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California payroll: Another failure waiting to happen?

California payroll: Another failure waiting to happen?

By Michael Krigsman on September 2, 2014

The State Controller’s Office is launching an assessment to recover its failed payroll project. This new project seems doomed even before it starts.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BearingPoint, California, payroll, project management, sap | 1 Response

Massachusetts grills Deloitte over large IT failures

Massachusetts grills Deloitte over large IT failures

By Michael Krigsman on November 1, 2013

This week, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts held a hearing, most likely the first of several, examining failed IT projects run by Deloitte Consulting. The hearing focused on Deloitte projects for the state’s Department of Unemployment Assistance and Department of Revenue. I attended as an observer. The complex nature of large IT projects makes untangling truth […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged BearingPoint, California, deloitte, Massachusetts

There Are No Stars On A Failed Project!

There Are No Stars On A Failed Project!

By Naomi Bloom on February 14, 2013

There was quite a lot of discussion on Twitter and in the blogosphere earlier this week about a major payroll project disaster plaguing the State of California government.  That discussion broadened to include tales of more failed payroll as well as ERP and various other large-scale systems projects.  If you want to immerse yourself in tales of such disasters, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged California, GoAnimate, Life's Challenges, Looking Back/Looking Forward, payroll, Ruminations, sap, SAP AG

California abandons $2 billion court management system

California abandons $2 billion court management system

By Michael Krigsman on April 2, 2012

The California Court Management System is now officially dead. It’s time for state legislators to examine how the state manages it’s multi-billion dollar budget.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged California, California Courts, Trial court | 1 Response

Barter or charity: California seeks free IT security services

Barter or charity: California seeks free IT security services

By Michael Krigsman on February 7, 2011

California’s state Department of Motor Vehicles issued a request for quotation with unusual terms: requesting bidders to supply free work.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bid, California, DMV, Government agency, IT service management, Request for quotation, rfp, rfq

Could Fake Steve Jobs Go to Jail?

Could Fake Steve Jobs Go to Jail?

By Zoli Erdos on December 24, 2010

Online impersonators could be fined up to $1,000 and/or up to one year in jail according to California Senate Bill 1411, which Governor Schwarzenegger has just signed into law.   The new law is  meant to protect victims of cyberbullying, malicious impersonation – says  Senator Joe Simitian, the Bill’s author on his homepage: “E-personation,” said Simitian, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged California, Facebook, Fake Steve Jobs, free speech, FSJ, Law, parody, satire

Only in California: Electronic License Plates May Turn Your Car Into a Billboard

Only in California: Electronic License Plates May Turn Your Car Into a Billboard

By Zoli Erdos on June 21, 2010

Here’s proof that  Governments’ creativity in finding new revenue sources is unlimited, reports The Merc: The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for vehicles. The move is intended as a moneymaker for a state facing a $19 billion deficit. The device […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, ads, advertising, California, California State Legislature, cars, iPad, Legislation, police, Revenue, RFID, smart license plates, techology, transportation, Vehicle registration plate, velcro | 1 Response

Marin County sues Deloitte: Alleges fraud on SAP project

Marin County sues Deloitte: Alleges fraud on SAP project

By Michael Krigsman on June 3, 2010

In a important case, Marin County, California filed a complaint against Deloitte Consulting for its role in an over-budget SAP implementation.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged California, deloitte, Lawsuit, Marin County, sap | 2 Responses

Smart Meters: PG&E Lost What Little Credibility They Still Had

Smart Meters: PG&E Lost What Little Credibility They Still Had

By Jeff Nolan on April 27, 2010

This one sentence sums it up: After months of denying any technical problems with its SmartMeter program, PG&E publicly detailed a range of glitches Monday affecting tens of thousands of the digital meters. [From PG&E details technical problems with SmartMeters – San Jose Mercury News] This is the first time that PG&E has publicly acknowledged […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, pg&e, smart meters, smartmeters, utilities | 1 Response

Did Toyota's Lean Supply Chain Go Bad?

Did Toyota’s Lean Supply Chain Go Bad?

By Jason Busch on March 25, 2010

There’s been a lot of finger pointing in the press recently when it comes to Toyota?s suddenly accelerating escapades, which seemed to downshift into third gear with the accelerator floored (even to the point of a made-for-media car chase and forensi…

Posted in Business | Tagged California, General Motors, Honda, lean supply chain, procurement, supply chain, supply risk, Toyota, Toyota Prius

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