Hrm/531 Week 3

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1. Which three or four points of the article strike you most and why? - The amount of moving parts in this operation sounded like they were making it complicated on purpose! So much time, effort and more importantly tax dollars are waisted to do a simple task. I would also like to know how long an average person can stand working in that mine. No sunlight and being closed in, I wouldn’t last a week! - It didn’t surprise me that the US government is behind because they refuse to upgrade. What surprises me is the fact that they continue to let themselves fall behind even though they know and understand what the issue is. Like this unneeded bunker, I feel like the government overlooks the long-term benefits and goes for ones that seem too good …show more content…

I hope they were paid well because I don’t know many pizza places that require or give out security clearances. Also, I don’t know many people who would pick a job to deliver pizza but must wait over a year to get a clearance first! 2. Let's assume the following statement is accurate at face value - "a firm in Boston that researches failures, found that only 5 percent of large federal IT projects in the last decade fully succeeded." Why do you believe only 5% of large government IT projects succeed? (Briefly Explain) I believe it all comes down to efficiency (reducing the amount of moving parts and keeping up with the latest technology to name a few). The article states how the government is always behind and having worked as a government contractor I completely agree. The government continues to use the “waterfall method” which is an outdated technique of completing a project. This process has since been replaced by a much more efficient method called “Agile”. The biggest difference between the two is communication. The waterfall method reveals and allows changes to be made to the project when it is fully completed. Agile shows the customer progress in weekly chunks allowing changes to be easily made. Making assumptions and taking the easy route by completing something blindly often waists time and money. Going back and changing something that doesn’t work

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