I read the report as the Defence Management Board who stopped CWS, and it is largely civilian.
The objectives are the problem. In WW2 we had relatively efficient systems, largely I feel because if the committees didn't do their job promptly and properly, everybody got bombed.
The objectives of senior politicians, senior civil servants and VSOs are far too different. In terms of careers, the defence procurement chief isn't affected at all if two tornados collide off Tain, but he is if he doesn't deliver the savings the SoS (or more likely the Chancellor of the Exchequer) demands.