Given that half of software projects double their original cost estimates, projects slip an average of 36 months, and one third of software projects are cancelled, I think this new role is one not only challenging, but especially critical to providing new and upgraded warfighting capabilities to our warfighters.
Software is pervasive.
It truly is the new physical infrastructure. We are more dependent on software than ever, and software is becoming more complex. In our weapon and support systems, it is the source of enhanced functionality, the key to system modernization, the technology we use to model new system concepts, and the basis of our advanced simulation-based training and doctrine development. It is our competitive edge that enables our systems to interoperate in new and novel ways. My first focus area is discipline.