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Applying Agile in the Department of Defense
April 18, 2013
"One of the things that we found with DoD and federal clients is that these principles are a little bit new. Some of them feel good—they feel like they fit within the DoD culture—and some of them don’t."
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The Evolution of a Science Project
April 04, 2013
"When the project first starts out, initially we’re ticking off progress at a pretty regular basis…but what can happen as you start nearing completion—the 70, 80, 90 percent done—is that progress as measured can begin to stall out. "
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Technology Readiness Assessments
February 21, 2013
"A TRA is not a documentation review. There’s a lot of planning that goes into it, six months to a year’s worth of planning out front. You actually get into design details, engineering studies, & test reports. It’s really a heavy-duty engineering level review. "
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September 20, 2012
"Misaligned incentives usually occur in the absence of well-designed rules that control the rewards or penalties for participants. The underlying idea is that unless the rules incentivize them to do otherwise, people and organizations both tend to act in their own self interest, which may not always be what was wanted."
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September 04, 2012
"Today the Department of Defense needs to acquire software faster than it ever has in the past. "
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