by dbward@mitre.org | Jul 23, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog PRO TIP: The 3 P’s of Making Change Introducing change inside a bureaucracy is always challenging, but it’s also an important part of the job for defense acquisition professionals. The DoD needs people to lead change and drive...
by m93718 | 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 m93718 | 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...
by m93718 | Jul 16, 2019 | Digital
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Digital Defense Acquisition 2024 A vision for how DoD can achieve its own moonshot by transforming the world’s biggest bureaucracy. Imagine for a moment, the year is 2024. DoD acquisition executives and practitioners completed a remarkable...
by m93718 | Jul 14, 2019 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Is AnaIysis Your Scarecrow? The biggest complaint I’m hearing from my network is that many [self-proclaimed] innovators aren’t innovating. “All talk and no action,” I’m hearing. The complaint is second only to that of the Frozen Middle,...
by m93718 | Jul 9, 2019 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Going Fast in the FAR Labyrinth Ever wonder how it is that some buying offices can go super fast and others seem to take forever—and both are using the same rules from the FAR? Yeah, me, too. Until recently. Back in March, I attended the...
