SAP Advances Effort to Help Public Sector Organizations Measure Political, Social and Operational Value of IT Projects

SAP Advances Effort to Help Public Sector Organizations Measure Political, Social and Operational Value of IT Projects

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University at Albany (State University of New York) today unveiled a new methodology designed to help governments better qualify the value of their IT investments beyond pure financial measures. Supported by SAP and developed by CTG, the new methodology, termed “Public ROI,” demonstrates how assessments of public value creation can extend far beyond financial savings to actually show gains in governmental integrity and transparency for a wide range of stakeholders, including constituents and politicians. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Impact of eGovernment in Europe Conference, sponsored by SAP and being held in Helsinki, Finland on September 13, 2006.

As part of this effort, SAP and CTG also announced the first results of five Public ROI case studies with federal and state government bodies, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the Government of Israel; the Federal Government of Austria; Service New Brunswick, Canada; and the State of Washington Digital Archives. SAP and CTG worked collaboratively with these organizations to examine how significant IT investments were conceived and developed, with particular attention to the role of public value in the process.

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