s ▁who ▁gave ▁the ▁go ▁ahead ▁to ▁roll ▁out ▁Nov op ay ▁were ▁aware ▁of ▁its ▁def ic ien cies ▁and ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁almost ▁abandoned ▁the ▁system ▁four ▁months ▁before ▁it ▁became ▁oper ational . ▁In ▁fact ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁had ▁been ▁trying ▁to ▁get ▁Tal ent 2 ▁to ▁meet ▁oper ational ▁mil est ones ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁documents ▁released ▁was ▁a ▁mem o ▁written ▁by ▁Les ley ▁Long stone ▁and ▁her ▁deput y ▁Anne ▁Jackson ▁stating ▁four ▁dead lines ▁had ▁been ▁missed ▁by ▁Tal ent 2 ▁and ▁they ▁war ned ▁the ▁company ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁bre ach ▁of ▁its ▁contract . ▁No ▁action ▁was ▁taken ▁because ▁Tal ent 2 ▁threatened ▁legal ▁action ▁against ▁the ▁Ministry ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁hit ▁with ▁a ▁bre ach . ▁Steven ▁Joy ce ▁and ▁acting ▁Education ▁Secretary ▁Peter ▁Hugh es ▁also ▁began ▁a ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁Data com , ▁the ▁previous ▁pay roll ▁provider ▁about ▁creating ▁a ▁cont ing ency ▁plan ▁in ▁case ▁Nov op ay ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁scra pped . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁problems ▁identified ▁by ▁Mr ▁Joy ce ▁was ▁that ▁Tal ent 2 ▁had ▁" no ▁senior ▁management ▁band width " ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁It ▁seems ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁senior ▁execut ives ▁meant ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁make ▁dec isions ▁about ▁increasing ▁its ▁financial ▁invest ment ▁to ▁bol ster ▁the ▁service ▁when ▁it ▁got ▁into ▁difficulty . ▁Be hind ▁the ▁scenes , ▁Tal ent 2 ' s ▁share ▁price ▁had ▁dropped ▁dram atically ▁and