[LINK] Centrelink/DFCS computer boondoggle story

[Robert Hart]

On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 16:53 +1000, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Roger Clarke wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > [What disturbs me is not actually the failure of the project.  It's the 
> > abysmal failure in governance;  and it's the scale of the expenditure, 
> > firstly at all, and secondly even after it was abundantly clear that 
> > there were serious problems with the project.
> > 
> 
> The governance structure seemed flawed to me - given the complexity of
> the project, how can members of the committee do a competent job if they 
> rotate?

Hmm - I thought that the word was 'spin' not 'rotate' - and doesn't spin
made competency irrelevant?

Sorry - it is Friday....


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