GesOrc: Inovação digital no controle orçamentário das políticas públicas do Ministério da Educação

Abstract

This research sought to improve the monitoring and control of budget reallocations and additional budget needs at the Ministry of Education (MEC). Until the time of this research, monitoring and control were performed through electronic spreadsheets, using email exchanges as the primary source of data exchange. This process resulted in slowness, rework, and poor information security, given the excessive control over the versions of the spreadsheets exchanged. To change this situation, an action plan was developed based on the action research methodology, with semi-structured interviews as data collection. The implementation of the action plan culminated in the delivery of a low-code application in the Power Apps tool, called GesOrc. The results achieved with the implementation of the application were greater process governance, transparency, and control of the identified needs. However, as the research progressed, improvements were revealed to ensure full use of the application and meeting the needs of all stakeholders. Thus, a proposal to formalize a TED was presented as a way of evolving GesOrc, aiming to address the deficiencies raised.