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Program directory · Shared Services Canada

Strategic Direction

Program code
BWG01 (SHARE)
Core responsibility
Customer Relationships and Service Management
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Strategic Direction 2018-19: $47.8MStrategic Direction 2019-20: $90.9MStrategic Direction 2020-21: $50.1MStrategic Direction 2021-22: $47.1MStrategic Direction
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Strategic DirectionThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$139M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 418, against 323 in 2018-19 (+29%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators added: % of reviewed projects at each gate from an architecture lens perspectiveDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: Average rating provided in response to the Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (five point scale)Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $90.9M, against $47.8M in 2018-19 (+90%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 302, against 418 in 2019-20 (−28%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned spending $50.1M, against $90.9M in 2019-20 (−45%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

% of reviewed projects at each gate from an architecture lens perspective
Expected result: SSC’s enterprise services are customer-centric, operational efficiencies are realized and a culture of service management excellence is promoted within the department.
100%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
Average rating provided in response to the Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (five point scale)
Expected result: SSC’s enterprise services are customer-centric, operational efficiencies are realized and a culture of service management excellence is promoted within the department.
3.422018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-193.6 – 520193.42
The target was not met based on several issues regarding communication, status updates, delivery of service delays, costing and authority of the Client Executive.
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $35.7M2018-19: $47.8M2018-192019-20: $68.6M2019-20: $90.9M2019-202020-21: $50.1M2020-212021-22: $47.1M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$35.7M$47.8M
2019-20$68.6M$90.9M
2020-21$50.1M*—
2021-22$47.1M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 2162018-19: 3232018-192019-20: 3082019-20: 4182019-202020-21: 3022020-212021-22: 3022021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19216323
2019-20308418
2020-21302*—
2021-22302*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$35,708,713$34,156,879$34,198,817
2019-20 plan$68,598,622$50,144,824$47,116,209
Actual$47,775,230$90,925,518

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.