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On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net> wrote:
When we look inward we come up with bad answers or potentially good answers that come with caveats which are ignored. Looking outward - how do others do complex projects - the first thing that occurred was Systems Thinking and I came across this http://www.triarchypress.co.uk/pages/book5.htm from which I quote "John Seddon here dissects the changes that have been made in a range of services, including housing benefits, social care and policing. His descriptions beggar belief, though they would be funnier if it wasn't our money that was being wasted. In place of the current mess, he advocates a Systems Thinking approach where individuals come first, waste is reduced and responsibility replaces blame. It's an approach that is proven, successful and relatively cheap - and one that governments around the world, and their advisers, need to adopt urgently." Without a framework of professional standards constraining those on the consultant side of the equation there will never be an end to the malaise because the procurers will continue to be able to find consultants willing to accept and run with seriously deficient specifications which in turn provide the contractor with a ready made excuse/rebuttal for accountability for deficient systems.
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