Project Delivery Performance Problems
We provided comment in March on measuring project delivery against three criteria: time, cost and performance (i.e. adherence to specification / user requirements ). The Guardian identifies the current problems that Network Rail are experiencing (link at the end) and classifies these performance issues in the time and cost category. It should be noted, in a positive way, that there is no mention of shortfalls in the performance of the delivered outputs of the projects. Furthermore, as safety is a fundamental element to performance the performance of Network Rail in providing the safest rail network in Europe should be recognised. Time - Milestones (30 missed out of a possible 84) Cost - Increase debt of 16% in a single year (an increase of £5bn to £37.8bn) Perhaps most worryingly are the major projects, such as the electrification of the Great Western line, which are witnessing massive increases in costs. The Great Western has risen in cost by 50% and it is b