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Sounds like my experience with software procurement in state government in the USA. The basic problem as I see it is that the companies that get contracts aren'

• magicalhippo 4y ago
  > The basic problem as I see it is that the companies that get contracts aren't especially good at writing software At least here in Norway, a huge part I think is that the buyer doesn't have a good grip on what they need. The people making writing the bids or managing the projects are too far removed from the day-to-day operation to write down proper requirements. Don't get me wrong, it's hard. But for these large projects I think many would have gone a whole lot better if the buyer had spent more time understanding their own organization and their needs before doing these large projects.