Tardiness leaves our credibility and even our honesty open to question.
Conducting a pre-submission review for a client recently, I noted a claim that two delivery team members had “a collective 50 years’ experience” in a particular type of infrastructure.
However, this didn’t tally with the individuals’ Curricula Vitae, so I asked for these figures to be checked. The amended figure came back: “30 years of collective experience”.
The client notices these inconsistencies, and a figure pulled out of the air doesn’t do our credibility any good.

