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John Farley....
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My reading of the article is that it suggests it is very dangerous to outsource the design, development and manufacture of elements of a complex system before the interactions between the various elements are completely understood. Indeed it queries whether you (cannot) even write a decent outsourcing contract until all the interactions are understood.
my underline.
Is that your meaning? Did you mean "can write"?
Picky? Perhaps. My complaint is that the thrust of the article implies Boeing screwed it up, for reasons the author outlines.
They did not. Not so far as can be determined. It is not inherently "very dangerous" to outsource or modularize. The author goes to great pains to explain what is obvious; that there is risk in building complex systems.
Enough.....
Last edited by Lyman; 4th Feb 2013 at 14:14.