Engage have been intimately involved with the rationalisation of the Defence Support 'Bridging the Gap' (BtG) IS Systems portfolio for a decade. An Engage technical team had previously carried out the work to identify the candidate subset of 20 applications previously mentioned. The Engage team held weekly and monthly meetings with the user community involved with the applications subject to the rationalisation task. Detailed the planned activity, captured, and agreed actions and timelines. The team also continuously detailed the status of work including updates for each application and keeping it up to date. Provided reports which included actions taken and timelines of when tasks were due to be completed to deliver the rationalisation of the reported-on applications.

The Engage team chased down, as far as practicable within the timeframe, status and future plans for the apps in question; providing an update and evidence to the client. Under the Equinox Joint Venture and supported by the wider supply chain, we reviewed 20 apps that form part of the wider BMfS portfolio and have potential to be removed (closed or transferred) earlier than originally planned.