Newstalk ZB Headlines - 10am
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 10:19 am
Article: Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Police Lack of Knowledge Failed INCIS - Thinking big may
have been the downfall of the $100 million INCIS project.
IBM has walked out on its contract with New Zealand Police
before completing the second and third stages of the
project. The computer giant says police demands had changed
dramatically since the original contract. The president of
the Computer Society says the job was too ambitious and too
over specified right from the start for an organisation like
the police. The society says it was a very complex project
and the police at the time did not have a high level of
capability, skill or knowledge with information systems.
They tried to do too much too quickly.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Jenny Shipley believes the row with IBM over INCIS
is likely to be settled in court. She says IBM is at fault
in abandoning the contract before completion. She says the
Government will take court action if necessary. Mrs Shipley
is also ducking questions on whether she has confidence in
Police Commissioner Peter Doone’s handling of
INCIS.
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