If you want a project to fail the best thing to do is to allow the govt to run it
On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 19:30, Dr Greg Low via ozdotnet < [email protected]> wrote: > Another one though where the project has many parts, almost all of which > were to be delivered at the end. The only delivered item is the now > orphaned Director ID. > > Have we learned nothing about delivering projects in the last half century? > > Regards > > Greg > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* DotNet Dude via ozdotnet <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 29, 2023 7:19:34 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <[email protected]> > *Cc:* DotNet Dude <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Junked business registry overhaul blew out by $2.3b > > Am hesitant to share much but apparently the sh!t show was due to earlier > decisions, 2 or so years old. Technically a lot of the work was being > delivered successfully. > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 17:36, Greg Keogh via ozdotnet < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Worse, they were probably drowning in XML schema definitions. > Only one mention of XML in the redacted report, but three mentions of > SBR1, so that still counts. š > > > Aha! That leads to a bit of IT tech talk I can sort-of understand: > > The MBRās starting point for the technology architecture was Foster > Mooreās 124 registry software, Catalyst. Catalyst was selected as the > commercial-off-the-shelf product for the MBR implementation, following a > formal approach to market and design validation with Foster Moore. 125 > During the course of the program, the implementation changed to a later > version of Catalyst called Verne. > > Verne is a cloud-hosted registry product that uses Linux/Unix OS and a > document database that is suitable for registries. It uses a lesser-known > Java-based programming language called Groovy. 126 Verne provides > out-of-the-box functionalities for registration management, client > management, content management, access management, configuration > management, analytics and reporting, data provision, account management, > communication management, document management, API management, and fee and > revenue management. The user interface framework provides a flexible way to > generate XML based APIs. > > > I've heard of Groovy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Groovy>, but > now I see it's a Java-like static or dynamic language. Foster Moore's > Verne <https://www.fostermoore.com/verne> software is some gigantic > off-the-shelf corporate registry software product that claims to be highly > configurable. There's no mention of what back-end database it uses. > > *Greg K* > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/ > > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/
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