Originally Posted by Maxibon
A significant issue is that we are pretty bad at requirement writing, added to mission creep and the constant turnover of mil pers, we don't help ourselves.
We have a similar problem on this side of the pond. (The requirements creep for the Presidential helicopter mess -discussed on PPRuNe somewhere a while back - is but one example.)
I have lately been reading up on a program I hated when it was initiated in 2002 - the LCS - and the unmitigated mess it created for our fleet in terms of squandered resources. (An old shipmate of mine, RADM Sam Perez, seems to have lost his shot at a third star when he pushed back against that loser of a program about a decade ago).
Here's hoping this program, if it gets off the ground, will be fit for its purpose.