and - unsurprisingly - it works the same way in the UK too.

The relationship between government procurement and large consultancies / service providers looks like a bizarre predator-prey co-evolution.

in addition to all the great points in the article I beleive there are a number of other aspects clustered around Culture problems:

Don’t tell the truth now (let someone else deal with it later).

If it’s politically expedient, change your mind (and specification) that’s a technical problem and we’re in charge.

Don’t spell out the implications of change, it’s not politically acceptable (and we beleive that’s how to make more money).

My “political” truth is as real as your “technical” truth, bluffing works for me, it’ll work now.