While working at General Dynamics Electric Boat, I worked on projects that were broken down into departments and other projects that were broken down into “area of expertise”. I can honestly say that breaking a project down by departments was the worst. This was due to people in that department not actually having a formal background in that department. A lot of times in industry, it is assumed that most things can be picked up on the job. The problem is that usually when solving a new problem, you need more information. Breaking a project down and considering the talent that you have on your team helped projects move along. When I discovered that I had an area and no one on my team had the talent to do it, I found someone who was an expert on it such as an outside company. The breakdown by talent would have the following components: regulations, prototype design, funding, electrical, testing. Looking at these from the outside, I’m sure it doesn’t make much sense because prototype design alone looks like a huge job but when people are an expert in doing that, they output a better product than anyone would have imagined.