Was key people's work "accessible".?

Question

I notice the recent book "Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin" lists key people.

If projects are anything like as in "Dilbert" am wondering how "accessible" work would be produced. (too many points of accidental, or intentional , sabotage).

I see listed <<Peter Briggs (Rear Admiral RAN), submariner; submarine policy maker; head of SMCT >>

Am wondering if his work would have been accessible. It would seem possible for work produced to be reused thus guaranteeing project success.

Murphy's law seems to guarantee that somehow the reusability of work is impeded.

(Exception might be if you had squads of sailors armed with submachine guns standing guard, ensuring nothing was fouled up).

Answer 1

Briggs&#039; work would have been meant to be reused. He would have left the equivalent of a road map. I guess people ignored it and got lost. It&#039;s easy to happen - move to a new building, move to a new computer, bring in some new staff, people forget to keep running overnight tests to check all is well.

Answer 2

unclear, on many points. please restate question.