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Breaking Victoria's IT fail cycle: What not to do
Written by Renai LeMay. Delimiter, Monday, November 28, 2011. "The date of November 23, 2011, will go down in history as one of the blackest for the thousands of technology workers belonging to the many departments and agencies making up the Victorian State Government.
The State's public sector workforce had already suffered many ignominies over the past few years. The cancellation of Victoria Police's LINK crime database, following the departure amid allegations of contractual improprieties of its former chief information officer. The incredible series of delays, budget over-runs and shadowy claims associated with the gargantuan myki public transport smartcard overhaul, which were revealed in a series of damaging leaks..."
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Last updated: 1 December 2011Related Links
- Own motion investigation into ICT-enabled projects - in pdf format (673kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Victorian Ombudsman in consultation with the Victorian Auditor-General, November 2011. Ordered to be printed Victorian government printer, Session 2010 - 11. P.P. No. 68 "... 2. In Victoria over the last few years, in our respective roles as Auditor-General and Ombudsman, we have tabled in Parliament a number of reports relating to ICT-enabled projects. These reports have identified significant shortcomings in the public sector’s management of such projects and have included numerous recommendations about how such management can be improved. 3. Despite these reports, we see little sign of lessons learnt in the public sector. The evidence to date is that the public sector is not managing ICT-enabled projects effectively, as demonstrated by the current difficulties that Victoria is facing in this area and the increasingly adverse public comment about major ICT-enabled projects. A new and more disciplined approach is required if the government is to avoid being faced with continuing cost overruns and failures to deliver..."
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