Re: Re: Mission Creep - Was Re: The new US Army APC the Stinger

On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Laserlight wrote:

> > > Or 1d6, a 6 is "5 + reroll".  "This frigate that was
> > > budgeted at 65Mcr, uh, well, cost overruns, um,
> > > looks more like 111MCr....at the moment.	We're
> > > still a year behind schedule, though."
>
> John replied:
> > "Very interesting.	We've awarded the revised contract
> > to your competitors who submitted the second-best bid.
> >  You are under arrest on suspicion of high treason
>
> The AE approach is more along the lines of financial penalties for
> over budget and over schedule.  This means that bids tend to be padded
> a bit, as insurance, but it also means that we get predictable
> numbers.

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Somewhat predictable?

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