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Universal Credit “death march” goes on
In software development a project that is driven on, even though those working on it fear it will never work, is known as a “death march” and right now that is what the UK’s “Universal Credit” project...
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British government to mandate IPv6?
An illustration of an example IPv6 address (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I did not vote for either party in the current coalition government in Britain and I doubt I ever will. But credit where credit is...
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Universal Credit: government closer to recognising failure?
English: Iain Duncan Smith, British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Universal Credit – the amalgamation of various welfare payments into one unified...
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A bit more on Universal Credit and “Agile”
English: DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 29JAN10 – David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, United Kingdom, speaks during the session ‘Rethinking Government Assistance’ in the Congress Centre of the Annual...
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“Agile” is dead?
Universal Credit – the plot thickens: In a programme as complex as universal credit, which includes new IT developments and changes to existing IT assets, both agile and waterfall methods may be...
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Universal Credit: the agony continues
Universal Credit was once meant to be the way that our (then) new coalition government would show it’s approach to public services and public contracting was different from the New Labour years....
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DWP still refusing to take responsibility
I have written quite a bit on Universal Credit and its potential failure and I could use today’s NAO report to rehearse the whole sorry story again. But I won’t. Because there is again something worse...
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“Dreaming in Code”– a review
I did not actually read Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software – I listened to it as I pounded treadmills and pulled cross-trainers...
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Universal Credit: back to “agile” and closer to death?
English: 3 Iterations of Agile Development Framework (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Various leaks and briefings have, in the last few days, added to the sense that “Universal Credit” – the UK government’s...
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Universal Credit: the fiasco continues
English: Cover from a leaflet published by the Liberal Publication Department (Liberal Party – UK) in 1911 promoting the future National Insurance Act. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Once-upon-a-time...
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