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I work on government computing projects, so this is
exactly the sort of thing I have to deal with every
day. So in case anybody's interested:
> I imagine they'd have to write some sort of
> proposal,
We'd call it an RFC (request for change) but writing
one isn't too arduous because it's just a simple
explanation of what change is proposed and the basic
reasons for it.
> submit it to EDS
Well eventually, but first it would go to the CCB
(change control board) who would decide whether to
proceed ("Fast track"), reject the proposal out of
hand, or study the proposal further (usual procedure).
Even a fast track RFC will require an "Impact
Assessment" but normally there would also be a Benefit
Analysis and maybe other reports.
The impact assessment will look at the RFC and decide
what changes are required in more detail, whether
there might be any knock on effects and estimate the
costs (unofficially the cost will probably be
estimated by asking EDS how much they would charge
although this isn't how it should be done).
The benefit analysis is what it sounds like (i.e. how
much money will it save).
When all this is done it goes back to the CCB.
> for a quote,
Just one more thing before that - it makes obvious
sense to go to EDS for this but the National Audit
Office regulations require a written justification for
not offering it to open tender - I can't remember
offhand exactly what this is called but it's a "Single
Vendor" something or other.
> get the quote approved by all the
> necessary people,
Probably the necessary people will be the Project
Board but they won't approve it until the Project
Manager (or a minion) has revised the project plan to
include it ie will it be included in the next release
cycle, a special release, etc, will the overall plan
be affected (especially will it cause a delay).
> get the work done
Yep.
> and pay EDS,
Before "pay" we need FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing),
SAT (Site Acceptance Testing) and UAT (User
Acceptance Testing).
> get EDS to do the job
> properly this time,
EDS won't ever do the job properly, everybody hates
projects with EDS - pray for Northrop Grummond,
Northgate, or anybody but EDS.
> pay them again and then extract and send the data.
> £5k seems quite
> cheap, really.
Not unreasonable by government standards.
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