Pentagon Wars - Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution
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A roughly ten-minute scene from the movie The Pentagon Wars showing how the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's requirements ballooned through committee demands into a compromised design. It is a satirical dramatization of military procurement.
Why HN recommends it: Linked in nearly every F-35 or procurement thread as the classic illustration of feature creep and design by stakeholder committee, including in software.
“It's a great example of how trying to design a product that works well for every stakeholder in every scenario leads to a Frankenstein of a product” Read on HN ↗