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Why prompt decision-making is critical to the success of IT projects
By David Bicknell Research from the US-based IT projects specialist Standish Group suggests latency between decisions is a major contributor to project delays and failures. “Projects get behind a day...
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Well done Eric Pickles – more open government to engulf councils
By Tony Collins Few people have noticed but changes to the law next month could force councils to be much more open about big spending decisions including those that involve contracting out IT and...
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Cornwall Council’s extraordinary attack on outsourcing critic
By Tony Collins A “Cabinet” councillor in Cornwall has launched an extraordinary attack on a former IT strategy analyst Dave Orr who emailed members of the county council with his analysis of its...
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Cornwall Council votes for more time to consider outsourcing plans
By Tony Collins Councillors in Cornwall voted unanimously today (23 October 2012) for a joint venture with BT to be considered more carefully, and for other options to be investigated, without any...
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Barnet’s undemocratic BT/Capita outsourcing plan?
By Tony Collins Barnet Council is remarkably defensive about its plan to outsource IT, customer services, finance, payroll, HR, corporate procurement and other services to BT or Capita, by the end of...
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Is this a reason some council and NHS scandals stay hidden for years?
By Tony Collins Six years into Southwest One’s joint venture between IBM and three public authorities, the outsourced service is not a big success. Somerset County Council, one of the joint venture’s...
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