Comments on: Railroading east London http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2006/08/30/railroading_east_london Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neurocentric http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2006/08/30/railroading_east_london#comment-3887 Neurocentric Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2006/08/30/railroading_east_london#comment-3887 Seems to be standard practice for the government these days - push a project through and then write the Business Case. Their favoured project management tool, PRINCE2, meant to avoid expensive white elephants, doesn't get a look in. We have just *had* to implement a govt directed project -- for which we are unable to list a single benefit to the organisation, service users or clients. And at a cost of two million at a time of financial crisis. Seems to be standard practice for the government these days - push a project through and then write the Business Case. Their favoured project management tool, PRINCE2, meant to avoid expensive white elephants, doesn’t get a look in.

We have just had to implement a govt directed project — for which we are unable to list a single benefit to the organisation, service users or clients. And at a cost of two million at a time of financial crisis.

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