BBC 'took too long to realise DMI project was in trouble'

Report finds flaws in tech project could have been identified two years before it was shut down in May at a cost of almost £100mRead the full PwC report on the BBC's DMI failureThe BBC should have identified that the Digital Media Initiative was set to fail as early as July 2011, almost two years before it was eventually shut down at a cost of almost £100m to licence fee payers, according to an internal report that found a failure of governance and management oversight were to blame.On Wednesday the BBC Trust published the findings of a 54-page report by PwC into the failed technology project, designed to replace video tape libraries with a digital archive and editing system, which was axed in May to stop "throwing good money after bad".The report, which cost the BBC £263,340 to produce, found no single issue or event caused DMI to fail. But PwC concluded that the BBC took too long to realise DMI was in serious trouble and likely to fail because of weaknesses in project management and reporting, a lack of focus on business change, together with piecemeal assurance arrangements.BBC insiders were critical of the tone and scope of the report, arguing that the corporation has got off lightly for its £98.4m technical blunder."We are of the view that had appropriate governance, risk management and reporting arrangements been established from the outset, then the process of preparing a revised business case for DMI could have been commenced as early as July 2011," said PwC. "It... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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