How to Survive in the Deep Box in the Pentagon

In 2005, there was really no distinction between software and hardware. Not everybody who's in the business has gone to engineering or physics school and graduate school. They know how to do technical details, but they've never really learned how to deal with complex organizations. The financial people in any organization are the people who really control the management trust them to make sure the funds available to the organization are spent to get the job done. And if you haven't got them on your side, it's a hard road. There are very few people who know enough about computing and aeronautical engineering to design an airplane that is not well designed. You have to keep keeping a static emphasis on putting a value