Our conventional modernization programs seek a 99% solution in years. Stability and counterinsurgency missions - the wars we are in - requires 75% solutions in months. The challenge is whether in our bureaucracy and in our minds these two different paradigms can be made to coexist - R. M. Gates, Speech to National Defense University ( Washington, D.C.) Monday, September 29, 2008
From the introduction to Increasing Probability of Success for Complex System of Systems by - integrating Systems Engineering, System Development, Agile Software Development, and Earned Value Management, Managing Complex System of Systems Subject to FAR 34.2 and DFARS 234.2 using Agile at Scale
