Comments on: Hurry Up and Wait http://tatteredpage.net/2007/02/26/hurry-up-and-wait/ Doodle, Design, Discover... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason http://tatteredpage.net/2007/02/26/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-8665 Jason Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:31:04 +0000 http://tatteredpage.net/archives/74#comment-8665 Are you done yet? :) Are you done yet? :)

]]> By: Trike http://tatteredpage.net/2007/02/26/hurry-up-and-wait/#comment-4487 Trike Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:29:52 +0000 http://tatteredpage.net/archives/74#comment-4487 Overall, private industry tends -- *tends* -- to be more efficient in time- and resource-management than government because it has to be in order to compete and survive. There's often no accountability or oversight when it comes to government projects. There was a (fairly) recent example of a massive government building complex that lost months of time and (even more importantly) tens of millions of dollars because it was placed in the wrong area. So they had to demolish what they'd done and start over. But because of the lack of accountability, no one was punished, and it happened because there was no oversight. Which has little to do with your post, but it came to mind as I read it. Overall, private industry tends — tends — to be more efficient in time- and resource-management than government because it has to be in order to compete and survive. There’s often no accountability or oversight when it comes to government projects.

There was a (fairly) recent example of a massive government building complex that lost months of time and (even more importantly) tens of millions of dollars because it was placed in the wrong area. So they had to demolish what they’d done and start over. But because of the lack of accountability, no one was punished, and it happened because there was no oversight.

Which has little to do with your post, but it came to mind as I read it.

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