> Finally, as you are surely aware, fully 80% of DoD software projects are never completed. Guess why?
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>Because of politicians who (a) cancel projects mid-stream because of changing political priorities; (b) don't give sufficient budget to cover their demands; and (c) some contractors who try to low-bid, and end up not having sufficient resources.
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Nope. It's because of the enormous amount of paperwork that needs to be completed. The NASA website has lots of good information about project management. There is also a top 10 list of things that will cause your project to fail. On that list is complying with DoD paperwork requirements.