VAST software evaluation tool

VAST stands for Value ASsessement Tool of the European Commission, DG Informatics

…new ICT projects have to be carefully examined before their launch to strike a balance between their risks and costs and their potential benefits for all stakeholders. Building on existing value assessment methodologies, we propose a new custom-made value assessment tool, which addresses this issue. The tool is tailored to the context of the European Commission and has been tested operationally by its services. Its use helps to identify the value of an ICT project going beyond the traditional financial paradigm and allows cross-comparison between similar projects.

PDF Guidelines, Excel Sheet.

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Bravo, Herr Plattner

SAP-Gründer Hasso Plattner spendet noch einmal eine Million, damit der neue Landtag in Potsdam ein Kupferdach bekommt. Das Gebäude ahmt das kurz vor Ende des Krieges zerstörte Stadtschloss in Potsdam nach.

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Bundes-CIO: Zuckerwasser und Palme

Pitch der IT-Bundesbeauftragten zu einer Veranstaltung der Konrad Adenauer Stiftung:

Lebhafte Diskussion zur “Bedeutung des Internets in der Gegenwart”
“Willst Du den Rest Deines Lebens Zuckerwasser verkaufen, oder willst Du mit mir kommen und die Welt verändern?”. Mit diesem Spruch lockte Steve Jobbs [sic!] in den achtziger Jahren den damaligen Firmenchef von Pepsi Cola zu Apple. Was damals als Vision galt, ist heute längst Realität: Das Internet wirkt sich auf nahezu alle Bereiche unseres Zusammenlebens aus.

Ich habe zurückgefragt:

Dürfte ich die Frage stellen, was Steve Jobs… mit dem Internet zu tun hat?

Hier die Erklärung:

Das Steve Jobs-Zitat leitet den Artikel lediglich ein. Oder, um Ihre Frage mit Barack Obama zu beantworten: “Steve Jobs hat das Internet in unsere Taschen gesteckt”.

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EU-China High Level Political Parties & Groups Forum

PRESS RELEASE
European Parliament, Brussels
7 – 9 November 2011

The EU-China High Level Political Parties & Groups Forum, initiated in May 2010 in Beijing, gathers politicians from the European political families, together with Chinese representatives from the International department Central Committee of CPC and other institutions. It provides a tool for dialogue between politicians from China and from the EU.

Participants at the Press conference on 9 November 2011 will be:

• Mr. Li JINJUN, Deputy Minister
  International department – Central Committee of CPC
• Mr. Mao RUBAI, Chairman
  Committee of Environment and Resources of the 10th National People’s Congress
  Peking University Center for Nature and Society
• Mr. Xie DUO, Director-General
  Financial Market Department, People’s Bank of China
• Mr. Elmar BROK MEP
  European People’s Party
• Ms. Véronique DE KEYSER MEP, Vice Chair
  Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
• Mr. Markus LÖNING, Vice President
  European Liberal Democrats and Reform Party
  German Human Rights Commissioner
• Reinhard Bütikofer MEP
  Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Address

European Parliament – PHS 5B001 – rue Wiertz, 60 – B-1047 Brussels

Schedule

MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER
16:00-18:00 Opening Ceremony

WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
10:00-10:30 Press conference at the European Parliament pressroom

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