It is certainly true that many large scale government technology projects run over budget, over time and underdeliver. This is a problem for *all* large scale technology programs. Very (very) few run to time and budget unless significant “interpretations” have occurred along the way.
Rather than narrowly present this as a problem for government (which it is of course), we should consider this a problem for the industry.
For many decades, the technology industry has been developing versions of “agile” and “lean” development approaches – it would be good to see these take hold in some of this “too big to fail” (but they still do) projects.
It is certainly true that many large scale government technology projects run over budget, over time and underdeliver. This is a problem for *all* large scale technology programs. Very (very) few run to time and budget unless significant “interpretations” have occurred along the way.
Rather than narrowly present this as a problem for government (which it is of course), we should consider this a problem for the industry.
For many decades, the technology industry has been developing versions of “agile” and “lean” development approaches – it would be good to see these take hold in some of this “too big to fail” (but they still do) projects.