New ERP system

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original PM replied

2 July 2019, 11:54
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Gosh!

I thought it was just the UK civil service who f**ked things up to that extent.

Well I sent them all this link.

The Government IT Self-Harm Playbook - Dan Sheldon - Medium

And then the just started to gather more requirements up front....
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BrilloPad replied

2 July 2019, 11:09
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

See if they can beat this.

How the millions multiplied

Gosh!

I thought it was just the UK civil service who f**ked things up to that extent.
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Eirikur replied

2 July 2019, 10:41
TCS it is
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Mordac replied

2 July 2019, 10:09
Originally posted by original PM View Post

So we are spending money like water getting loads of people on board to start looking at an SI for our new ERP system.

Looking at Capgemini, Sopra Steria and TCS

And do you know what we are going to do after wasting thousands of man hours and even more trees printing off 100 page slide decks?

That's correct we will go with the cheapest.

I cannot even....

You might as well

This one is fooked from the start...
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Old Greg replied

2 July 2019, 10:05
See if they can beat this.

How the millions multiplied
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Old Greg replied

2 July 2019, 10:04
Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post

Any other decision will have to be justified. This choice doesn't require exposing management to the possibility of a qualitative judgement.

Fist signs of project failure.

Maybe project failure was inevitable and nobody had the balls to stop the project. So may as well fail cheaply.
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TwoWolves replied

2 July 2019, 08:47
Any other decision will have to be justified. This choice doesn't require exposing management to the possibility of a qualitative judgement.

First signs of project failure.

Last edited by TwoWolves; 2 July 2019, 12:29.
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WTFH replied

2 July 2019, 07:25
What’s your new system?
Many years ago I worked with a small consultancy whose business model was to wait until 6 months after certain well-known names had started projects, then to phone the client to offer more experienced people.
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original PM started a topic New ERP system

2 July 2019, 07:03
New ERP system

So we are spending money like water getting loads of people on board to start looking at an SI for our new ERP system.

Looking at Capgemini, Sopra Steria and TCS

And do you know what we are going to do after wasting thousands of man hours and even more trees printing off 100 page slide decks?

That's correct we will go with the cheapest.

I cannot even....
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