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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

Speed to Capability – In the world of commercial IT procurement or development projects, acquisition timelines average 70%-80% less than similar DoD program timelines. To turn this around “speed to capability” should be the primary program metric, with cost, performance, and schedule as secondary metrics.

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Meta-methodology

The Programmer's Paradox

To be complete, a methodology should cover every step of the process from gathering all necessary information about the problem to deploying and operating the solution in a production environment. A methodology is so necessary that a bad one is often better than nothing. A constantly shifting landscape is not a suitable foundation for building on.