[LINK] Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?

Janet Hawtin lucychili at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 20:17:03 AEDT 2008


On Jan 14, 2008 1:57 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au> wrote:

> I worked at IBM in Canberra when NCIS was coming to an end. A very
> senior IBMer came over from the USA and did an informal review of the
> project. The root cause of the problem was that a couple of software
> gurus from a USA lab flew in, proposed that the police replace their
> highly optimised, mainframe based, green screen applications with a
> three tier client server system and flew out, never to be seen again.

> And that was the source of the whole problem - everything else flowed
> from that decision. The fact that it had never been done before, that
> nobody knew if it could be built or would work were not even identified
> let alone understood by those in charge.

How common is that kind of flyby consultancy?
What does it mean for local innovation, leadership and systems thinking?
Which projects are done in ways which value/build local leadership and
innovation?

Janet



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