Government isn’t that good at IT you know..
MADISON — State Sen. Rob Cowles says a recent audit of the state’s Information Technology projects has exposed government waste and that tighter management controls are needed.
The Republican lawmaker from Allouez said “tens of millions” of dollars have been lost on some high-risk computer projects that were outlined in a report released more than a week ago by the state Legislative Audit Bureau.
The audit identified 184 IT projects that have begun or been completed in the last three years, and found that some state agencies experienced “widely reported difficulties” in completing complex and costly IT projects within budget and on time.
It’s always difficult getting an IT project just right particularly on a large scale, the difference between the private sector and the public sector is that the private sector tends to hide things, as a bank I’m not going to admit we spent $400k on a system that didn’t work, we’ll simply utilize the hardware elsewhere and announce the success that way. I don’t have a solution in this respect, it’s dependent on an effective team, realistic budget and in many cases starting off small and scaling up..
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Comment by Luke on 29 April 2007:
Unfouranetly, anything remotely involving Goverment departments these days tends to result in a politically charged project that veers off to the left of its intended target 9 out of 10 times…
Comment by martin on 30 April 2007:
That’s right Luke, we’ve seen this with the UK’s large NHS IT projects, getting IT right for such a large organization remains difficult particularly with all the stakeholders.