Original sentence: RMIT has had a somewhat troubled past financial history, at least partly due to major problems associated with the university's student administration system upgrade called Academic Management System (AU$47 million was spent in this effort)
Edited sentence: RMIT has had a somewhat troubled past financial history, at least partly due to major problems associated with the university's student administration system upgrade called Academic Management System (AU$47 million was wasted in this effort).The poor implementation was blamed on frequent changes to the design and a pathetic test plan.The university, however,  maintained teaching services