Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using System Archetypes April 9, 2008 • Presentation By Linda Levine and William E. Novak This presentation discusses finding the root causes of acquisition problems. Publisher Software Engineering Institute Topic or Tag Acquisition Transformation Abstract The purpose of this presentation is to show how Acquisition Archetypes (based on Systems Thinking concepts) can help to avoid common counter-productive behaviors in software acquisition and development programs. SHARE