Supporting a statewide
education authority
to operate independently
Alyve helped a newly independent statutory authority to define what it should own, govern and enable across a changing education sector.
$ 3 Billion
Government funding administered annually
220,000+
Students across the sector
33
School proprietors aligned
Opportunity
The client had become legally independent but three years later, it remained operationally tied to systems and infrastructure from its former host organisation.Technology separation was the immediate priority. Twenty legacy applications were still running in an environment it did not own or manage. An enterprise system was approaching shutdown by the host in mid-2026. The client needed a credible path to separate, migrate and operate independently. It became clear that a platform-led strategy would be too rigid to succeed. The authority needed a model that could adapt to the sector, not a technology roadmap that assumed the sector would adapt to it.Solution
Alyve helped the executive team and board step back from the immediate system replacement and define the operating model logic that should guide the technology strategy.The work combined technology strategy, operating model design, executive facilitation and sector consultation. Alyve engaged diocesan and non-diocesan proprietor stakeholders to understand how the sector was changing, where the authority could add value, and where local ownership needed to remain.This shifted the engagement from a narrow migration exercise to a broader design question: what should be centralised, what should remain distributed, and how should information, standards and assurance flow across the sector?From that position, Alyve developed a two-horizon strategy. The first horizon established the foundations required for independent operation. The second defined how the authority could better support schools, dioceses and proprietors through clearer services, stronger assurance and better sector-wide information flow.Outcome
Alyve produced a board-endorsed technology strategy, a supporting operating model direction and a five-year financial case with significant identified savings.More importantly, it gave the authority a clear decision test for future technology investment: whether each decision served its mandate in the future sector model, or simply preserved the assumptions of the environment it had separated from.The authority left with stronger executive and board alignment, a clearer sector role, and a practical roadmap for moving from inherited systems to independent, fit-for-purpose capability.Facing a structural change moment?
Separation, carve-out, regulatory reform or operating model redesign can expose dependencies that sit deeper than systems.
Alyve helps leadership teams work through the questions beneath the brief: what to own, what to govern, what to enable, and what to leave distributed.
If your organisation is facing a change where the obvious answer feels too narrow, let’s start the conversation there.
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