The latest state IT reform commission (the 27th, by TechLeader.TV’s calculation), the Task Force on Re-engineering IT Procurement for Success issued its report today Recommendations to Improve Large Information Technology Procurements: A Road Map for Success in California. The task force and its report are […]
Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?
August 15th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, DOD CIO, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?
Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project
August 12th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project
A new report by the California Legislature’s Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes blasted the State Controller’s Office for its management and its lack of accurate communication regarding the $350 million state payroll project. From the report’s most damning and damaging words regarding the Controller’s […]
Here’s One Way to Eliminate Malware…Fed CIO Destroys PC’s, Printers, even Mice!
July 10th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Chuck Benjamin, Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA), IT project failure, TechLeader.TV, malware
Here’s One Way to Eliminate Malware…Fed CIO Destroys PC’s, Printers, even Mice!
I guess this is one way to fix the problem, at least for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), an agency in the Department of Commerce: $170,000 of PCs, printers, keyboards, cameras, and mice destroyed in gross overreaction. EDA’s CIO [Chuck Benjamin], fearing that the agency […]
Is Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra the NBA’s version of MoneyBall’s Billy Beane?
June 17th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Moneyball for NBA, Muthu Alagappan
Is Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra the NBA’s version of MoneyBall’s Billy Beane?
Sure seems like it: Muthu Alagappan, a Stanford undergrad majoring in biomechanical engineering, asked if he could apply the company’s software to basketball stats. It quickly produced distinct patterns and color codes that led him to determine that basketball actually has at least 10 distinct […]
STATE PAYROLL SYSTEM: TAKE IT AWAY FROM CONTROLLER’S OFFICE: My article is up today in the San Diego Union Tribune
March 14th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Accenture, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Chiang, Controller, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Steve Westly, darrell Steinberg, franchise Tax Board, state cio
STATE PAYROLL SYSTEM: TAKE IT AWAY FROM CONTROLLER’S OFFICE: My article is up today in the San Diego Union Tribune
My primary points; After three separate controllers’ efforts, the last two having spent more than a decade in procurement and implementation efforts outlined above, the sine qua non ingredient for a new, successful project is the removal of responsibility for payroll and the new payroll […]
LA Times Reports on DMV IT Modernization Project
February 15th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, California DMV, California Technology Agency, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
LA Times Reports on DMV IT Modernization Project
Some further details reported on the DMV project with an inaccurate quote attributed to me. I stated that there were a cascade of problems that befell the 21st Century Project, not a cascade of project failures. SACRAMENTO — California’s computer problems, which have already cost […]
Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure
February 12th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Chiang, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, Techwire, Teri Takai
Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure
This may be closing the barn door after the horse has run away California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman but as Techwire reports: State Controller Announces Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success State Controller John […]
California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman
February 8th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California State Auditor, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Chiang, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman
The SacBee’s Jon Ortiz reported today that State Controller John Chiang has terminated SAP’s contract to implement the state’s SAP payroll project, jeopardizing the entire $375 million project. After overseeing this project since he took office in his first term in 2007, this marks just […]
Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”
December 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Bearingpoint, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”
Main Stream Media has finally caught up to our story at TechLeader.TV that we broke on November 14, 2012: State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again). The LA Times reports today: Overhaul of California government payroll system […]
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
November 14th, 2012 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: 21st Century Project, California State Controller, IT project failure, John Chiang, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, SAP Payroll failure, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
When discussing success rates it is instructive to understand the context. For example, you may consider the fact that if a SF Giant’s baseball player fails in two of three at bats over his career, he will likely be enshrined in the Cooperstown Hall of […]