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2026-02-04_08-07-00.md

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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ That is, who defines our purpose?
 ### ConEst Organization
 
 What freedom does ConEst have to change its process and deliverables?
-suppose a plan to have Bid, with their request for ConEst,
+Suppose a plan to have Bid, with their request for ConEst,
 articulate certain requirements which they must have possessed to produce the bid estimate.
 Who would be involved in the change?
 Who would be the one to deny the request?
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ If Bid's proposals are audited,
 why do they still cause ConEst constant headache?
 ("local lighting control")
 
+***
+
 Estimators and seniors are biased towards imprecision
 because its tolerance reduces monotonous work,
 but the logical conclusion of such bias is a Bid estimate.
 Obviously there is an ideal compromise
 between 1:1 takeoff to install and a square foot budget
 that ConEst is intended to produce.
+
 Who is ultimately responsible
 for defining the position of that point on the spectrum?
 How is it defined?
@@ -63,9 +66,9 @@ a better option between two.
 What's being done to address the variance which exists?
 What's being done to prevent it from re-emerging?
 
-It's my belief that the most practical solution
+It is my belief that the most practical solution
 is the frequent rotation of estimators in senior teams.
-It's in the interest of estimators
+It is in the interest of estimators
 that their personal heuristics not depend on who they're working for,
 so they can be expected to call attention to inconsistency
 allowing it to be addressed permanently.
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ Would I be better of keeping my mouth shut about it?
 #### Incentives
 
 Bonuses based on awarded profit
-incentivize problematic (hare-hunting) behavior.
+incentivize problematic behavior
+([[game-theory#Stag Hunt|hare-hunting]]).
 Has such behavior been observed,
 or has chief strategy been organization-aligned
 in spite of the incentive?