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Crumblestones Manning

The Crumblestones Of Acquisition: Manning, Staffing, and Resource Constraints (Part 7 of 7)

Lorna Tedder

Where Innovation Collides with Capacity Serialized from Contracting for Rapid Acquisition: A Practical and Personal Guide to Disrupting the Status Quo for a More Responsive Future By Lorna E. Tedder The first five Crumblestones have shown how culture, communication, governance, requirements handoffs, and tracking systems can sabotage even the boldest plans. But none of those weaknesses can be […]

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Tracking

The Crumblestones of Acquisition: Lack of Appropriate Tracking Systems (Part 6)

Lorna Tedder

Where Visibility Fails, Frustration Flourishes Serialized from Contracting for Rapid Acquisition: A Practical and Personal Guide to Disrupting the Status Quo for a More Responsive FutureBy Lorna E. Tedder We’ve all heard the saying: what gets measured gets managed. In federal acquisition, what we measure is narrow—and what we ignore is often where our real problems live. Tracking […]

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Contracting Culture Crumblestone

The Crumblestones Of Acquisition: Contracting Culture (Part 2)

Lorna Tedder

Serialized from Contracting for Rapid Acquisition: A Practical and Personal Guide to Disrupting the Status Quo for a More Responsive Future by Lorna E. Tedder Contracting Culture: The Most Invisible Anchor That Can Sink Any Strategy When I launched this series, I described six persistent weak points that show up in acquisition organizations again and again. I […]

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