>This sounds like a lot of failed IT projects in large corporations -- dreamed up by upper management types who don't know anything about tech, then farmed out to consultants and tech vendors for the actual implementation. The consultants and vendors then either proceed to wander in the weeds expensively due to lack of direction, or actively seize on the client's ignorance and take them for a ride.
In my experience, this is 100% correct.
At least this mess has been exposed to some degree. There's something of a saying around these kind of projects to the effect of "This project -WILL- succeed".
The subtext being that that no matter what the facts are, the project will be promoted publicly as a success.
It's incredibly disheartening to see an abortive mess transformed into a sparkling success via fake dashboards, paid press and the like.
O2 had such a "success" in Germany, to the tune of (IIRC) over 100M€. A colleague who was involved told me it had to be officially successful so they could at least write off the money as expenses.
In my experience, this is 100% correct.
At least this mess has been exposed to some degree. There's something of a saying around these kind of projects to the effect of "This project -WILL- succeed".
The subtext being that that no matter what the facts are, the project will be promoted publicly as a success.
It's incredibly disheartening to see an abortive mess transformed into a sparkling success via fake dashboards, paid press and the like.