Univ. of Wisconsin's 30-Year-Old Payroll System Needs a $40 Million Fix

jaroslav writes "The University of Wisconsin is attempting to update a payroll system they have had in place since 1975, but spent $28.4 million in a 2004 attempt with no results, and now is experiencing new overruns in cost and time after 'not hav[ing] the full picture of how complex this project would be.' The current estimate of the redesign is $12 million and years of further work on top of the money already spent."

Comments

As a UW Student...

[cheezitman2001]

I just want to say how glad I am my tuition's going to a good cause.

Re:That's a nice budget you got there

[CorporateSuit]

Re-engineering a 30 year old system that's been accreting features for 30 years, though, isn't an easy task.

for $10M per dude, it doesn't have to be. I'll bugfix this thing with badgers gnawing on both my arms for that kind of pay.

Re:Managers often have profound ignorance.

[interkin3tic]

The world will be a better place when all the managers retire who were raised without computers.

But will get much much worse a short time later when managers who were raised on twitter take effect.