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When theory meets reality, requirements change. We thought this approach would work, and our research suggested it would. Then the real world came along.
by w8rbt 8y ago
When theory meets reality, requirements change. We thought this approach would work, and our research suggested it would. Then the real world came along.
- Nexxxeh 8y agoNo plan survives first contact with the enemy?
- tabtab 8y agoThe more general version: "No plan survives first contact with reality." Somebody once also said that planning is still very useful even if the plan changes later because it helps those involved prepare for and understand the changes better when they do come.
- mlb_hn 8y agoSounds like more to do with not taking battlefield conditions/training into consideration. When push comes to shove, if you give people cool tech, unless it's easy to mindlessly pick up and use they won't use it. When I was in, I had boxes and boxes of crap that was on the books that we never used (and didn't know how to use but had to inventory), then the stuff we actually used.
- bogle 8y ago"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson