[kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?

[Agosta Liko]

Roland

The governance experts are saying - lack of governance

The networking experts are saying - lets get better VPNS

The server experts are saying - we should have used HP or SUN or IBM

The database experts are concerned Oracle was used (Open Source Guys would
want MySQL)

Software Developers - why use language X and not you

Software Testers - want more testing

Everyone is pitching their wares ... no one is sure what happened .......
... and the job is over this week :)

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Roland Omoresemi <roland at tezzasolutions.com
> wrote:

> Can we really blame ICT when the true culprit appears to be the lack of
> proper testing of the systems in play?
>
> IEBC could have performance tested (both load and stress) their systems to
> see how they would react under varying loads.
>
> The tools and human resources were right there in Kenya but it is obvious
> we failed to apply them to help create a different result than what we
> currently face.
>
> What we are witnessing is a classic case of what happens when we fail to
> adequately test our applications. Our non-conformance cost
> skyrockets...IEBC now has to worry about the cost of doing damage control
> on the biggest stage ever when it could have spent a fraction of the same
> cost to perform load or stress tests which would have helped them identify
> issues/bottlenecks in their systems long before now.
>
> This is also not much different from what some of our local companies
> do...we deploy critical systems without proper testing and we then pray and
> hope nothing happens.
>
> It is saddening that we don't see much value in setting aside adequate
> time for testing our applications (most especially those that are
> customer-facing) or we push whatever little testing we do to the very last
> minute when its practically too late to make any difference...or until the
> "s..." hits the ceiling and we then start to wonder why any of our issues
> could be happening.
>
> Could we really blame ICT here or should we be looking closely at our lack
> of proper software testing?
>
> - Roland
> ------Original Message------
> From: Edith Adera
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> To: Roland Omoresemi
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
> Sent: Mar 6, 2013 12:55 AM
>
> Listers,
>
> It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given
> a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT
> has failed SPECTACULARLY!
>
> what went wrong?
>
> Edith
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