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Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation

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Prototyping Improves Systems Acquisition

Packard told Congress how systematic prototyping efforts can alleviate two problems that had grown under the McNamara years, leading to excessive costs and unsatisfactory results. The programs we are recommending for prototyping generally will not have the objective of producing a complete operational system. For about $25 million a year, Packard believed that they would obtain from each prototype team two models about every three to four years.

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