THE VIDEO SHELF · feature creep in procurement
Pentagon Wars - Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution
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 readers recommended 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.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 66NOVA66
- Topic
- feature creep in procurement
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Agreed, but more specifically here is the 10 minute video which best distills the whole movie. It's worth watching: [VIDEO]
kelvin0 on Hacker News · 2015-06
In Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can’t DogfightWatch the "Pentagon Wars - Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution" video: [VIDEO] 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 that doesn't work well for anybody. This …
urlgrey on Hacker News · 2018-03
In The US Army’s costly quest for the perfect radioReading this “We weren’t sure LCS was executing the missions it was designed for,” Commander of Naval Surface Forces Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener said in January 2022. “And so we … went out to the number of fleet commanders and said, ‘Alright, what do you …
somethoughts on Hacker News · 2023-04
In U.S. Navy wants to sell off its troubled littoral combat ships to allies
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