by Dan Ward | Jan 21, 2020 | News, Policy, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog What’s So Great About MTA’s? (Part 1) The new Middle Tier of Acquisition instruction (DoDi 5000.80) is a pretty big deal. In this post I’ll explain why, but first, a tiny bit of background. The document (effective 30 Dec 2019)...
by ltedder | Jan 9, 2020 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog 20 Defense Contracting Things to Watch in 2020 A mentor once told me that where we put our attention gets our juice—our life force to make things happen. If we begin the new year aware of certain things to watch as the year unfolds, then we...
by ltedder | Oct 1, 2019 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog The Increasingly Urgent Car Wreck You might not think that a properly documented and truly urgent requirement would get questioned—or even denied—by staff reviewers, but it does happen and for the oddest reason: the passage of time, the...
by ltedder | Aug 12, 2019 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Reverse-Mapping the Acquisition Valley of Death What if we mapped our way across the Acquisition “Valley of Death” … backwards? In the past, I’ve advised small businesses to consider SBIRs as a first step in daisy-chaining their way across...
by dzides | Jul 18, 2019 | Accelerate, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Hurry! Spread the Word! Rapid Acquisition is Speed with Discipline to Learn Fast, NOT Just Fail Fast! Hurry! I need your help! We (yes, you!), the influencers, innovators, and users of the DoD acquisition ecosystem, need to put the kibosh...
by jenchoi | Jul 17, 2019 | Mindset, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog To Jump or Not to Jump, That is the Question… When you’re “in the system,” especially when it’s a massive one like the DoDI 5000.02 Defense Acquisition System, it can feel like a never-ending uphill battle… an overwhelmingly...
