{"id":287,"date":"2015-07-05T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2017-06-13T06:33:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T11:33:11","slug":"root-cause-2-inaccurate-price-quote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/why-are-failures-so-common\/budget-timeline-expectations-not-met\/root-cause-2-inaccurate-price-quote\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaccurate price quote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Inaccurate price quote due to lack of detail in the RFP<\/h2>\n<p>If the vendor does not know your detailed requirements, then they cannot possibly provide an accurate price or timeline quote. An overly high-level RFP is one of the most common causes of inaccurate price and timeline information being given to the Board. Your detailed requirements will eventually surface. We believe it is best to uncover them as early as possible, so that you can avoid surprises and having to go back to the Board hat-in-hand later. See <a href=\"\/why-are-failures-so-common\/risks-not-identified\/scope-creep\/\">\u201cHow to avoid scope-creep\u201d<\/a> for additional information about the importance of a detailed RFP and the <strong>Framework\u2019s<\/strong> role in helping you avoid this critical risk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/why-are-failures-so-common\/budget-timeline-expectations-not-met\/cause-3-business-process-changes-not-identified\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1310 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Next.jpg\" alt=\"Next\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Next.jpg 164w, https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Next-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/why-are-failures-so-common\/budget-timeline-expectations-not-met\/root-cause-1budget-timeline-promises-made-too-early\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1309\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Previous.jpg\" alt=\"Previous\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Previous.jpg 164w, https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Previous-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inaccurate price quote due to lack of detail in the RFP If the vendor does not know your detailed requirements, then they cannot possibly provide an accurate price or timeline quote. An overly high-level RFP is one of the most common causes of inaccurate price and timeline information being given to the Board. Your detailed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iscgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}