False Green

4. The System that Keeps Projects Alive

“The cost estimates are baseless,” the engineer said, his voice low, controlled. This was an engineering program. The numbers should have been grounded in something—benchmarks, prior builds, real installations. “They’re not,” he said. “Look at the totals.” I did. “They’ve been made to fit the budget. Not

3. The Plan - a Fiction We Agree to Believe

We sat in the K-Tec Steering Committee. Milestones on track. Issues under control. Risks—some Amber, but mitigated. Comms plan signed off. It was Green. Completely Green. And it didn’t feel right. We wanted to believe the plan. We chose not to ask the harder questions. I didn’