The devil’s guide to iT is for people who want to make iT simpler. Here you will find valuable insights and amusements to ease your iT pain. The guide caters for everyone, expert and novice alike, regardless of whether you: use, run, buy, sell or make iT.
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Can we really trust spreadsheet numbers? Are spreadsheet-based reports the eye in your mud, or the mud in your eye? Do the numbers really help you to make sense of a complex situation, or do they cloud the issues by muddying the waters even more?  Picture credit: Annie in Bezier  Picture credit: austins_irish_pirate It looks like the MOD has yet another poster child for The Trillion Dollar Bonfire. The latest Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts make sorry reading; for a number of reasons, not the least being the following damning statements:
Picture credit: Lucy A Little Just in case any government ministers read this story, here is the simplest possible advice to avoid IT blunders: Stop thinking about IT projects and start building effective information systems. Computing reports “Government computer blunders are being caused by political priorities over-riding the advice of IT experts, according to MPs.” That statement simply re-inforces Picture credit: wallyg Bryan Glick has blogged about Why IT and the real world don’t mix Bryan’s piece looks at a review of the Integrated Childrens System (ICS) and makes the usual observations about IT projects. But I say the real reason that IT and the real world don’t mix is because there is no logical point of direct |
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