How to screw up a software project...
15th Nov 2006, 01:09 GMT
Nobody does it quite like the brits ... this is what happens when back-handers and nepotism decide who gets the contract, rather than a merito/techno-cratic decision. The Article wrote: In 2002, the English government embarked on a $12 billion effort to transform its health-care system with information technology. But the country's oversight agency now puts that figure at $24 billion, and two Members of Parliament say the project is "sleepwalking toward disaster." It'd be funny if it wasn't my tax money being wasted - but not quite as funny as the IT Director involved (Richard Granger) failing his IT exams and yet still earning £280,000 a year (that's over $500,000) - no wonder it costs so much.
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