eGOV calculator

The eGOV calculator is a computer program for cost-benefit analysis when converting classic administrative processes to digital business processes.

development

The program was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) as part of various reference projects and is available as an open source tool .

The target audience are the political decision-makers when changing official processes, who can use this tool to analyze and compare cost-benefit aspects for the authorities involved, but also for citizens and companies. The objective of the procedure should be the monetary evaluation of the advantages of e-government . The decisive factor that can be calculated with the eGOV calculator is the transformation effect per process in euros .

The eGOV computer is under the “Creative Commons. Attribution - distribution under the same conditions 2.0 Germany “license. This open source licensing allows the tool to be used for the independent calculation of e-government business processes, as well as the adaptation, further distribution and reproduction of the software.

literature

A. Gölz, N. Fröschle, I. Klocke 2007: eGOV computer in the state capital Stuttgart , in: A. Zechner (Ed.) 2007: Handbook E-Government - Strategies, Solutions and Economy , Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8167-7261-3 , 253-261