Subsequent to my post on April 11th, an article appeared in Computing entitled "Calls for more transparency in ICT procurement", which you can read in its entirety here.
The article reports on a 'roundtable' debate chaired by Janet Grossman (the ex-chief operating officer for the Department of Work and Pensions) makes the point that, in order for government IT projects to succeed, projects do need to be smaller, which was one of the points in my posting.
As an additional point of interest, the article also makes reference to the fact that government procurement is tied up by a small number of large companies.
It's interesting that both the problems arising from and the solutions to government's IT problems can be expressed in common sense terms, easily understandable by the layman.
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