8 Years, $167 Million and nothing to show for it

Wow, I’ve seen some government IT failures, but never anything like this:

“He cited VA’s failure to develop a system to schedule patient appointments at its hospitals as a prime example of what the department must avoid. VA has been building the system for eight years at a cost of $167 million, without delivering even a portion of one workable application to clinics or hospitals.” source nextgov.com

Stories like this fuel the shift toward agility.