Originally Posted by
pr00ne
You cannot spend the tax payers money anywhere in Government without an outline Business case (OBC) followed up by a fully specced business case (FBC) that has been peer reviewed, examined for justification and value for money, confirmed as in budget, and in full accordance with fiscal approach and policy as your justification to spend money. And quite rightly so.
pr00ne, I suspect you and
Tuc are refering to the same basic process - just by a different name - and maybe from different eras and/or areas. I used "Business Cases" myself in the 90's, and weren't there things called "Alternative Assumptions" ahead of that delightful bunfight called the latest "LTC round"? TBH, I've forgotten how it all hung together - quite possibly as it wasn't entirely clear to me at the time!!!!!
I do recall one Project I was managing (I was working remotely with my own little Team based on the other side of the country from HQ) and, each month, I'd submit a fairly detailed picture of actual spend vs planned spend and an updated FOO. Eventually, the phone rang and the PA to the Finance bod wanted to speak to me.
"
H 'n' H, we are all just wondering but why do you keep on sending in these Financial Progress Reports?". "Coz Finance bod told me to!". "Ahhhhhhh, OK. We just thought it a bit odd .... as you are the only one who seems to have even the vaguest clue as to how much they are spending! No-one else from here even sends them in any more!".
MoD finance at it's best!!!!
