No, it's called enterprise software, and it's driven by "appeal to the enormous egos and matching budgets of leaders of companies that are held back more by their own bloat than by anything resembling competition." This is just standard practice for the enterprise software sector in general, and after everyone's spent their billions and the next recession is upon us, they'll probably axe most of these utter failures to produce business value. But all the consultants will just blame someone other than the client being dysfunctional because that's just the fastest way to get kicked off a contract.
Consulting for enterprise customers tends to be a lot like marriages - you can be right, or you can be happy (or paid). It takes a unique customer to have gotten past their cultural dysfunctions to accept responsibilities for their problems and to take legitimate, serious action. But like marriage, there can be great, great upsides when everyone gets on the same page and works towards mutual goals with the spirit of selflessness and growth. Yeah....
Consulting for enterprise customers tends to be a lot like marriages - you can be right, or you can be happy (or paid). It takes a unique customer to have gotten past their cultural dysfunctions to accept responsibilities for their problems and to take legitimate, serious action. But like marriage, there can be great, great upsides when everyone gets on the same page and works towards mutual goals with the spirit of selflessness and growth. Yeah....