session 1 4 june 2007 mark viney
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ICT Technologies. Session 1 4 June 2007 Mark Viney. Introduction. www.abs.gov.au. Mark Viney Director, Technology Application for Economic Statistics Group Technology Application Branch Technology Services Division [email protected]. Australia. Population = 21 million Area = - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Session 14 June 2007
Mark Viney
ICT Technologies
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IntroductionIntroduction
Mark Viney
ƒDirector, Technology Application for Economic Statistics GroupƒTechnology Application BranchƒTechnology Services Division ƒ[email protected]
www.abs.gov.au
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Population = 21 million
Area = 7.7 million sq km
Coastline = 59 740 km
http://www.sentinel.csiro.au
AustraliaAustralia
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We assist and encourage informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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We assist and encourage informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Australia - Population distribution
90% of Australia's populationcontained in 2.2% of the continent(mainly east and south-west coasts)
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Australia - Summer Temperature
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ABS Offices
Rainfall
Head office in Canberra
Offices in each Australian State and Territory
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covers all "subject matters": Economic, Social, Health, Environment, Technology, Agriculture..
3600 staff
9 offices (in each State & Territory capital)
we publish 3 - 4 publications each working day
largely professional staff -
ƒ Maths/Statsƒ Economists ƒ ICTƒ Accountants
the ABS
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Almost everything a statistical agency does can be supported by ICT
Today we will cover:
which technologies fit where in "statistical lifecycle"
Next 2 sessions: other applications of ICT (eg. knowledge management), future technologies, IT management
ICT Technologies
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Hardware
3400 pc + 1100 laptop (Microsoft Windows XP SP2)
110 Windows servers (Windows server 2005)
1 Fujitsu mainframe (MSP OSIV)
8 Sun microsystems midrange servers (Solaris unix)
ICT TechnologiesWhat does the ABS use?
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Infrastructure Software
SAS
ORACLE
Lotus Notes (Lotus smartsuite)
Blaise
Supercross
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Applications Environment
SAS
ORACLE (PL SQL + Java SP)
Lotus Notes (Lotus script)
C, C++, C#, VB.net, Centura
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IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
Layers of Technology
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Servers and OS
PCs and notebooks
Networks - Local Area, Wide Area, Internet
Printers, plotters, scanners, disks, tape drives
Directories (assets, people)
Generic software packages:
ƒ Word, Spreadsheet, Databases (eg. Access, ORACLE) Web site
IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
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Shared Data capture systems
Meta data management systems
Business Register
Data Warehouses
Publishing systems
Statistical Packages: CSPro, SAS, Blaise, SPSS, FAME, PC-Axis...
IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
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systems common to businesses
regardless of business function
Financial Systems
Personnel Systems
can buy "off the shelf"
IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
Business Infrastructure
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systems to support specific functions of the organisation
Statistical Applications
ƒ National Accountsƒ Population Census
Personnel Applications
ƒ leaveƒ travelƒ payroll
IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
Applications
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INPUT THRUPUT OUTPUT
INPUT THRUPUT OUTPUT
INPUT THRUPUT OUTPUT
"Stove Pipe" approach
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INPUT THRUPUT OUTPUT
Standardizedinterface
INPUT
INPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
"Clearing-House" Approach
Standardizedinterface
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INPUT THRUPUT OUTPUT
INPUT
INPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
Meta Data Management
Data WarehousesStandards
IT Infrastructure
Statistical Infrastructure
Applications
"Business" Infrastructure
"Clearing-House" Approach
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
Standardizedinterface
Standardizedinterface
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Design and Tune
Acquire Data Process Inputs Transform Inputs into Statistics
Analysis and Explanation
Assemble and Disseminate
Decision Support
Statistical "Lifecycle"
Manage Quality and Processes
Statistical Leadership
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Project Management (MS Project)
Software Development Methodology (eg. Prince)
Overall Support
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Form Design (eg. Word, PageMaker)
Mapping (eg. Mapinfo)
Interviewer instructions/ Training
Metadata stores:
standard questions
classifications
data item definitions
processing metadata
Design and Tune
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Key Data Entry
OMR, OCR, ICR
Collection Registers
E-form (internet)
Scanning/ Repair
Coding - Automated/ Assisted
caTi - telephone
caPi - personal
Acquire Data
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SAS
SPSS
Blaise
SQL database
Process Inputs
CSPro
Supercross
MS Access
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SAS, SPSS, Blaise, CSPro, Supercross, Access
Confidentialisation - suppress cells which may disclose details of individuals
ƒTau Argus (Netherlands)ƒDAAS (ABS)
Transform Inputs into Statistics
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SAS, SPSS
"OLAP" tools (eg. Brio, Discoverer, Pro Clarity, Cognos Powerplay)
Seasonal Adjustment
Graphics & graphs, thematic mapping
Analysis and Explanation
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Desktop publishing (Word, Ventura, Pagemaker)
Datasets: spreadsheets, time series datasets, "cubes"
on-line data access services: CANSIM, PC-AXIS, INFOS, Beyond-20/20, SuperWeb, Cognos PowerPlay..
Assemble and Disseminate
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telephone
internet
Decision Support
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select a "standard" set of tools and methodologies and try and stick to them
Develop a plan for your shared "statistical infrastructure"
maintain skills
invest to keep existing systems "up to date"
Some suggestions...
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