Pros
Staff within the DTA, working on delivering projects, are highly skilled, and competent. The vast majority of the people DTA employ have chosen to develop deep specialties, and therefore are valued for those specialties. Unlike the wider APS, staff are encouraged to cross skill ONLY if they have a natural interest in doing so. The theory is not to be a generalist but to work in multidisciplinary teams with people with equally deep specialities in other areas. This is how cross-skilling effectively occurs. There is huge opportunity here to feel valued and the flat reporting structure attempts to make all team members opinions heard.
Cons
If you are a traditional Beauracrat who believes in the ladder climb in Government then this place will really frustrate you as it attempts to challenge that. Equally if you are used to the private sector then this place may also frustrate you as it does have process and procedures akin with other Government Departments. The DTA's mandate is a near impossible task; fix the Government while being a part of the Government. Affecting change in a systemic and deeply embedded culture of red tape and hierarchy will take years, the DTA will always have a rough time being accepted by it's fellow Departments because of its fundamental positioning flaw.