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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by mytailorisrich on Sunday September 01, 2019 @11:45AM (#20852863)
This is not technical debt. These are signs of oversights or potential poor management. Indeed that's what neglecting these procedures is.

This is why a comprehensive investigation is needed to ensure the details are known and all lessons learned or, unfortunately, re-learned.

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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by walshemj on Sunday September 01, 2019 @04:20PM (#20854619)
Its shockly poor procurement - those new trains are not fit for purpose.
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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by growse on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:52PM (#20855219)
Do you mean that they don't meet the requirements of the tender spec ("not fit for purpose") or that the spec in the tender process was deficient ("shockingly poor procurement")?
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Re:What Happened in the UK Blackouts? by walshemj on Sunday September 01, 2019 @08:17PM (#20855836)
Both the older electrostars where far better
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