Success, Failure and Lessons with opendata.swiss Innovating government [digital services] Bern, 17.11.2016 

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Client & project challenge 

Federal Archives ● data at the center, easy to get to the data ● data owners are important, in terms of image ● community expectations are fulfilled ● on time delivery, and stable External PM ● data owner are enthusiastic, easy to publish data ● decisions with Liip are easy 4 Andreas Amsler ● open go-live, not silent ● development agile François Terrier ● all data immediately accessible ● CH example for the world 

Success & Failure 

Federal Archives ➔ data at the center, easy to get to the data ✔ ➔ data owners are important, in terms of image ? ➔ community expectations are fulfilled ! ➔ on time delivery, and stable ✔ External PM ➔ data owner are enthuasiatic !, easy to publish data ✔ ➔ decisions with Liip are easy ✔ 6 Andreas Amsler ➔ open go-live, not silent ! ➔ development agile ! François Terrier ➔ all data immediately accessible ? ➔ CH example for the world ? 

Lessons 

Play [not] by the rules ● be and stay bold on vision ● be reliable on delivery ● lead the client ● keep the project goals in sight ● hold the client accountable to them ● do not give in, do not let frustration win ● accept crisis, and enjoy the adventure “Make things open, it makes things better – it really does." James Stewart, Chief Architect, UK Government Digital Service 8 

“Sometimes you cannot be that ambitious as you’d like to be, because you’ve not got time or capabilities or the permission – so make it suitable to the moment.” Paul Maltby, Director of Open Data and Government Innovation, UK Cabinet Office 9 Step by step we succeed 

“Innovation is not about ‘new ideas’, but courage to drop the ballast of old certitudes.” Bertrand Piccard Andreas Amsler Product Owner, BizDev +41 43 501 40 02 [email protected]