From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk   
      
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   rbf@spacebbs.com (Anvil) writes:   
   |>   
   |> For me personally, I've been involved in both a multi-million dollar   
   |> program that was delivered on time and under budget and a similar   
   |> program using many of the same engineers, but specifications changed   
   |> after metal was already being cut and trying to pin things down was   
   |> like stabbing at a loose hamster with a dull fork, very bloody. If   
   |> you compate the understatement of costs and time with real costs it   
   |> ran 300% of budget and delivery ran one year late (est ~ 18 mil)   
      
   A mere year's delay and factor of 3 overrun is pretty good under   
   those conditions - there are lots of examples that have been much   
   worse ....   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Nick Maclaren.   
      
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