I like that, but you are still going to need SMEs. Guys move around too much and sometimes you need a person who can just look at something and know what it is. I agree about the obsolescence part. It makes things difficult.
The SME thing may just be a Navy thing.
1 800 USA NAVY...who is 18 and signs on the dotted line with the blank check being up to your life. Some young dumb kid with no life experience. You expect them to do what they said they would. I was that guy, but I knew I couldn't afford college. You sign something at 18 you follow through...