Re: Joint Strike Fighter

["Marc A. Criley" <mcqada@earthlink.net>]

Rex Reges wrote:
> 
> "Marc A. Criley" wrote:
> >
> >
> > In almost 20 years of software development, I've never been involved
> > with a project that would blithely fail to meet the project's
> > requirements and be indifferent to such an occurrence.  From projects of
> > a few millions to hundreds of millions of dollars, when there were cost
> > and requirements problems, we made sure the customer knew about it and
> > jointly hammered out a new plan.  Sometimes requirements were dropped or
> > modified, sometimes the company ate the difference, and yes, sometimes
> > the government expended more funds.
> >
> 
> The Government has tried lots of ways to fix its procurement methods:
> cost plus award fee, cost plus incentive fee, etc. The best solution
> is just to hire reputable folks like yourself, which is amazingly
> hard to do!
> 

Thanks, but the thing is that I wasn't running the program--this is just
the way the programs were run at the companies where I've worked.  And
I'm talking about places like Lockheed Martin and Hughes.

Marc A. Criley
Senior Staff Engineer
Quadrus Corporation
www.quadruscorp.com