sentences:  Over the 3 decades, CCTA's focus shifted from hardware to a business oriented systems approach with strong emphasis on business led IS/IT Strategies which crossed Departmental (Ministry) boundaries encompassing several "Departments" (e.g.CCCJS – Computerisation of the Central Criminal Justice System).This inter-departmental approach, (first mooted in the mid to late 1980s) was revolutionary and met considerable political and departmental opposition.