Discovering where programs are on the productivity-to-team-size curve
Here is former China Lakes and Sidewinder missile inventor Bill McLean speaking with Congress in a 1971 hearing: Only in listening to the problem of […]
Bill McLean
Three reasons military programs shouldn’t start with requirements
Here’s a slice from Ron Westrum’s excellent book, Sidewinder: Missile Development at China Lake, citing Bill McLean’s arguments against the “requirements” process. As you read, remember […]
The damage to R&D caused by bureaucrats planning the creative process
Here’s a letter from Bill McClean, chief at Navy’s China Lake and led the Sidewinder development, to the deputy chief of Naval Operations: We find […]