[LINK] Failure of Queensland Health Payroll System Costs $1.2B

[Tom Worthington]

The inquiry headed by Richard Chesterman has released the "Queensland 
Health Payroll System Commission of Inquiry Report" (31 July 2013): 
http://www.healthpayrollinquiry.qld.gov.au/

The 264 page report looks into the reasons for the failure of the IT 
system development for the Queensland Department of Health. The cost of 
additional manual payroll processing due to the failure of the automated 
system is $1.2B over eight years. The commissioner recommends that the 
Queensland Government apply an appropriate structure to oversee future 
large ICT projects and staff have skills in project management. This 
document should be required reading for all students of computer systems 
development.

More at: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/08/queensland-health-payroll-system.html


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