Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover

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Applying more pressure on staff can temporarily increase productivity, but burnout soon sets in.
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Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure. Acquisition Archetypes is an exportation of patterns of failure in software acquisition using systems thinking concepts.

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Software Engineering Institute (2008, September 1). Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/.

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author={Software Engineering Institute},
title={Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover},
month={Sep},
year={2008},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/},
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Software Engineering Institute. "Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 1, 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/.

Software Engineering Institute, "Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 1-Sep-2008 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/. [Accessed: 18-Sep-2026].

Software Engineering Institute. "Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Sep. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

Software Engineering Institute. Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover. Software Engineering Institute. 2008. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/acquisition-archetypes-staff-burnout-and-turnover/