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Reverse innovation, allied partners, and getting more bang for the buck

October 15, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Consider an American company with a good-better-best product lineup with 80-90-100% performance at 80-90-100% pricing. When seeking to sell in an emerging economy, like India, […]

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Podcast: Next steps in acquisition reform with Dan Ward, Pete Modigliani, and Matt MacGregor

June 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have an impressive trio from MITRE join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the future of acquisition reform. Dan […]

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Tweet of the week: Defense modernization fail

May 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Summed up into a single #miltwitter meme. @AcqTalk @PeteModi @thedanward pic.twitter.com/Z5FaPYJ35O — The Merge (@MergeNewsletter) May 12, 2021 I like that thread because it highlights […]

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Podcast: PPBE Reform Panel 1 — Key Recommendations

April 5, 2021 Eric Lofgren 7

For the first time in more than 50 years, a serious discussion is emerging on the foundations of defense budgeting and oversight.  The “valley of […]

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Make 2021 the year of defense budget reform!

March 22, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Three excellent reports addressing defense budget reform were released between February 25 and March 8, 2021: Competing in Time: Ensuring Capability Advantage and Mission Success […]

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A bridge fund can’t solve the Pentagon’s emerging tech problem

March 16, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Matt MacGregor and I published an article in Defense News outlining five reasons that a bridge fund or prototyping fund won’t solve DoD’s valley of […]

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PPBE reform event: an imperative for winning the great power competition

March 11, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

… in my mind, I equate planning and budgeting and consider the terms almost synonymous, the budget being simply a quantitative expression of operating plans. […]

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How can the Pentagon escape its Soviet-style acquisition system?

March 9, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

DoD’s FY21 President’s Budget Request organizes major weapon systems via nine Mission Area Categories (MACs), which can also be viewed as Strategic Capabilities (Figure 4). These provide […]

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On the question of planning in agile development

January 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

There are many misconceptions organizations fall prey to as they move from traditional predictive project management practices to agile product delivery practices. Some of these […]

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