Army's Huge SAP Project 'At High Risk'

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 9, 2011 @12:29AM from the new-old-meaning-for-spend-a-penny dept.

itwbennett writes "The Army's $2.4 billion SAP project is delayed, over budget, and, once implemented may not even meet its original objectives, according to a recent auditors' report. For its part, the Army is less concerned with the auditors' findings about the project that will manage a $140 billion annual budget and serve nearly 80,000 users once it is complete: 'The Army believes the risks identified in this report are manageable and do not materially impact the [project's] cost and schedule,' said an official with the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)."

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Great product? by Nicolas+MONNET · 2011-07-09 01:37 · Score: 4, Funny

- The user interface is the worst of any software product I've ever used, and I'm not exaggerating.
- The user documentation is even worse
- I'm told the developer documentation is worser still, esp. if you don't speak German.
- COBOL is so fucking awesome.
- It costs a leg, an arm, your first born and your left nuts. Oh and your soul.