On 23 June 2010 16:14, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > And sometimes a, b and c end up being so bad you have a huge IT debacle. > The problems in health payroll were pretty much inexcusable irrespective of project complexity. The current issue of not being able to pay anyone could have been avoided if they had a rollout plan included parallel operation of both systems. Maybe do 1% of pays in the new system first, then start cutting over more and more employees as the system is validated?
Re: the topic of poor contracts, I don't know if anyone noticed this in the press at the time, but you can only laugh (or cry): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/we-delivered-quality-payroll-solution-to-qld-health-ibm/story-e6frgakx-1225857268396 IBM declined to explain the exact nature of the problems but a spokesman said: "IBM is confident in the quality of the solution delivered to the Queensland government." No seriously. That was April, and then today you see: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/no-end-to-queensland-payroll-debacle/story-e6frgakx-1225883123593 The paymasters can't even pay themselves. Awesome. David. -- David Connors ([email protected]) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
