by Dan Ward | Aug 27, 2021 | Accelerate, Accelerate, Blog, Execution, Innovation, Rapid Acquisition
The sun was setting as my buddy Ryan and I finished building our survival shelter, one of our last requirements to earn the Wilderness Survival merit badge. Well, I assumed the sun was setting. The thick forest around us and even thicker rain clouds above made it hard...
by ltedder | Mar 31, 2021 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog The Problem with Other Transactions and System Integration A friend of mine used to say that if you are introduced to a new concept at least three times in as many days, then The Universe is trying to get your attention. If that is...
by ltedder | Jun 17, 2020 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog The Importance of User Stories A few months ago, I got a call from my doctor’s office, the kind of call that knocks your feet out from under you—not totally unlike when things go amiss with a big procurement. The best-case solution,...
by petemodi | May 22, 2020 | Accelerate, Policy, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Accelerating Space Acquisition The Secretary of the Air Force, Barbara Barrett, in partnership with the US Space Force, submitted a report to Congress on an Alternative Acquisition System for the Space Force. This is a great report that...
by Dan Ward | Apr 1, 2020 | Innovation, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog JTRS: A Cautionary Tale For Today A version of this post originally appeared in National Defense Magazine in 2012. It has been edited and updated. In a January 2012 article titled Failure To Communicate, published on the Center For Public...
by ltedder | Feb 19, 2020 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Why We’re Confused about Agile vs Rapid To know where we’re going, it helps to know how you got to where you are. We often look back at some years-old or decades-old or even centuries-old point of view and make frownie faces because...
