When the Process Becomes the Product How we confuse templates, updates, and synchronized briefs for actual decision-making.

We say we want speed, innovation, and “transformation.”
But half the time, the DoD isn’t solving problems — it’s perfecting the ritual of looking like it is.

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Speed not a mandate for Pentagon acquisition overhaul, says top weapons buyer “There’s certainly no question about the emphasis on speed, but recognizing that there’s a need for judgment and flexibility in that triangle of cost schedule performance,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey.

The Pentagon’s joint requirements process must go In this op-ed, Bill Greenwalt and Dan Patt ar...

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