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Why Downing St makes some ill-informed IT decisions?
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Comments (4)
Years ago I had a boss who said (re an important decision) "don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up". Mind you, when I became a boss myself, I began to see what he meant.
Posted by Robin Guenier | March 30, 2009 4:56 PM
Posted on March 30, 2009 16:56
Reminds me of a line in Shaw's Devil's Disciple:
Major Swindon: "We have arranged it [the hanging] for 12 O'clock. Nothing remains to be done except to try him."
Posted by tony collins | March 30, 2009 5:26 PM
Posted on March 30, 2009 17:26
I have analysed Government ‘IT failures’ over the past ten years and concluded that the fundamental cause is the Government’s persistence with approaching every problem as if it is simply a large IT challenge that can be entrusted to a fairly small group of purveyors of large IT solutions (sic.
I suggest that it is time for the Government to forget about IT initiatives and start thinking instead about building effective information systems. Is this really too much to ask?
Posted by Colin Beveridge | March 31, 2009 12:25 PM
Posted on March 31, 2009 12:25
Colin - you said, "it is time for the Government to forget about IT initiatives and start thinking instead about building effective information systems. Is this really too much to ask?"
Er ... probably, Yes.
Posted by Robin Guenier | March 31, 2009 2:14 PM
Posted on March 31, 2009 14:14