
96 • Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments
Today’s programs are not terribly socially different from hunting parties of
millennia ago. Humans are at the top of the food chain largely because they
can communicate and work together, and humans knew how to plan then,
too. Figure 6.3 shows some early planning documents for a hunting program
in 20,000 bc. So if you are a chieftain organizing a hunting party in the year
20,000 bc, you realize how important it is to select the right people for the
hunt. Your very existence and that of your family and friends (your tribe)
depend on the success of the hunt. Avoidance of starvati