Yet another massive government tech project goes horribly, horribly wrong
Scope creep, insistence on a big bang roll-out, more scope creep, different customers demanding different things which the project insisted on trying to achieve, still more scope creep, a project that encompasses a decade and a half of radically changing technology after betting on a tech solution that was immature … yeah, what could possibly go wrong?
As the acquisition manager put it: "To be specific, the problem is rooted in the way project leaders defined 'better' over a decade and a half. They seemed to mistake it for a synonym of 'more.' How exactly did the Army go about making the radio better and better? By increasing its complexity, extending the schedule, spending more money and making the device larger. Engineers continuously added features and functions and capabilities on paper, all of which made the design worse and made the users wait. Vaporware much?"
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How to blow $6 billion on a tech project | Ars Technica
Military's 15-year quest for the perfect radio is a blueprint for failing big.
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it's probably OK to cancel this project, since it doesn't directly kill anyone or blow anything up. Or look impressive in a parade.