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Should You Build in-house or Outsource Development of Your Mobile Apps?

CTOvision

Budget: The budget for the project should include the following two components: Cost to outsource the first version of the application development AND. Execution: With ownership and budget established, the project owner along with senior technical leadership should evaluate and select a vendor to outsource the development.

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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

Long acquisition programs also insure that nobody in the acquisition system is personally responsible for failure because a Program Manager’s (PM) 3-4-year leadership tour only covers a portion of the full requirement-to-IOC (Initial Operational Capability) timeline.

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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

The well-known valley of death between the DARPA or Military Service Science & Technology (S&T) development and military Programs of Record (PORs) is the result of the high-entropy, high-noise channel, that sits between S&T and the bureaucratic DoD acquisition system. SECDEF Robert McNamara Jan 1061-Feb 1968.

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The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

UruIT

You’ll definitely want to take advantage of a half- or full-day workshop, which allows you to dive deeper into the technical knowledge and skills the conference has to offer. One of these CTO Summits is a great option if you have a limited travel budget or can’t spend too much time away from the office. Strata Data Conference.