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The value of Agile Architecture in a modern organization

Xebia

Portfolio management, Program management and the “business wish list” But what about Portfolio managers or Program managers? Another one to consider is technical leadership, experience in the technical domain which can be described as “know your stuff”.

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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. Strong Technical Leadership.

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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

Second it centralized acquisition by directing the establishment of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, USD(A), similar Component Acquisition Executives ( CAE ), and Program Element Officers ( PEO s) that manage groups of related Program Managers.

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

UruIT

Keynote speakers include Gregor Hohpe, technical director in Google Cloud’s office of the CTO; Matt Stine, global CTO for architecture at Pivotal and host of the podcast Software Architecture Radio ; Trisha Gee, developer advocate at JetBrains; and several other experts in the field. These immersive courses run for two full days, 9:00 a.m.