Reports against DOFA's key business drivers are now provided on desktops for staff through 'DOFA Vista'. DOFA Vista provides instant access to aggregate data on the Department's business drivers. Staff members go through a simple graphical presentation to access performance information on their work units. Each driver is updated regularly, and is automatically displayed as users log on each Friday morning. The DOFA Vista attracts considerable interest amongst staff.
Experience shows that it also improves overall performance focus.
Performance against these drivers is monitored, and updated reports are flashed on all staff members' PC screens through 'DOFA Vista' when staff log on each Friday morning. This was an initiative of the DOFA Women's Network. The impetus for the facility came from staff focus groups. DOFA won a Mother Friendly Workplace Award for the initiative from the Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia. The Mothers' Room comp-lements a Carers' Room in the John Gorton Building that the Network was instrumental in upgrading for use by DOFA parents.