And when did the Mod stay within an allocated budget?
131 projects. Within "allocated budget" on 130.
£25k over "budget" on the other one, which just happened to be RAF SAR related. But it saved £13M in support costs while improving availability, reliability and maintainability. They even gave me a commendation.
Time, Cost and Performance is easy if you're trained properly.
The trouble is, it raises the bar of expectation, which senior staffs and politicians simply won't tolerate. Ironic. A commendation on the only project I went over budget on. And severe bollockings for the rest. Your answer is in there somewhere and it involves getting rid of a raft of VSOs!