eNatis Implementation problems

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http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/News/General_News/0,,1369-1372-2094_2102688,00.html

This whole story of the eNatis project got me thinking as to what could be the possible reasons. I work for a major IT services provider and can realise that this is just a badly managed project and was not planned properly. They went for the "Big Bang" approach, where maybe a slower migration might have been the better option. They might have a valid reason for doing this, so I looked at the people awarded the tender and I think that is where the source of the project issues begins.

http://www.tasima.co.za/AboutTasima.htm

The tender was awarded to a consortium consisting Face Technologies (Arivia), Thuthukani and Webcom. Now most people are aware of the change that Arivia.kom is going through and it can't be a pleasent one for the employees. Some of the companies that have publicly stated that they might want to bid, have said that having to take on Arivia's staff might be a hard pill to swallow. All they want are those lucrative Eskom/Transnet contracts that come with the deal.

It is with this is mind I wonder, if it might be hampering delivering on the tender? Yet no publication has looked into it. I would love to know what the structure of Tasima is and how communication between the different companies is doing.

I'm waiting for my new car and I really do not want to have it delayed, due to some companies' inability to deliver!:mad:

What do you guys think?
 
See when I got to the enatis website and saw it was Joomla! with the default skin, some articles and an Enatis banner I was pretty much expecting it to be a cock up.
 
AntiThesis said:
See when I got to the enatis website and saw it was Joomla! with the default skin, some articles and an Enatis banner I was pretty much expecting it to be a cock up.
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What he said.

And unfortunately people will blame Joomla for this. :(
 
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0704231035.asp?S=IT in Government&A=ITG&O=FRGN

Oh, my bad. It seems Tasima probably planned this! The contract comes to an end at the end of May, and goverment will have to renew the contract to resolve the issues. Clever ploy:D

I hope the Department of Transport never signed-off on the project, then they could hold them to fixing the problems without having to renew the contract.

If only I was Account Manager for this contract, imagine the commision!:(
 
sox63 said:
http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/News/General_News/0,,1369-1372-2094_2102688,00.html

This whole story of the eNatis project got me thinking as to what could be the possible reasons. I work for a major IT services provider and can realise that this is just a badly managed project and was not planned properly. They went for the "Big Bang" approach, where maybe a slower migration might have been the better option. They might have a valid reason for doing this, so I looked at the people awarded the tender and I think that is where the source of the project issues begins.
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I would have opted for a slower migration time, and a few "pilot" workstations so that both systems would run in parallel...

It's a big mess... ai ai ai ai... :rolleyes:
 
Why dont the freaking newspapers and their oh so regal investigative reporters phone around and see how many of the main centres are up and running?

I am so unimpressed with modern day journalism. It's utterly pathetic.
 
stoke said:
Why dont the freaking newspapers and their oh so regal investigative reporters phone around and see how many of the main centres are up and running?

I am so unimpressed with modern day journalism. It's utterly pathetic.
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702 had their guys going out and that's how Jeff Radebe got busted for the bullsh!t in the first place.
 
The Librarian said:
I would have opted for a slower migration time, and a few "pilot" workstations so that both systems would run in parallel...

It's a big mess... ai ai ai ai...
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Yea, and here i thought it's standard practice to do it like that. Only time where you just shut off old system is when it didn't work in the first place or no one dependent on it.

I would at least have run it in parallel, or have "roll out" plan where some stations use the new system and some remain on the old system.

Imagine if a bank did this? Going offline for a week to "go live" and then realise the system is not 100% [duh?] . Imagine they then tell US that we can't get out money until it's fixed....
 
Bad planning and I am sure GVT buddies are involved in the contract too which did not help. Why not get an established player to implement these big projects and raise the tender price by 25% to give away to freeBEE cronies. A win win situation (except for taxpayers)
 
If I remember correctly (From when my father used to work for DoT), the government had to pay royalties for every page printed, and only certain printers (had to be capable of certain emulation) could work on the programs. Not sure became of the system after my father left, but it was a large sum of money being paid over every year.

As for the implementation, a staggered (moduled) or trialed roll-out is the usual method for large projects (or replacement projects of a certain scale)
tsk tsk...

Hopefully a friend can book his learners/drivers before end-of-year.
 
I thought this thing was supposed to be based on "free and open source" software???



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eNatis

No wonder it cost R386 million!:eek:
 
What is all the fuss about...

So the system doesnt work, whats new... its forming part of the service delivery problem, the housing problem, etc...

We are being africanized, get use to it or leave for a 1st world country.

Like everything in SA, its degrading, its part of becoming an african city
 
baasvandieplaas said:
What is all the fuss about...

So the system doesnt work, whats new... its forming part of the service delivery problem, the housing problem, etc...

We are being africanized, get use to it or leave for a 1st world country.

Like everything in SA, its degrading, its part of becoming an african city
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Has it not always been in Africa?
 
To connect-up so many centres running so many different networks and technologies cannot be a simple process. Two weeks of downtime is worth it considering the real medium and long term benefits this system will offer. How I see it.
 
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