The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
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The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
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Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#2I vaguely remember reading uplifting, grandiose articles and presentations about domain driven design at the BBC; search for "BBC domain driven design". From this article, I cannot deduce whether this failed CMS is the same system that has been glorified in these presentations or something else; maybe someone can shed some light on this.
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#3A side matter, but handing the BBC's governance over to Ofcom? They haven't held the Independent Television programme contractors to their remits since 2001 under the threat of any sanction - or, for that matter, put their contracts up to tender (not that it worked or ever will work if we want a One Nation Tory-style public broadcasting system again - and not that I remain suspicious of their inconsistent singling out of Thames Television) since 1993.
The BBC Trust, at the very least, has an image to mantain.
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#4Real headline: Publicly funded broadcaster makes same mistake most large private enterprises make in more or less the same way.
It seems to me that months or years of auditing and hearings and cries for heads to roll are probably wasted. Just like a private company a few mangers should probably get tossed or reassigned and the second version of the same project should get started to address the businesses needs the first one was supposed to.
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#5A side matter, but handing the BBC's governance over to Ofcom? They haven't held the Independent Television programme contractors to their remits since 2001 under the threat of any sanction - or, for that matter, put their contracts up to tender (not that it worked or ever will work if we want a One Nation Tory-style public broadcasting system again - and not that I remain suspicious of their inconsistent singling ou…
I did a quick check to see how Wikipedia defined a "One Nation Tory" - after all they have been pretty thin on the ground this last 30 years (especially here in Scotland!).
I'm somewhat amused to see that "One nation conservatism" appears to now be the policy of the Labour Party:
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#6Note that the content in this CMS is hours and hours of raw video footage rather than the usual snippets of text.
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#7In the US I think noone even blinks an eye at $150 million anymore
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#8Note that the content in this CMS is hours and hours of raw video footage rather than the usual snippets of text.
Duely noted, but I don't think it ought to make a difference in the price tag unless the CMS was doing conversion and distribution.
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#9Article doesn't actually tell us what it is, beyond a traditional CMS.
Re: The BBC's hi-tech failure: Don't Mention It
#10$150 million roughly equals to 1000 developer years.