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1 posted on 02/12/2013 12:05:32 AM PST by Selene
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To: Selene

$254 million down the drain.


2 posted on 02/12/2013 12:09:24 AM PST by Selene
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The $371-million upgrade, known as the 21st Century Project, has fallen years behind schedule and tripled in cost.

And this is surprising, why?
LMBO

3 posted on 02/12/2013 12:11:57 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Selene

There are private companies with that many employees. How come these companies don’t suffer the same problems as State government? Is the secret word: corruption?


4 posted on 02/12/2013 12:12:39 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
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To: Selene

Trouble with govt contractors ping


5 posted on 02/12/2013 12:45:07 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: Selene

Massive, horribly over-priced, hopelessly inefficient government gets massive, horribly over-priced, hopelessly inefficient software system. California government and SAP - no one can say they don’t deserve each other.


6 posted on 02/12/2013 12:58:44 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Selene

SAP, the single most failed software that idiots keep buying for some strange reason. I’ve seen many SAP failures and those projects are not cheap. Many are in the $100 million range.


8 posted on 02/12/2013 3:43:12 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: Selene

This is just Solyndra on a smaller scale. Follow the money.


10 posted on 02/12/2013 4:02:35 AM PST by radioone
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This is simply further proof that large massive bureaucracies cannot do anything that is all complex. It brings to mind the Census Bureau attempting to make a complete map of the US, detailing every street and house. They spent $2 Billion (back when a billion was a lot of money), and totally failed. Meanwhile, several small startups did what the government failed at, and sold it for several bucks on a CD.

I have been involved in a couple of software projects administered by a bureaucracy. It is simply astounding what foolish, irrelevant features are demanded by the arm chair "leaders". I would blame the state of CA on this one, not the poor contractors. Nevertheless, I'm sure CA will drive them into bankruptcy, anyway, to cover their own incompetence.

14 posted on 02/12/2013 5:30:18 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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SAP = Suck Away Profits
15 posted on 02/12/2013 5:30:31 AM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: Selene

SAP can work very well for an organization. It’s gotten better, but you wind up having a more successful implementation if you do things the SAP way. Many times, this means changing the organization’s operations. And, after the upheaval is over, you usually wind up with a more efficient organization.

But government bureaucracies do not value efficiency. Thus, a computer project that is aimed to maximize efficiency will be sabotaged from within.


18 posted on 02/12/2013 7:02:35 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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List of California State Agencies

There is a word for this: Byzantine. I doubt it is possible to develop an accounting system for this monstrosity. And even if you got it to work the communists in Sacramento are constantly creating reams of new rules, regulations, and laws.

19 posted on 02/12/2013 7:36:14 AM PST by Count of Monte Fisto
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I had a long tenure with a Fortune 500 company which decided to implement SAP. At age 53 it became the “final staw” in my decision to quit and begin a second career.


22 posted on 02/12/2013 10:42:03 AM PST by TexasKamaAina
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