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Yes a small competent team could build the IT system for a fraction of the time and money. However they would only be successful if the business processes were
by easyfrag 17y ago
Yes a small competent team could build the IT system for a fraction of the time and money. However they would only be successful if the business processes were well defined which I'm willing to bet they were not.
New IT systems often come along with changes in process, a well defined IT project should produce a system that follows and complements those processes. Instead what we often get are "boil the ocean" projects that attempt to fix process issues under the guise of an IT implementation.
- wallflower 17y agoOne reason companies hire consultants is not to outsource the project but to outsource blame and accountability to IBM, Accenture. "How could the project fail? We hired some of the most highly recommended and expensive consultants. They didn't deliver."
- aplusbi 17y agoWhat's that old saying? "No one ever got fired for going with IBM."
- gaius 17y agoYes a small competent team could build the IT system for a fraction of the time and money A team that can do that AND is willing to navigate the treacherous minefields of internal politics at a government department doesn't exist.
- tphyahoo 17y agoYou wouldn't tolerate a stressy messy job for a fraction of 722 million? Say, one tenth? Sign me up.
- rbranson 17y ago^^^ This! I was involved on writing an invoicing system that ended up failing. The real intent of management was to try to bring more control to pricing using the project. Management was unable to negotiate this new process, so it ended up being an overpriced spreadsheet and was replaced a few months later when the company switched to Salesforce.