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Why are analysts complicit in cost and schedule growth?

September 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

I showed that for 10 projects for which a cost risk analysis had been conducted, the actual cost was greater than the 90th percentile for […]

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Podcast: All about Other Transactions Authority with Richard Dunn

February 18, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In this episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, I speak with Richard Dunn about commercial contracting, and in particular, Other Transactions Authority (OTAs). He is […]

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I beseech you, Norm Augustine, to think it possible you be mistaken

May 13, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Defense acquisition in the United States is quite unique. It is a monopsony that has monopolies embedded within it. People’s lives — even our nation’s […]

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