Pros
It's actually quite interesting to watch a defence behemoth parachute managers into its ailing tech consultancy and apply their prior experience of building submarines into the world of computers. Who'd have thought cutting bonuses and frills, and adding management layers and process would be the solution? To be fair, the people are good, though long-suffering, but the standard has dropped off a cliff-edge recently.
Kontras
When you hear that the strategy is to become a billion-pound business within five years, you are naturally eager to hear more. There isn't any more to hear. The company completely lacks direction, and it starts at the top: BAE may have had a good idea in buying Detica, but if they've proved anything it's that they can't run it. Other than into the ground that is. And then there's the corporate IT. It really puts the 'NO' back into 'Information Technology'. I'm not allowed to say how much they spend [waste] per person per year. But I do know the prices of second-hand family cars...