Comment by tptacek
2 days ago
This is like that thing about about $15,000 toilets at DoD. What's actually happening is a cost allocation function where an agreed-on list price for a whole project is getting distributed pro-rata over as many different line-items as possible.
That seems like a way to disincentivize cost optimizations in the project (for the client).
Oh, sure, it's bad! It's just a particular kind of bad.