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The article discusses the challenges faced by project managers when attempting to select the appropriate size of a software development team, examining the relationship between costs and the quality of the output of software development teams. Large teams lead to a better distribution of skills but also have higher communication, coordination, and salary costs, the article states, while smaller teams have smaller salary costs but also develop programming biases leading to costly software maintenance issues.

The article focuses on voice technology being developed by the U.S. Navy. The commercial potential for voice technology innovations currently being developed by the U. S. Navy is immense. Although speech technology has existed for two decades, widespread use is a recent phenomenon. Following improvements in accuracy, speed, portability, and high-noise operation, the development of speech dictation and recognition applications by the private sector, federal agencies, and armed services has increased. The Naval Voice Interactive Device (NVID) prototype is a compact, mobile computing device that includes voice interactive technology, stylus screen input capability, and an indoor-readable display that enables shipboard medical personnel to complete environmental survey checklists, view reference materials related to these checklists, manage tasks, and generate reports using the collected data. Despite current limitations in speech technology, the NVID prototype was successful in reducing the time needed to complete inspections, supporting local reporting requirements, and allowing corpsmen to complete surveys expeditiously. The potential of this type of innovation is immense for commercial industry, public medical industry and also manufacturing and services industry. Widespread adoption of these and related technologies across industry and consumer applications is certain to result in timesavings, convenience, and safety.

The article focuses on various ways in which medical care can be provided through computer technology during the time of global crisis. In order to meet increasing global crises, the U.S. military must find ways to more effectively manage manpower and time. Joint Medical Operations-Telemedicine (JMO-T) was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to collect and transmit near-real-time, far-forward medical data and has been successful in resolving uncertain organizational and technological military deficiencies, improving medical communications and information management. Deployable, mobile telemedicine teams are the centerpiece of JMO-T. These teams have the capability of inserting essential networking and communications elements into austere theaters, establishing an immediate means for enhancing health protection, collaborative planning, situational awareness and strategic decision-making. JMO-T technology initiatives utilize these dedicated, small mobile teams with a sophisticated IT infrastructure to provide telemedicine capabilities where needed in the medical battlespace.