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@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ daily: "[[2025-11-21]]"
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 # 2025-11-21 10:11:??

+## "Hours Burned vs. Hours Earned"
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+%%
+A criticism of [[earned-value-management]] in [[construction]].
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 > [!quote] [ELECTRI's Industry Benchmarking Tool - ELECTRI International](https://www.electri.org/research-overview/electris-industry-benchmarking-tool/)
 > ### Hours Burned vs. Hours Earned
 >
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ This is a terribly problematic metric.
 If a project went over its material budget
 despite standard rigorous oversight
 where would you first look,
-construction or estimating?
+operations or estimating?
 In almost all cases the safer bet is estimating.
 Why should labor be different?

@@ -31,6 +37,4 @@ Wherever there is budget variance
 there is a persistent tendency to blame construction
 before estimating.

-[[earned-value-management-in-construction-estimating]]
-
 [[purpose-of-construction-estimating#The Myth of Estimate Accuracy]]