Four IT project certainties - whatever the government
The Taxpayers' Alliance claims that IT projects have contributed about £11bn to a total overspend of £19bn on government projects.
Will it be any different under the Tories?
One answer is that there are at least four certainties in the life of any UK or US government:
1) Over-optimism
2) A willingness to believe inspirational thought-leaders in the private sector who say that, yes, complexity in government can be simplified with technology (as opposed to changing the way things are done)
3) An insistence by ruling politicians and senior civil servants that what seems to be an IT-based disaster is, in fact, a success
4) What can be covered up will be
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