How detailed do you need to be when building a Cost Model for technology? This episode discusses the question in terms of how well you need to understand the relationships between components of technology cost, so that you can set up a logical allocation of cost between them.

Do your allocation mechanisms need to be highly specific and based on consumption, or can a simpler approach work some of the time?

This conversation was prompted by analysis published by the TBM Council about the attributes of winners of their annual awards.