Did you do this?

[DimPrawn]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rs-German.html

One of the worst blunders ever seen on Whitehall saw a 'cost-cutting' computer system end up spouting answers in German and leaving taxpayers with a bill of more than £80million.

A damning report from MPs today accuses the Department for Transport of 'stupendous incompetence' in its management of a multi-million pound efficiency drive.

It said a programme to save £57million in administration costs had instead left taxpayers facing an £81million bill.

Workers were left struggling with an IT system that issued messages in German, wrongly recorded that staff were off sick and randomly confiscated staff holidays.

The programme, based in a Swansea office which manages human resources, payroll, and finance support for the department, was supposed to cost £55million and produce £112million of savings - an overall economy of £57million.

However, the department now admits that the programme will cost £121million and produce savings of just £40million, resulting in an overall cost to the taxpayer of £81million.



Tax money well spent, as usual.

[AtW]

However, the department now admits that the programme will cost £121million and produce savings of just £40million, resulting in an overall cost to the taxpayer of £81million.

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HTH

Brown Gordon

[BrilloPad]

When McKinsey did a report on it they said it would be fine!

This outcome is the result of giving contracts only to big firms : they should just get in loads of IT contractors instead.

[AlfredJPruffock]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rs-German.html

One of the worst blunders ever seen on Whitehall saw a 'cost-cutting' computer system end up spouting answers in German and leaving taxpayers with a bill of more than £80million.

A damning report from MPs today accuses the Department for Transport of 'stupendous incompetence' in its management of a multi-million pound efficiency drive.

It said a programme to save £57million in administration costs had instead left taxpayers facing an £81million bill.

Workers were left struggling with an IT system that issued messages in German, wrongly recorded that staff were off sick and randomly confiscated staff holidays.

The programme, based in a Swansea office which manages human resources, payroll, and finance support for the department, was supposed to cost £55million and produce £112million of savings - an overall economy of £57million.

However, the department now admits that the programme will cost £121million and produce savings of just £40million, resulting in an overall cost to the taxpayer of £81million.



Tax money well spent, as usual.

Well they wanted it cheap - I did the gig forra fiver - you pays yer Reichmarks and takes your choices .

[DimPrawn]

What sort of software dev costs £121,000,000

I mean, it's not sending men to Mars is it? It's running some payroll and holidays.

[swamp]

Sounds like it was ze Germans.

[AlfredJPruffock]

What sort of software dev costs £121,000,000

I mean, it's not sending men to Mars is it? It's running some payroll and holidays.

In the IT world its called an IPT (indexed pig trough)

Great article DP - you just couldnt make it up.

Imagine some computerised booming German voice announcing that your Holidays have been confiscated - well worth 121 million.

Good recovery by the spokesman though -

spokesman for the Department for Transport said: 'As with any large-scale and long-term project, there have been aspects that have taken longer to implement than others.

'However, the system is now starting to deliver real change with smoother and more streamlined processes. We welcome this report and will be responding to it in due course.'

Does the above mean that staff will have their holidays confiscated by a booming voice in French ?

[DiscoStu]

Umm, I may have had a small hand in it

[Moscow Mule]

What sort of software dev costs £121,000,000

I mean, it's not sending men to Mars is it? It's running some payroll and holidays.

It's not the software build, it's the consultants to configure it. Probably SAP.

[DiscoStu]

It's not the software build, it's the consultants to configure it. Probably SAP.

It was indeed