In 1601 the crew of one ship (out of four) during an East India Company voyage were each given 3 teaspoons of lemon juice daily. The crew on the other 3 boats weren't. At the Cape of Good Hope 110 out of 278 had died mostly from scurvy. The crew receiving lemon juice remained largely healthy.
In 1795 the British Royal Navy bgins using citrus on a regular basis, wiping out scury.
In 1865 British merchant marine sailors were finally given citrus juice and scurvy was eliminated.
(From the systems thiking bible Business Dynamics)
In the 1970s the space shuttle onboard software was built using an incremental approach. In the late 1980s the US DoD staryed using evolutionary/incremental methods. In the 2000s some commercial organizations are discovering increental development.
