Ricky & Stick - Recommendation
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A Note from Brig. General Janet C. Wolfenbarger
To the Members of the Acquisition Community
On a short plane ride recently, I had the enjoyable experience of reading this little "comic book." It's a brief excursion into the complexities of software acquisition processes, using the metaphor of two well-meaning kids who, despite the best of intentions, always end up in trouble.
This book isn't an official guide to best practice, and it certainly isn't a textbook. But in a kind of off-beat way, it's an entertaining yet insightful look at some of the things that can really happen in software acquisition; each fable is based on true examples where our acquisition system has broken down.
I'd be surprised if, for most everyone in the acquisition business, there isn't something in this book that will ring a bell. For a pleasant respite from the standard official documents we all read daily, I recommend it highly.
JANET C. WOLFENBARGER,
Brig. Gen., USAF
Director, Acquisition Center of Excellence
SAF/ACE
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