Why do a QuickScan as a National Society?
The QuickScan presents an indication of where a NS currently stands in terms of their people, process and technology. It consists of a short survey in combination with a facilitated interview. The deliverable is a report indicating your NS’ capabilities across the data and digital spectrum. It is not an extensive assessment. Rather, it provides a quick insight and can serve as a conversation starter for digital transformation in your NS.
The result of the QuickScan will provide a global overview of the digital maturity (i.e the ability of a National Society to respond and take advantage of technological developments that improve services to people in need) of the National Societies participating. The results can be used by National Societies in the following ways:
- As a first introduction to what is needed to achieve digital transformation in the NS;
- To support National Societies in formulating digital transformation ambitions;
- To identify opportunities for collaboration with peers and to formulate funding needs vis-à-vis donors.
What does the process look like?
The QuickScan consists of
- A short (10 min) survey consisting of 10 themes and corresponding questions;
- A facilitated interview (approximately 1 hour) to analyze the results and transform them into actionable items;
- A report drafted by an external facilitator and shared with you for your own use.
What does the process look like?
- Who in my National 3 individuals minimum
- Preferably the three people that are the greatest data and digital development stakeholders within the NS, such as the NS’ leadership, IT and IM Manager.
What do the QuickScan results look like?
| Example Quickscan result | Example next steps |
|---|---|
| A data analyst and a GIS specialist are present but only for the duration of a project in collaboration with another NS. After the project there will not be enough budget to keep them on. | A data analyst and a GIS specialist are present but only for the duration of a project in collaboration with another NS. After the project there will not be enough budget to keep them on. |
| Poor Communication between departments of the NS leads to double work and lack of standardisation leads too unusable data | Focus on processing data that has been collected in a uniform way into charts tools for visualization. Include those tools in response planning, in order to minimize the overlap in services between departments. |
| Data literacy is not spread troughout the NS, there are some ad hoc trainings in data literacy and few people within the NS actually know how to use the dashboards. | Expand the digital literacy and the capacity to interact with the dashboards of staff and volunteers. Organize data literacy trainings for staff and volunteers. Look for support from other National Societies on this subject. |
| Too much third party support creates overlap in digital tools. The NS is lacking a digital transformation strategy. The projects are ad hoc and the overview and end-goal are no longer clear. | Focus on creating a digital transformation strategy and more IT capacity. |