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[The_Doc_Man]

I am very much hoping that wasn't when the DoD decided that "Peoplesoft" could do everything for them. That was a Charlie Foxtrot.

That event from post #19 was a few years after the time that the DoD got that PeopleSoft idea. I was actually in the U.S. Navy Reserve meeting with some GS12 and GS13 civilian managers ("the powers that be") who decided to go ahead with the PeopleSoft development program even though I warned them there was a hidden "gotcha" waiting in the wings. It was going to be a trial program for the Reserves to see if we could switch the regular Navy over to it. I had two or three major misgivings because of the lavish claims made for what PS could do. The claims were great sounding but didn't stand up to logic. But I was a lowly contractor who didn't know what I was talking about, or so they said. So I stood back and let them run that project into the ground, to the tune of $10 Bn bucks for the overall effort before Congress pulled that plug.

Seeing what happened with the DIMHRS project, I had very little satisfaction when the project manager for the Navy's part of that fiasco got canned. I helped him carry his belongings to his car and, before he left the office for the last time, he said "I wish we had listened to you." I felt it was the wrong time for an "I told you so" because he clearly knew it. He was actually a fairly decent fellow. He (and quite a few others) just fell for the PeopleSoft sales pitch even though I instantly knew it was going to be a massive CF.

 

[Gasman]

Only now I know what that Charlie Foxtrot is?