Five Whys on a Tender Overrun
Use Five Whys to distinguish tender symptoms from root causes in development cost control.
A tender returns 11 percent above the cost plan, and the team needs to know whether to cut scope, reprice risk, or fix the tender process. Five Whys: symptom -> cause chain -> root process issue -> corrective action The common trap is stopping at the first answer, such as "the contractor is expensive," and then cutting quality without fixing the control failure. Why 1 Why is the tender 11 percent over? Major packages include risk allowances and temporary works not in the cost plan. This moves from headline variance to cost components. Why 2 Why were those allowances not…
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