing and future applications
• Implementation services for new ERP solution supporting the Customer Services, FInance and Procurement
• AMP8 ERP software selection exercise support

• SWS being an asset intensive organisation, the focus of AMP7 has been on a full re-implementation and replacement of Asset and GIS systems. This included asset & work management and integration into ERP solutions
• AMP7 has been working towards the full restack of OTT applications including standards and capabilities on physical devices and communications.

• AMP7 has been working towards upgrading the core platform and replacing redundant systems. This includes SAP BW on S4H implementation and other end to end implementations
• GIS had been managed as a separate domain, but will now be merged with EIM. During AMP7 SWS implemented the EDM ( enterprise document management) solution and reminder of AMP7 and 8 would be about rolling out new solutions on the EDM ( sharepoint).

• The focus in AMP7 was on data warehousing / lake, data integration, data analytics and development of business intelligence software and information reporting tools
• Going forward, key activities include but not limited to the following:
• Services related to statistics, tools, programming, data manipulation, data visualisation, machine learning, deep learning, model deployment, scenario analysis, forecasting / prediction, planning and Azure
• Data requirements associated with other lots could be delivered through this route

• Tech Strategy across Infrastructure, Applications, Cloud, Security, Integration
• Key services to be delivered are strategy, consultancy and advisory services in relation to a. solution architecture, b. enterprise architecture, c. technology & security architecture, d. business & data architecture

• QA / testing includes:

a) test leadership, test execution and test environment management

b) Quality demand & release management

c) provision of testing services and quality assurance

d) resource augmentation, including the delivery of a range of services, including but not limited to test standards & governance, orchestration, automation, resources, software, and a range of other related services. Testing at SWS is currently operating at TMM Level 3 / 4

e) Automation tool implementation and regression testing regime.

f) Support system evergreen with test and release governance

g) the testing services would be across Technology platforms, Application Portfolio's, Information Management, Process Mgmt, Operational and Engineering tech

• Business processes include:

a) delivery of business process services

b) creating and applying best practice processes

c) administrative services for business operations

d) Business processes relating but not limited to health & safety tracking and reporting, regulatory reporting, LandSearch and billing operation

• Services related to the design, development, integration, operation, implementation, maintenance, and support of a range of infrastructure technologies (networks, servers and storage, cloud, telephony, etc.)
• It also includes IT asset management, server and network patching, capacity planning, SecOps and infrastructure engineering
• Services delivered will be supporting key infrastrucuture, including routers, firewalls, databases, client systems, security services, network management, servers, switches, cabling, storage, backup technology, network infrastructure, telecoms and connectivity
• It will be critical for service providers to support with demand and resource planning. They will need to provide infrastructure resources that understand business domain and business applications that they are providing infrastructure for. SWS is on the journey towards building its capabilities with a focus on cloud operations and SecOps