Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 31st December 2006

Dilbert//6469, first published twenty years ago on Sunday 31st December 2006

Official transcript

I'll ask the vendor for ballpark prices to see if the idea is feasible. "You can't talk with vendors until our change control board approves the project."

"But that would require a cost-benefit analysis."

"And I can't do that without ballpark prices from the vendor."

"Just take your best guess."

"So...I should make up a number so I can get approval to make a phone call and ask what the number should have been?"

"Right. But first you need to get my approval to do the cost-benefit analysis."

"Will you approve it?"

"I'd have to see the numbers."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

ILL ASK THE VENDOR FOR BALLPARK PRICES TO SEE IF THE IDEA IS FEASIBLE.

YOU CAN'T TALK WITH VENDORS UNTIL OUR CHANGE CONTROL BOARD APPROVES THE PROJECT.

BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A COST- BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

AND I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT BALLPARK PRICES FROM THE VENDOR.

JUST TAKE YOUR BEST GUESS.

SO... I SHOULD MAKE UP A NUMBER SO I CAN GET APPROVAL TO MAKE A PHONE CALL AND ASK WHAT THE NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN?

RIGHT. BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO GET MY APPROVAL TO DO THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

WILL YOU APPROVE IT?

I'D HAVE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Cost-Benefit Analysis"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 2006, features a humorous exchange between Dilbert and his boss. The conversation revolves around the need for a cost-benefit analysis to justify the purchase of a baseball field. The boss is hesitant to provide a ballpark figure for the project, citing the lack of a cost-benefit analysis. Dilbert, frustrated with the lack of progress, decides to take matters into his own hands and create a fake cost-benefit analysis to get approval for the project.

Key Points:

• Dilbert's boss is unwilling to provide a cost-benefit analysis for the baseball field project.
• Dilbert decides to create a fake cost-benefit analysis to get approval for the project.
• The comic strip highlights the absurdity of bureaucratic red tape and the creative ways people find to get around it.

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