Originally Posted by
Two's in
"Smart Procurement" was the latest snappy catch phrase in use as I was departing Bristol's premier centre of excellence for pissing away tax-payers money. Obviously that never caught on.
Indeed. I recall us being dragged into the main lecture theatre to hear a talk by the 3 Star Deputy CE and hangers-on about 'faster, cheaper, better' and how they were going to develop a way of achieving it. He set out all the things they were looking at, claiming most were 'hard targets' and there was no realistic way of achieving them quickly, so concentrate on a few 'quick wins' to begin with.
It was pointed out to him that his hard targets were routinely met with minimal fuss if one simply implemented a mandated Def Stan. And if he cared to study the major projects that were successful, he'd see a correlation. And on the disasters, like Nimrod and Chinook Mk3, he wouldn't. He turned his back and walked away.