What Does a Dispute Board Actually Cost? A Straight Answer for Public Employers
By Dr Samer Skaik
Of all the questions I get asked by public sector clients, this is the one that arrives most often by private message rather than in the meeting.
People are slightly embarrassed to ask it. There is a sense that enquiring about the cost of a dispute mechanism is somehow unserious, or that it reveals you have not read something you should have read. So the question gets asked quietly, usually after the formal session has ended, and it is almost always phrased the same way: what does one of these actually cost us?
It is an entirely reasonable question and I wish more people asked it earlier and out loud. A project manager who cannot answer it cannot get the budget line approved, and a budget line that is not approved is one of the most common reasons a board never gets appointed at all. So let me try to answer it plainly. …
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