Insights
Perspective from the field.
Notes on independent oversight, project delivery, and the patterns we see across technology programs — drawn from decades of utility-sector engagements.
The Obamacare Website Launch Failure — and What Credible IV&V Would Have Caught
The public narrative reduces Healthcare.gov's 2013 launch to 'a buggy website.' The most authoritative post-mortems describe something else: a systems-and-governance failure, driven above all by insufficient integration and end-to-end testing before launch.
What Is IV&V, and Why Does It Matter?
Independent Verification and Validation is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in technology delivery — often confused with QA, audit, or project management. It is none of those.
Why Technology Projects Fail
Despite decades of advances in project management and software engineering, large technology initiatives still fail at unacceptable rates. The reason is rarely the technology itself.