Comments on: Throwing your problems over the fence

By: Paul Wallbank

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:03:05 +0000

Noel, while the Australian Rail Track Corporation is my favourite in the utterly dribbling incompetence stakes, the Defence Materiel Organisation is up there with it.

Sadly the DMOs capacity to piss money away is several magnitudes greater than even the ARTC.

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By: Paul Wallbank

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:00:19 +0000

In reply to Jon.

IT is my classic example Jon, I always chuckle when a minister or CEO tells the press that outsourcing services will save .

You know it will end in tears.

The best example was the South Australian whole of government contract in the early 2000s, not only did the clueless numpties end up handing over hundreds of millions to EDS over what they would have spent but they also managed to nuke whatever remained of SA’s local IT industry.

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By: Noel Kelly (@gnoll110)

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:41:20 +0000

Jon, good point.

I want to nominate Defence logistics as a classic Australian example…
Then they’re Tax’s Change Program…

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By: Jon

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:21:05 +0000

Outsourcing an organisation’s IT function is another good example. The costs that some government departments have to pay for simple technology services is incredible.

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By: Noel Kelly (@gnoll110)

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:44:38 +0000

“Naturally no-one is held responsible for the delays, cost over-runs or lousy initial planning and estimating on that project, which is a happy result for everyone except the taxpayer who foots the bill.”

Don’t forget the future, the future also foots the bill, from the poor planning.

Like with the #HS2 announcement yesterday, in Britain. Extending higher speed rail from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds by 2032.

What about Glasgow, Edinburgh and Bristol or Cardiff. 12 years too late and only part solves the problem, given the West coast main line is expected to reach capacity by 2020.

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