Disrupting Acquisition Blog
The Importance of User Stories
Collecting and listening to the real life experiences–user stories–can tell you the HOW and UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS you won’t find in regulations and help you to avoid mistakes you didn’t realize were possible.
Accelerating Space Acquisition
Great recommendations to shape an Alternative Acquisition System for the Space Force.
SWAP Your TAME
Rethinking Meetings in the Shadow of a Pandemic.
Pentagon Wars 2020: The Return of the Bureaucrats
Bureaucratic attempts to impede reforms will only weaken the DoD’s efforts in the Great Power Competition.
Modernizing DoD’s Requirements System
A three pronged approach to modernize DoD’s Requirements System to enable speed, agility, and innovation.
Don’t Play Mob Ball, Revisited
To effectively tackle pandemic-related challenges, we all must adopt strategic positions and avoid playing “mob ball.”
JTRS: A Cautionary Tale For Today
The Army’s Joint Tactical Radio System was a failure back in 2012, but it offers important lessons for today’s innovators as we explore solutions to COVID-19 related challenges.
The Game-Changer We’ve Been Expecting Isn’t a Technology
Innovators in the Acquisition Ecosystem have been waiting for a game-changer, but didn’t expect it to be Covid-19.
Don’t Forget the Minimum Viable Sustainment (MVS) for that Minimum Viable Product (MVP)!
A proposal to add Minimum Viable Sustainment to MVP’s and prototypes being sent into operations.
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