Nearly $2.2 billion has been wasted on five failed federal IT projects, after an ambitious decade-long program to build a $341 million common back office system for the federal government was abandoned.
The decision to completely ditch the all-of-government enterprise resource planning project, known as GovERP, came after an expert panel found shifts in scope, changes in ownership and lack of commitment from departments had “culminated in a program that has not delivered as originally intended”.
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Tom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com
