Contracts Finder - Businesslink.gov.uk (Serco)
Role: Solution Architect
Dates: May 2009 to Apr 2012
businesslink.gov.uk was chosen to deliver and run a new website to provide free access to all Governemnt procurement opportunities - this work resulted in a new national website Contracts Finder (launched by the Prime Minister in February 2011) - aimed at Small to Medium Enterprises.
During this period Aubyn's role was multi-disciplinary, and can be best described as being the Solution Architect for Contracts Finder. There were three main phases:
- Scoping and tender evaluation - acted as a programme consultant looking towards the end solution whilst working to create a tender and working through contract selection to find the most well suited supplier.
- Design and delivery - taking on a challenging solution architect role successfully bringing together Contracts Finder in the eyes of all the stakeholders
- New phase - Aubyn came in as a project manager and requirements guardian to deliver an extension to Contracts Finder
In addition to Solution Architect, Aubyn held the following roles:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Third party management
- Business Analysis
- Reporting & MI Design
- Test Lead
- Usability
- Project Manager
- Contractual negotiation