We have the 5/6th largest defence budget in the world. Maybe we should manage it better?
Well said. Worth remembering that on 19 November 2001, and again on 13 December 2001, the Chief of Defence Procurement ruled it was a 'routine expectation' of any project or programme manager to save 30% from his budget, without affecting time, performance or operational capability. When Steve Webb MP wrote asking Minister how often that had been achieved, MoD refused to reply. OK, my tongue is slightly in cheek, as CDP was a fool, but he must have got the notion from somewhere and would be insane to issue such a written declaration if he could not back it up with evidence. Even if 10% of projects could realise such a benign saving, that's a lot of money.