Comments on: What Is A Cost Overrun? http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2009/04/what-cost-overrun Puget Sound Transportation and Land Use Issues Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rizzuhjj http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2009/04/what-cost-overrun/comment-page-1#comment-1137 rizzuhjj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://wp.orphanroad.com/?p=1152#comment-1137 Military projects do have cost overruns all the time. I don't think that is hidden with terminology -- it's a huge problem that needs to be fixed. When Boeing goes over, it affects their bottom line and not ours. Why would we care as much? When a project like Sound Move is underestimated -- well, in that case, we didn't just "pay to get it done" -- we added years to construction, shortened the line, and prevented the political will for expansion from occurring until just last year. Those are real and tangible effects of poor planning and poor cost estimates. What good is ignoring complexity when we live in a complex world? Military projects do have cost overruns all the time. I don’t think that is hidden with terminology — it’s a huge problem that needs to be fixed.

When Boeing goes over, it affects their bottom line and not ours. Why would we care as much?

When a project like Sound Move is underestimated — well, in that case, we didn’t just “pay to get it done” — we added years to construction, shortened the line, and prevented the political will for expansion from occurring until just last year. Those are real and tangible effects of poor planning and poor cost estimates.

What good is ignoring complexity when we live in a complex world?

]]> By: serial catowner http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2009/04/what-cost-overrun/comment-page-1#comment-1138 serial catowner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://wp.orphanroad.com/?p=1152#comment-1138 Pretty much what I was saying. But I don't think ST got more expensive because of poor planing and poor cost estimates. I think it got more expensive because of delay, change orders, and new expectations- stuff the military likes to call "cost-plus". But I've spent enough time responding to a column Danny Westneat wrote to save himself some work. Pretty much what I was saying. But I don’t think ST got more expensive because of poor planing and poor cost estimates. I think it got more expensive because of delay, change orders, and new expectations- stuff the military likes to call “cost-plus”.

But I’ve spent enough time responding to a column Danny Westneat wrote to save himself some work.

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