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Re:CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abando... by andreskytt on Sunday January 31, 2021 @02:27AM (#25976901)
Complexity management is the name of the game. On all levels: functional, technical, organizational.
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Re:CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M is abando... by sudosysgen on Sunday January 31, 2021 @02:52AM (#25976998)
On tasks where building the initial framework is the most expensive part, swapping out contractors only serves to abstract away complexity without reducing its cost.

It's better to have an in-house dev department in these cases even in the complexity side, if you realize that complexity in the contractor side is just as bad as complexity in the basic org.

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