DTA delivers digital reality check after $1b in tech wrecks


Federal public servants have been urged not to underestimate the cost of digital projects or exaggerate expected benefits in new guidance that follows around $1 billion in failed tech projects over the last two years.

The advice from the Digital Transformation Agency, released on Monday, also recommends that agencies avoid an over-reliance on consultants and instead use in-house expertise as the government’s outsourcing savings drive continues.

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