In view of over estimate budget in engineering cost, the author thinks that design is the key, and quota design is the best way of control engineering cost.

These would identify the work accomplished on the task and the budget expended on it since the last report, and would estimate the effort remaining on the task.

The projected size of the two-year shortfall has been creeping up, from $11 billion to $15 billion; $18 billion is last month’s estimate from the state’s Legislative Budget Board.