The plan back fired because the people optimized for the reward, instead of the long term goal of reducing the number of deaths, like the development of anti-ve

The plan back fired because the people optimized for the reward, instead of the long term goal of reducing the number of deaths, like the development of anti-venom mentioned previously. I read the article about Lean Software Development and one of the concept the stuck me is banning local optimization (http://drdobbs.com/184414744 http://drdobbs.com/184414744).