Defence took back control of its troubled data consolidation overhaul from KPMG before it reached minimum viable capability late last year after identifying “deficiencies” with the contracted work, Senate Estimates has heard.
The consulting giant’s technology arm corrected the shortcoming after a period of “hypercare”, before exiting the ambitious program altogether, Defence chief information officer Chris Crozier said on Tuesday.
But the project missed its deadline of December last year and is now expected to wrap up in March or April – the same time that Defence tries again to cutover to its new multi-billion dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
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