oh dear: Accenture prepares to drop NHS work

[bfg]

You may as well outsource all this work to India, or Afghanistan or the moon.

It's a cheaper way for the UK tax payer to get a system that doesn't work.

'Tis already gone in large part http://business.timesonline.co.uk/ar...531551,00.html
has been for years.

Doesn't mean it's cheaper though, when you factor in the cuntsultancy margin of the Yank company with the Smoke and Mirror show.

[cojak]

I'm seriously considering going for certification in Gathering System/User Requirements.

It's a skill that nobody seems to have these days...

(This is as close a tip for all you newbies out there that you'll get from us experienced whizz-kids..)

[Swamp Thing]

Mostly this will be the public sector's fault for continuously tinkering with the spec. I have not known a public project where the spec remained frozen from Day 1.

Accenture will be back, there doesn't appear to be any stigma associated with this sort of 'failure' any more. It's a bit like individuals declaring themselves bankrupt to wipe the slate clean. A few years ago it looked like suicide. Nowadays you can start afresh after a couple of years like it never happened.