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The UK Chancellor is expected to massively scale back the world’s largest IT project, in a desperate effort to save money. picture credit: Mike Rawlins For the past five years, I have believed that the NPfIT has been the poster child for the Trillion Dollar Bonfire – as a poorly conceived, massively flawed and consequently expensive programme. Picture credit: camera slayer I celebrate the fifth of November as Trillion Dollar Bonfire Night, in the hope that everyone seeks better ways of managing and organising their undertakings. For centuries the United Kingdom has celebrated the fifth as Bonfire Night, in memory of the foiled Gunpowder Plot, where Guy Fawkes and his associates set out to cause catastrophic Picture credit: Don Solo The Times has finally woken up to massively wasted Government IT investment. Better late than never. The issue has been around for many years but still remained below the mainstream media radar, even when told about it. I don’t agree that over-optimism is the fundamental cause. The absolute root of the problem is Despite the oft-vaunted remarks of Gordon Brown that “new technology” will deliver much-needed efficiencies in the Civil Service, we still see more evidence to the contrary. Let’s hope that someone actually does something about the latest PAC report on the Dept for Transport shared services fiasco. Excuse me if I don’t hold my breath. The latest Whitehall Farce is not funny, it is beyond a joke. |
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