Cost Predictability vs Opportunity Capture
Define pre-approved economic thresholds and change-window rules so opportunities are evaluated against a disclosed baseline without requiring full scope reauthorisation.
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Regulations
Business Context
Stable scope, early commitments, fixed contracts, and conservative assumptions improve cost predictability. Maintaining complete cost certainty can prevent projects from capturing emerging technology, commercial, design, or execution opportunities.
Green Field Industrial Projects TRIZ Resolution
Protect the stable project baseline while reserving controlled flexibility for opportunities with measurable value. Establish predefined evaluation thresholds, decision windows, and change capacity so valuable improvements can be incorporated without destabilizing the entire project.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 1 – Segmentation separates stable baseline scope from controlled opportunity space.
Principle 15 – Dynamics preserves adaptability where future value remains uncertain.
Principle 35 – Parameter Changes adjusts selected project characteristics when opportunities justify modification.
Expected Outcome
Greater cost predictability
Better opportunity capture
Controlled project change
Higher project value
Decision Indicators
Early indicators include:
Valuable opportunities are rejected solely because the baseline is fixed.
Project flexibility remains unlimited and undermines forecasting.
Change decisions lack economic thresholds.
Cost certainty is achieved through premature commitments.
Opportunities are evaluated too late for economical implementation.