Innovation, ICT, software design, and productivity

Disability Housing Solutions

A complex SDA management business was redesigned around an integrated operational framework, rapid software prototyping, ICT policy, and communications systems.

Role

Innovation and ICT specialist tasked with designing an integrated whole-of-business operating system.

Highlights

  • Started working with the business in November 2023.
  • Designed the structural framework for an integrated whole-of-business system in under a month.
  • Created a working prototype using Monday.com within weeks.
  • Improved productivity, doubled productivity in some areas, and removed repetitive work in others.
  • Developed ICT policy and communications frameworks alongside the software system.

The Complexity

Specialist Disability Accommodation management has high compliance load, 24-hour operational requirements, tenant stakeholder communication, landlord communication, NDIS complexity, marketing, vacancy management, and service delivery pressure.

The business had tried several times to create a custom CRM and believed a fully streamlined system may not be possible.

The System Design

The work involved designing an integrated operational framework underneath the software, then rapidly prototyping it in Monday.com so the business logic, changing requirements, workflows, communications, and staff feedback could be captured quickly.

The result was a working prototype within weeks, a productivity shift in the business, and a foundation for a potential software product that could support other SDA management providers.