There’s no “value” in Earned Value Management
The problem here is that EVM is based on a detailed and accurate “plan” at the start of the initiative. And Agile avoids that detailed […]
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Providing two or more sources of production doesn’t always lead to higher costs
The second argument usually used against setting up a second source is that the efficiencies of the first source would have to be scaled back […]
AI exposes challenges to cost estimation
Many people have written about how artificial intelligence can improve the business of cost estimating. However, those papers tend to focus on costing out industrial […]
Rapid acquisition pathways for software — Sec. 801 (FY20 NDAA)
… the Secretary of Defense shall establish guidance authorizing the use of acquisition pathways… for the rapid acquisition of software applications and software upgrades that […]