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Forum: Canada
Feb 21st 2018, 6:44 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Well said as usual. You should become a social commentator Dave and get paid for your thoughts :thumbup:
Forum: Canada
Feb 19th 2018, 10:00 am
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Probably because IBM sold it as some simple, effective, efficient solution with a compelling business case (2700 Headcount down to 500) - and the silly Feds thought it was easy to train. again bad...
Forum: Canada
Feb 19th 2018, 9:54 am
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

A well thought out post as usual Dave :) Thanks.

Let me add my thoughts to this, and I will point out that I have been involved in these systems before so I am somewhat biased.



And this is...
Forum: Canada
Feb 18th 2018, 7:28 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Thanks. Dave. I read somewhere (I think) the Govt still has hundreds of payroll processing rules which is why so many things need to be manually processed.

THIS itself is a huge (or huuuugggggeee)...
Forum: Canada
Feb 18th 2018, 7:23 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Latter might be a bit worse but things can be a bit backdated here, I find. I doubt they know what the system was about, which is why IBM got away with what they did IMHO.
Forum: Canada
Feb 17th 2018, 8:09 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Also - to continue my RANT:

How did the users sign off user acceptance testing?

With go-live and the conversion of the old system to the new, why weren't these problems detected?

How in the...
Forum: Canada
Feb 17th 2018, 7:59 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

OK I've read more about this issue:

IBM contract cost for failure-plagued Phoenix payroll system jumped to total $185M - Ottawa - CBC News...
Forum: Canada
Feb 17th 2018, 7:45 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

Yes I've seen bits and bobs but it could also be my own lack of attention to it. "Phoenix systems" is not a very catchy headliner for me.

Incidentally I googled it after this thread, and...
Forum: Canada
Feb 17th 2018, 7:43 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

I actually think IBM are at fault.

They are the experts who were brought in to advise on, and implement the system.

They should have understood the configuration options, what the software...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2018, 5:40 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,001
Posted By jerryhung

Re: Canadian Boondoggles by all.

I was telling my partner that you're one of the nicest folks I've seen on the WWW.

As to the Phoenix system, I've heard of this cluster (learnt a new word too re: Boondoggles).

It's quite...
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