by dbward@mitre.org | 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 m93718 | Jan 14, 2020 | Accelerate, Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog What Have You Delivered? Last year, the Air Force Secretary and Acquisition Executive published a great Air Force Acquisition Annual Report for 2018. It covered a wide range of content, profiling the programs, enterprise level stats, with...
by m93718 | 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 mattmacgregor | Jan 8, 2020 | Accelerate
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Take the (Acquisition) Fast Lane If you’ve ever driven on a highway, you know there are really three driving styles you can use to get to your destination. The first is the way that most people choose, that of “Going with the Flow.” This...
by m93718 | Nov 6, 2019 | Accelerate, Book Reviews
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Speed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution Leaders and employees who operate at a faster pace are vastly more successful, profitable, and impactful. The Speed authors conducted extensive research on speed in business. Their key...
by dbward@mitre.org | Oct 30, 2019 | Innovation, Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog You Should Make A Video By Dan Ward & Deb Zides Hardware assembly instructions are notoriously difficult to follow. Sometimes it’s because the words and pictures on the page were badly written, poorly labeled, or visually ambiguous....
