[mdlug] Healthcare.gov development problem

[Jeff Hanson]

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=healthcare.gov
http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=healthcare.gov

More likely just another example of bad government procurement rules.  The
fact that the site worked at all is an improvement over some of their other
major IT projects.

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/governance-and-risk/lessons-from-a-billion-dollar-project-failure.html



On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:52 AM, David Lane <dcl400m at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Before I start:
>
> I am only interested in the technical aspects of the Web solution NOT
> anybodies political views.
>
>
> I was signing up for insurance and the site felt like a ".NET" resource
> site. Then I did not work.  Now it is working much better.
>
> I would love to know what MISSED steps the project incurred to produce
> such a result.
>
>
> My thought is that;
>
> 1. The project was not managed in that there was no Alfa Testing or Beta
> testing.
> 2. The development hierarchy needed a Software/Solution Architect
> 3. The Back end resources were not implemented correctly
> 4. They used inexperienced developers/programmers
> 5. Gurus were not used
> 6. No Quality Assurence
> 7. THEY USED MICROSOFT (LOL)
>
>
> I could go on, but engineering solutions have glitches that is to be
> expected but I'm thinking that I'm a programmer that strives to do my best
> to deliver solutions that perform well. I even get in trouble fighting to
> do my best.
>
>
> I guess my point is that skilled IT Professionals sometimes are short
> changed in that an Executive look at what they are paying and say can i get
> it for cheaper, and make more money? When the solution does not work right
> or has more glitches than normal the project ends up costing more than
> having a seasoned professional develop the project.
>
> I have to say I don't like Microsoft sponsoring Visa's so that they can
> pay their staff less money.
>
> As I said this is NOT about politics, it is about IT Culture and the
> string of bad choices that were made to produce a flawed solution. And I
> believe that If they chose the right people and the right resources there
> would not be an issue.
>
> But My Bias is that Linux is so much more scalable than Microsoft, fact
> check me look at www.top500.org. And employing AND paying IT Gurus would
> have helped.
>
>
> David C. Lane
> Programmer
> "Linux Leaning"
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