We, the citizens, through the state, pay for the production
of academic books and research papers twice, first through
salaries and research grants, and second through the purchase of books
and journal subscriptions. This is how the the most fundamental
principles of academia, to study and to share its findings, are
obstructed, and its operation is made far more expensive and
cumbersome.
The Agile methodology is meant to deliver IT projects flexibly, in iterations.
But the lack of clearly defined project roles and requirements is a problem for Agile.
There are four clear reasons why Agile won't work in government ICT. The most obvious is that government customers want to know up-front how much a system will cost