Slide 1

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

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Slide 2

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

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Slide 3

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

6


Slide 4

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

6


Slide 5

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

6


Slide 6

eSIDIF WITSA PRESENTATION
SUMMARY
August 30, 2012

Min. de Economía y Finanzas Públicas, Rep. Argentina
Secretaría de Hacienda

What is eSidif?
eSidif is a comprehensive financial support system for the federal government.
It handles over US$ 185 billion in financial transactions a year.
It’s main modules are:

Budget

Expenses

Purchasing

Treasury

Accounting
& Other

• Budget Formulation

• HR

• Payment Scenarios

• Single Treasury Account

• Budget Amendments

• Goods, Services and
other General Expenses

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Orders

• Resources

• Transfer Charges

• Selection and Confirmation
of Payment Withholdings

• Finance Planning
• Execution Planning

• Budget Evaluation

• Debt Servicing and
Financial Assets

• Embargoes and
Transfers/Grants

• Off-Budget Expenses

• Revolving Funds

• Travel tickets and
per-diems

• Financial Planning

2

• Bank reconciliation
• Property Management

Impact
A role model for eGovernment, eSidif drives efficiency, better management and
control into government process. eSidif was designed so that its benefits spillover the private sector and non-federal entities
Innovation
drives
efficiencies

Accountability
drives better
decision-making
Best practice
design allows
for benefits to
spill-over

• Electronic signature
• Paperless transactions
• Electronic tray
• Decentralized results-based metrics
• Central database and centralized reporting
• Business Intelligence embedded in the system

• Integration with the Tax Revenue agency
• So flexible it is being adopted by Provincial
Administrations

3

Transparency
In addition to the internal transactional and Business Intelligence systems,
eSidif is the cornerstone for two external portals.

Citizen’s Portal
• Up to date information on the Budget
and the spending
• Historical data

• Charts, tables and educational content in
plain language

Supplier’s Portal
• Web access to government suppliers, for
self-help and tracking invoices, orders,
payments and withholdings
• Easy to navigate and to perform
searches. State of the art security.
• Direct link to the Tax Revenue Agency

4

Blueprint for other public sector projects
The project managed to overcome the typical pitfalls of large transformational
public endeavors and is seen as guide for other projects.
Incremental deployments allowed:
•User buy-in
•Continued political support
Inclusive process of user participation
allowed:
•Learning from previous efforts
•Decrease adoption barriers
Public sector, private sector and
academia participation was key to:
•Ensure access to the best talent and
technology available
•Contain costs

5

Methodology and Technology best practices – a breakthrough
The team applied best practices in technology and software development to
ensure the project was cost-effective and dependable.
This also yielded a flexible and robust system that can be deployed under
many different scenarios.

Methodological
focus to ensure
quality and
productivity

• Incremental development using a RUP/Scrum
combination
• Dedicated Architecture, QA, Testing & Methodology
teams
• Continuous integration
• Automated testing

State of the Art
Technology

• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
• Object Oriented Development
• “Best of Breed” languages and frameworks: Java,
Hibernate, Spring, JBoss, Eclipse, Oracle Database,
JUnit, JMock, Mockito, WindowTester, AspectJ,
JMeter, JasperReports

6