"It takes a good three years to really mature and get that model working in the segment well. But it's worth it. It's truly worth it. Why does it take that long? It doesn't take that long to do the segment architecture work itself," he says. "It takes that long for the cultural change and the bringing people together, particularly when you're working across stovepipes."
Kenneth Corbin is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who covers government and regulatory issues for CIO.com.
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