CASE STUDY sure that whatever we ’ re building is responsive . All our old systems could only be run when you were sitting at a screen in front of a laptop or a desktop . Now , everything can work on a mobile phone , tablet , or laptop across multiple different platforms and that ’ s been really important for us .
Scalability is also key , so we ’ ve been using Kubernetes to help us automate the deployment of the new modules that we ’ re building , moving everything away from these big monolithic systems and decomposing them into microservices .
Rather than having one big system that does everything for grassroots football , we ’ re now building a series of around 10 modules , each of which does a very specific thing for football . Of course , this means that , in the future , if we make a change over here , we don ’ t have to worry about testing everything else in this stack . We can simply test on part thoroughly , look at the integrations and roll it out . This process will make things a lot easier for us .
How has your work improved your relationships with English football participants ?
Internally , and with our partners within the County FA network that are on the front line , we ’ ve built up goodwill , because everyone can see the work that ’ s taking place . I think that it really will start to have a publicly visible impact in the next few months . The launch of our player registration module will hopefully free up a huge amount of time for club secretaries and league administrators up and down the country , so they ’ ll feel its hugely positive impact . We ’ re also doing a lot of work in the coming year on our web presence to share the benefits even more widely .
What does a nomination in the Contino / TLA Top Innovators report mean to you and the wider business ?
I ’ m really proud that we were nominated because it reflects the work of the team . Everything we ’ re doing in education , collaborations and beyond is a reflection of building that strong partnership and making sure that my team can engage effectively with the rest of the organisation .
I ’ m proud that Contino and TLA chose us , even though some of our work seems a bit chaotic , isn ’ t always textbook and doesn ’ t always follow very clear methodologies . What matters is that it ’ s showing great progress . For me , it ’ s crucial that my teams can reflect on that . It ’ s great that our stakeholders in football see it , but it ’ s also important that our peers see it and recognise it as well .
It ’ s fair to say that I am really proud and excited that we were included in the report and recognised as one of the top Digital Transformation innovators in Europe .
I hope the rest of my team can feel proud too because this recognition is ultimately down to the work that they ’ re doing . p
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