Well that is a shame., page-8

The company makes the point that there is NO MATERIAL DELAY to the plan. A step in the plan was delivered on time according to the original scope, timeline and budget. NO DELAY.

Based on the original DD deliverable they have expanded the scope of that step in the plan to include a further review of a MPA modified to address the issues with the MPA identified in the DD so that an all green light DD can be passed to Niti. Our partners are presumably wearing the additional costs of the scope creep in the DD. This additional scope for the DD (there is no new scope for the MPA - there was always a redrafting task identified for the MPA) will see the package go to Nita at the SAME TIME as if they had followed the original scope. THERE IS NO DELAY.

They have traded irreducible slack in the plan between completing the DD and passing the package to Niti for a reduction in risk at the cost of getting the consultants to do an extra pass.

I get the feeling that many here have never been in the room when these sorts of decisions arise in large projects and so have a painfully naive idea of how the decision making process goes.