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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2004-11-27 : 16:30:23
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| >> The UK government is spearheading a £10 million programme aimed at finding ways to avert catastrophic failures in large IT networks.Yeah - they can't manage to run a development project so decide it's a fundamental problem with large networks.I've seen the way a couple of these large projects have been managed and they didn't have a hope of success - and it would be obvious to anyone with a bit of experience. Main problem is that they feel comfortable working with large consultancies, don't consider how they ae being managed (i.e. who has responsibility for requirements and deliverables) and don't look at the experience of the people they are given to do the work (often considered a good oppertunity for training).>> Some systems are now so large they are untestable.So what's the obvious thing to do about that - clue, it's not a new problem and something that used to be part of every programmers training course.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen
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Posted - 2004-11-27 : 20:37:27
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| >> The £10 million the UK is to spend will be used to set up a national centre to study IT complexity .... The mathematics of complexity makes it impossible to explain the behaviour of a large distributed system simply in terms of the sum of its parts .... Strange non-linear behaviours ...I thought chaos theory was big in the 80'serror(n+1) = f(error(n))One of the things with IT is that you can spend xxx.xxx.xxx money and get nothing for it.We all probably have seen plenty of money&work plowed into projects with no outcome.>>Cancelled government IT projects plus others that have run over budget – such as tax and child benefit computer systems – cost the UK £1.5 billion over six years, according to a 2003 report from the Office of Government CommerceThis seems to be a common fate with taxpayer money unfortunately.Let's spend another 10 mil !!!rockmoose |
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