ISSN 2637-5052
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Simulation and Scenario-Based Training
James N. Phillips, Jr., DBA, PMP, CFCM
Simulation trains and infuses meaningful experience to participants. Scenario-based models focus on team building and repeated use of a process, creating a common core of team experience.
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The DAES Process
A Historical Perspective
Lawrence T. Gwozdz n Paul M. Kadzwa
The Defense Acquisition Executive Summary remains a principal way of communicating acquisition program status to the key executive.
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“Better, Faster, Cheaper”— Possible but Unlikely
Nash Equilibrium Theory and Defense Contracting
Robert T. McCann
Perhaps the best way to understand program difficulties is to look at the overall context, rather than focus on subparts.
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Shift Test Planning Left
Benefits and Challenges of Doing It Earlier
Mike Caram & Barbara Smith
How about requiring completion of all system-level developmental test plans prior to delivery of the first test article? This might seem too difficult given the design immaturity, but it offers real advantages.
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Rescuing a Failing Program
Can It Be Saved or Are We Too Late?
Eugene A. Razzetti
What happens when contracts as written don’t produce satisfactory results? Can it be fixed or do you pull the plug?
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VAT Is Where It’s At
Securing Value Added Tax Exemptions on International Acquisitions
Stephen Speciale
DoD usually doesn’t have to pay the VAT. But a clear understanding is needed of State Department agreements with the country involved and the transaction must be set up correctly at the beginning to avoid delay, complication and non-repayment.
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How Critical Is Critical Thinking?
Brian E. Schultz
Careful planning is needed on how best to apply critical thinking in an organizational context—and invest the time, training and application to gain proficiency in this skill.
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Career Management in the 4th Estate
Scott Bauer
Last year marked continued classroom and on-site training for personnel in DoD’s nonmilitary branches, as well as initiation of a new leadership development week that is expected to become an annual event.
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Readiness Workups Versus Investments
Jennifer Miller, D.B.A.
Financial management is a key element threaded throughout program management. Options are examined to inform and develop readiness as opposed to investment options for leaders to consider.
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