Case Studies

Have a look at what some of the current enQuire users are saying about the system. . .

Case History – Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management

  • Managed Portfolios: 30
  • Grants Per Year: 100+
  • Annual Value: $84 000 000
  • Total Program Value: $17 000 000 and $2 billion

Outcome: “enQuire is a secure on-line system that allows the collection of high quality data to assist DERM to maintain good governance over its NRM programs. enQuire supports the collection of accurate financial information, quantitative project data through performance reporting of progress made against milestones and targets and qualitative information captured through narrative and final reports attached in the system. In a nutshell, enQuire not only provides contractual accountability, it also captures the supporting legacy data for the on-going measure of efficiency and effectiveness of the investments”

Case Study – Technology Drives Efficiencies

New technologies and applications are driving efficiencies across all aspects of the operations of Desert Channels Queensland, from the way office documents are stored and retrieved, to how projects are managed. In the vanguard of this new wave is the state-wide reporting and project management tool, enQuire.

Leanne Kohler, CEO of DCQ, said that even back when enQuire was first developed, they could see the potential for it to drive efficiencies far in excess of what was planned in the initial development.

“We immediately saw the huge potential of enQuire” she said.

“As functionalities were identified, we put our money where our mouth was and backed the ability of the enQuire team to deliver an integrated information management system.”

“We have streamlined everything from managing expressions of interest for projects, to report acquittals and managing operational and finance systems.”

DCQ’s Data and Information Management Consultant, Emma Egan, said as the functionality of enQuire has increased, it has provided us with greater efficiency and accuracy, not to mention the significant saving in time.

“Tasks that used to require input from three people now only need one.” Ms Egan said. “With our online system we have managed to operate with half the number of staff.”

Ms Egan said that enQuire had also taken the organisation another step along the way to achieving the goal of a paperless office.