At 3:59 PM -0400 5/11/09, Jeff Wright wrote:
Intersting story about a DOE managed research project. Not too bad; only "more than 600 percent over budget and at least eight years behind schedule," and given an award for project management. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002174.html?sub=AR
I never understood how a project that is breaking new ground, doing something that has never been done before, can be held to an arbitrary schedule and budget. Has anyone ever done an analysis of the Manhattan project for schedule and budget? I guess you can say they met their schedule, as they finished the bombs before the war ended. But did they have a budget? Probably not.
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