Reply to: Complacency 'rife' in IT projects

[Old Greg]

Only on paper, reality is different...

Ah - the secret reality. Say no more

[threaded]

They made a considerable loss on the contract before they pulled out.

Only on paper, reality is different...

[Old Greg]

As anyone that has worked in a Gov't paid contract will tell you, as a contractor you love it, but as a tax-payer you hate it, because of the incompetence and the waste. A year ago, the NHS through Accenture were paying an army of contractors up in Leeds and other sites that were doing practically nothing for months. Now they can't afford to pay the front-line doctors and nurses. I'm worried though that, as a result of all the past failures, there may be a lot less public IT work in future. What do you think?

But how much were Accenture actually being paid for their idle contractors? They made a considerable loss on the contract before they pulled out.

[wendigo100]

"here here"


cmon lil fishy bite bite bite

where where?

[tino]

Word to the wise...

you can be seen when quoted...

I hate this board

[Bluebird]

As anyone that has worked in a Gov't paid contract will tell you, as a contractor you love it, but as a tax-payer you hate it, because of the incompetence and the waste. A year ago, the NHS through Accenture were paying an army of contractors up in Leeds and other sites that were doing practically nothing for months. Now they can't afford to pay the front-line doctors and nurses. I'm worried though that, as a result of all the past failures, there may be a lot less public IT work in future. What do you think?

Government "inititives" will ensure that the work will not dry up, plus a number of gvt agencies are self funding anyway...

[TinTin]

Gravy train

As anyone that has worked in a Gov't paid contract will tell you, as a contractor you love it, but as a tax-payer you hate it, because of the incompetence and the waste. A year ago, the NHS through Accenture were paying an army of contractors up in Leeds and other sites that were doing practically nothing for months. Now they can't afford to pay the front-line doctors and nurses. I'm worried though that, as a result of all the past failures, there may be a lot less public IT work in future. What do you think?

[Red 7]

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

[Churchill]

"here here"


cmon lil fishy bite bite bite

Word to the wise...

you can be seen when quoted...

[pisces]

It's a buzzword where I work.

[tino]

hear hear

"here here"


cmon lil fishy bite bite bite

[BrilloPad]

That's what you get when you get EDS, Accenture et al to staff your projects. What you should do is get some contractors in to do it!

hear hear

[swamp]

"The three most common causes for delay were outsourcing, changing priorities half way through a project and poor co-ordination between managers."

Sounds like the problem lies with European IT mangers, and not the workers (if you care to make the distinction).

[Bluebird]

I didn't say it was all the fault of business users , 6 of one and half a dozen of the other IMHO.

Either way just lumping it onto the IT dept sounds like standard manager bullsh*t when they realise thier project is going tits up. Can't be anything to do with thier mis-management can it....

Classic us and them.

If it's run by IT then it's their fault, and the if it's a business inititive then it's the business managers fault...

... sooner or later these managers might realise they actually work for the same company...

[Ardesco]

Nothing to do with the software departments inability to effectively capture the requirements then, eh?

I didn't say it was all the fault of business users , 6 of one and half a dozen of the other IMHO.

Either way just lumping it onto the IT dept sounds like standard manager bullsh*t when they realise thier project is going tits up. Can't be anything to do with thier mis-management can it....