ISSN 2637-5052
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From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Leaning Forward Into the New Year
Ellen Lord
Where we’ve come from, and where we are headed in 2020.
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Afghanistan Operations Reconstruction
10 Nonpolitical Takeaways for DoD Program Managers
Eugene A. Razzetti
U.S.-based acquisition professionals must get involved in decision making earlier to ensure that we’re providing the right products and making those products as provably effective, robust, reliable and sustainable as possible.
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Creative Thinking Is the Cornerstone of Critical Thinking
Debra E. Hahn
What are your objectives? To solve a problem, rather than discover general information, ask specific questions and avoid being confined by bureaucratic stovepipes.
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Making the Most of Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques
William F. Rowell, Ph.D; Seth A. Guldin, MS; Steven N. Thorsen, Ph.D and Darryl K. Ahner, Ph.D.
Examine best practices in the areas of people, training, integration and external support. The most important attribute is a willingness to pro-actively learn, gain and implement a working knowledge of these techniques.
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Adaptive Acquisition: A Cure for Contract Inertia
Edgar Quiñones, DBA and B. Andrew Cudmore, Ph.D.
The three steps in change management are: unfreeze (prepare for the desired change), change (implement the desired change), and refreeze (solidify the desired changes).
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A Portfolio Management-Based Acquisition Model?
Brian Schultz
The requirements and acquisition communities must collaborate and work in a more integrated manner. Acquisition expertise provides the technical, engineering and business knowhow; requirements managers provide the mission expertise.
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Reducing Barriers to Workforce Innovation
Robert Frum
An organizational innovation framework improves the opportunity for maximizing positive change from ad hoc to a systematic approach for success. Innovative index probabilities provide an objective measure of an organization’s innovation culture.
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Squeezing More Value From Test
Lt Col David Petrucci, USAF
A program office practice could be elevated to the Configuration Steering Boards to help make better-informed decisions on verification program adjustments and squeeze more value out of test.
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Coast Guard Role in the Great Power Competition
James Landreth, P.E.
The Coast Guard offers unique contributions to national security and must maximize its utility and ensure the viability of its long-term investments.
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2019 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards
2019 Packard Awards for Acquisition Excellence
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