X : We spent £20M on specification.
Me : What's the user need?
X : Should we write another document?
Me : Stop. Prior to GDS / Spend Control, it was a shambles. There were reasons why @liammax used to add stickers to the back of phones. Basic questions weren't being asked. There was no challenge just fiefdoms.
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a) exceptions to spend control
b) the tyranny of the agile
c) loss of Francis Maude
d) too much jam for big IT
Me : I just want to avoid having to write another "Better for Less" paper in a decade and going through the whole malarky of trying to shift the pendulum again. Just reinforce spend control and the rest will sort itself out.
Me : Someone has to pay the $34Bn bill and the future says "no". I suspect we will see quite a few past giants leeching on existing clients rather than adapting.