PMs spend too much time at briefings where no decisions are made
In the early 1970s, the Army took it upon itself to review its acquisition system. The AMARC report found that the Army was “profoundly affected” […]
AMARC
Differing opinions of requirements: how fixed should they be ahead of prototyping?
Here is the opinion of the Requirements & Concepts Panel for the Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) of 1974: In the opinion of our […]
Are better requirements the answer to acquisition?
Here are some excellent insights from the Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee’s 1974 report. Might sound like a lot of the arguments going on today […]
Single- vs. Multi-Function Systems
Here is Navy Matters on single vs. multi function system design: So many people want to cram every capability they can think of onto every […]
The ineffectiveness of cost-effectiveness analyses
Cost Operational Effectiveness Analyses (COEA). The COEA done for the major Army projects are of spotty quality and in some cases non-existent. What should be […]