The Pentagon is, for practical purposes, forbidden from iteration because that&#x27;s not how their process is structured. This hellacious chart [0], (which I love pointing out), is the official diagram for the Pentagon&#x27;s weapons purchasing process. This process matches requirements in federal law. In other words, this process is mandated by Congress.<p>How do you shoehorn iterative development into this? Where does it fit? It doesn&#x27;t, so it doesn&#x27;t happen.<p>I hardly think Boyd was the first guy to show them how dumb they can be.<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;images_blogs&#x2F;dangerroom&#x2F;2010&#x2F;09&#x2F;atl_wall_chart.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;images_blogs&#x2F;dangerroom&#x2F;2010&#x2F;09&#x2F;atl_wal...</a>