DXC paid 50% more than original contract for Oracle project

Systems integrator DXC accrued over 50 percent more than its original contract value for completing less than half the scheduled contract term during a disastrous project to move a UK government body off an ageing SAP ERP system and onto Oracle Fusion.

Earlier this month, an independent audit of West Sussex County Council (WSCC) revealed its ERP transformation project — which has seen cost escalations of 15 times the initial estimates to reach £40 million ($50 million) — lacked both…