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"The cost of the Oracle project increased from an initial estimate of £19 million to a projected cost of £131 million, including the re-implementation."

When something gets 10 times more expensive than anticipated, there is some serious mismanagement and political 'death march' involved.

This longing for 'one system' is probably the fundamental problem. And these consultant firms with slick salespeople feeding on the procurers' dreams.