I have to side with PK on this.  I've reviewed a number final critiques of these types of projects. Some of the failures can be blamed on contractors for over promising results.  But much of it falls on the government agencies who write the contracts, in many cases develop the requirements (a component of planning) and oversee the project. They assign project managers who have little experience, underestimate the effort and resources required and request additional features or change the scope while the project is already underway.  

Bruce
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On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> will have to say that the inability to effectively manage projects should
> not be laid totally at the feet of the contractors when the customer ie the
> government agencies constantly ask for more, change the requirements or
> don't even know what they really want.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> but 10s and 100s of millions of dollars spent on
>> failed deployments of technology due to a lack of planning up-front and
>> continued reliance on Contractors that have proven their inability to
>> effectively manage projects is a HUGE financial drain!
> 
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