Discovery projects
On July 20, 2026, KPMG published a research report titled "The Resilience--First Discovery Standard" (RFDS), a project management framework for high--risk scientific research and hardware R&D. The methodology introduces "Antifragile Milestone Planning," which incorporates intentional stressors into the project timeline to identify failure points earlier in the discovery phase. A central component is the "Redundant Pathing Protocol," a governance mandate that requires the simultaneous development of two competing technical architectures until a "Proof of Scalability" is achieved.