In Stockholm there's currently an IT battle underway

Post by jordanbeiber » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 2:26 PM UTC

scooble wrote: post #195

jordanbeiber wrote: post #71

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Projects are necessary for things that are built to last and not change much during their lifetime: - a bridge - airplanes - most houses - etc Hardware comes to mind - it’s all hardware on the list, basically. Software (outside certain realms ofc) like this? I’ve been, like many others here, doing this software thing for 20+ years now. Big and small, I’ve basically never seen anything spawned from a project-driven or…

I suspect that one cause of this is the fact that these contracts need to be rendered for, which means stipulating the requirements at the beginning so bids can be produced. So a change of approach would necessitate a change in how how contracts are awarded.

Post by utrechtsouth » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 2:45 PM UTC

hutzlibu wrote: post #199

utrechtsouth wrote: post #126

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> But who decides who is skilled enough? Trial and error using a free market place.

When we are talking about centralized government institutions - then we kind of left the free market place.

Post by core-questions » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

Cullinet wrote: post #42

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I love this idea, but it seems that in general bureaucracies are not agile or freethinking enough to be willing to risk doing something like this, even though in the long run it might be amazing. Imagine if an easy-to-administer system of this ilk was freely available and was picked up by school districts around the world; that would be an incredible pool of talent to work with. Especially if the product can be a lit…

I had the incredible luck to meet on the day of his involuntary retirement from running the largest global financial aide fund until the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation exceeded the figures involved, forced into very early retirement because the New Labour government dictated by fiat the abrogation of every civil servant who was recruited internally and not from university. My advisor and great friend could manage…

Post by brtkdotse » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:07 PM UTC

yoelo wrote: post #43

hpkuarg wrote: post #28

I wonder how Swedes maintain their reputation of having a well-run, corruption-free public sector?

Corruption and inefficiency of this kind is a relatively new phenomenon, stemming from a regime of letting private contractors run the whole show. A fun fact is that Stockholm has one of the most expensive buildings in the world: Nya Karolinska, which has cost (converted from Swedish currency) around 2 billion dollars. The reason behind this is that construction was run as a public-private partnership. Meaning you sh…

Post by throwaway473825 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

OskarS wrote: post #187

aronatom wrote: post #82

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This 3rd party app in question ( mobilt bankid) is also used to access everything in Sweden ( taxes, banks, social security applications .. )

Also: as a Swede, I must say, it works very well. It is also a closed source thing, but unlike this Stockholm Stad system, it’s basically a success story from the end user perspective. It’s great to have a unified, secure and easy to use way to access your bank and government services.