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Think Your IT Project is a Disaster? These Will Make You Feel Better

posted by martyb on Thursday November 12 2015, @07:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the schadenfreude dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

There are many ways to gauge satisfaction with a new computer system, but when the people who have to use it show up for work wearing red and declare it "Code Red" day, you probably don't need to bother with a survey.

That's exactly what's scheduled to happen this Thursday in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, where government workers plan to protest the one-year anniversary of a controversial new computer system.

Ontario's Social Assistance Management System (SAMS), installed a year ago this week by the province's Ministry of Community and Social Services, was supposed be a more efficient replacement for its outdated case management system.

It hasn't quite turned out that way.

Several tales of woe, but no deeper dive on causes, like scope creep.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 13 2015, @05:10PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 13 2015, @05:10PM (#262748) Journal

    You did alright on the limitless funds, but you left out "fiat currency". When the currency is tied to something of value, government has almost unlimited funds. That is, they can bankrupt the economy, but they can't really do much more harm than that. With fiat currency, we can bankrupt today's economy, as well as the economy of future generations. The US is probably in a unique position, in that our fiat currency is the dominant currency throughout the world, so we can continue to bankrupt even more future generations.

    Some day, there will be an accounting. God only knows how that accounting will go down, but eventually, the house of cards will come tumbling down. The dollar has no intrinsic value, and it is tied to nothing of value. People who defend the dollar claim that it is tied to some mythical "trust" in government. What trust? More and more of the world is learning to distrust our government, our military, our currency, as well as our people.

    Hell, I'm American, and I don't trust much of anything American.

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