From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure.
Acquisition Archetype: Feeding the Sacred Cow
Some programs take on a life of their own—privileged, and woven into an organization's existence. But when "sacred cow" projects begin to go wrong, that privilege and protection makes fixing them even more difficult.
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Acquisition SupportSoftware Engineering Institute
March 2008
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