Should all projects follow a recognised methodology? Having recently become a Prince2 practitioner, I was convinced that yes, they should. And, as the saying goes, if all you have is a hammer then everything looks like a nail, in the blinkered view I had at the time I was sure that the project methodology of…
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Housing Management
Aareon deployment at Cheltenham Borough Homes
Cheltenham Borough Homes went live in August 2019 with Aareon’s QL housing management system, 1st Touch Core Mobile and Digital Solutions by Aareon. The project was led by the housing provider’s service improvement team in tandem with Aareon during the 18-month transformation programme. Steve Slater, executive director of finance and resources, Cheltenham Borough Homes, said,…
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Tai Ceredigion Cyf installs ActiveH from MIS-AMS
Tai Ceredigion Cyf has replaced its ageing housing management system with ActiveH from MIS-AMS to consolidate its data from different siloed sources and deliver ‘a single version of the truth’ across the organisation. The system is scheduled go live in April 2020. The Welsh housing provider undertook a stock transfer from the local authority over…
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Equity goes live with Aareon QL
Equity Housing has completed the implementation of its new Aareon QL housing management system. Dan Curtis, director of technology, innovation and business intelligence, Equity Housing, said, “The first phase of our overall Aareon implementation has gone very well and all of the Equity staff are now working with Aareon QL. “The objectives for this project…
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Hitachi Solutions wins Microsoft partner award
Hitachi Solutions Europe has announced that it has won Microsoft’s 2019 ‘global government partner of the year’ award. Over the past year, Hitachi Solutions has delivered innovative Microsoft solutions for customers across housing and local and central government including transforming tenant engagement with housing providers across digital and other channels, using IoT to reduce the…
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A new deal for housing… What’s the role for digital?
This autumn the leaders of the social housing sector will be looking at how to implement ‘A new deal for housing’. It’s over two years since the devastating fire ripped through the Grenfell Tower block in West London and left 72 dead and hundreds homeless. Since then there have been several inquiries and policy consultations…
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