Over the years ‘interested parties’ have asked me the following questions:
- Why do we need detailed project plans?
- Why do we need detailed cost break-downs?
- A basis of estimate? What’s that? Do I really need one?
- How do I get my customers to pay for those Project Management costs?
Rather than offering a lot of consultant type wisdom, I thought you might find some recent news articles a bit more informative and instructive as ‘case studies’.
- New York City’s $720 Million CityTime Project a Vehicle for Unprecedented Fraud Says US Prosecutor
- IT fraud at water affairs department
- Senate panel supports requiring Lockheed to absorb cost overruns
- Worsley overruns adds to embarrassing list of fumbles
- County Bigwigs Rant About Multimillion-Dollar Cost Overruns
Mark Rabideau is a SEI SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser and Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He is also licensed to teach both the CMMI-DEV and SVC constellations’ courses. Hard as it is to believe, Mark has been at this sort of thing since 1990.You may contact him directly by using the PEP contact page.
