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experimentation

DoD cannot wait for zero risk before scaling important technologies

December 14, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

One of the major ideas of defense acquisition is that programs of record shouldn’t begin until a full requirements and technical understanding has been accomplished. […]

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Does DoD turn out good product managers?

March 2, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

You mentioned intuition and I think that can be developed too believe it or not. I’ve helped many product managers develop their product sense. How […]

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What does DoD find to be the “biggest challenge” to experimentation?

February 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Possibly the biggest challenge to experimentation is securing funding for the experiment or to apply the recommendations resulting from the experiment. When the initiation of […]

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Public vs. private innovation

January 7, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

I like to break down innovation into experimentation, evaluation, and evolution. I think that government has a disadvantage at all three.

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