Skook,

I am a software project management consultant and have done work for the government as an independent reviewer / auditor. Their problems are not significantly different than any other large organization where I have worked.

The ONE BIG difference is that in government there is virtually no accountability or fear of under performance to budget or schedule.

In the gov’t everyone just keeps on keepin’ on with no pressure from anywhere to make things work. And this includes the “users” who can never be brought to heel with the “who’s going to pay for it?” question that stops so much scope creep (gallop) in the real world.

In the private world someone at sometime breaks out the big stick.