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Re: XML As Fall Guy

• From: "Tony Graham" <tgraham@mentea.net>
• To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:08:13 -0000 (GMT)

On Wed, November 27, 2013 5:18 pm, Michael Kay wrote:
>> I wonder how much better these types of projects could go if a more
>> incremental (Agile) approach was taken. The beauty of XML is that if you
>> set
>> the systems up right it can give you amazing flexibility and power
>> combined.
>
> No one knows how to do government-style procurement in an Agile way. The
> only way they know is to write a 10,000 page invitation to tender, have
> three big consultancies spend a few million dollars each writing a 10,000
> page response to it, and then choosing one of the options. By this time

"Live-graphing the UK Government’s agile auction"

https://blog.scraperwiki.com/2013/11/live-graphing-the-uk-governments-agile-auction/

from https://twitter.com/ScraperWiki/status/406020816472506368 retweeted
by JeniT.

Regards,


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