The Problem
Authorization was never captured at execution time.
Scope changes. Timekeepers expand matters. Budget thresholds get crossed. Decisions happen at every step. Those decisions require authorization. Nobody built the infrastructure to preserve that authorization in real time.
By the time the invoice arrives, the record does not exist. The firm cannot defend the charge. The write-down happens. Nobody logs it as a systemic problem. It compresses realization rates every billing cycle.
The full analysis covers the economics, the market data, the sourced statistics, and the business case — built for managing partners and finance directors.