Acquisition Archetypes
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
In this episode, Bill Novak talks about his work with acquisition archetypes and how they can be used to help government programs avoid problems in software development and systems acquisition. Acquisition archetypes are developed based on experiences with actual programs, and they use concepts from systems thinking to characterize and analyze dynamics.
About the Speaker

William E. Novak
William E. Novak is a principal member of technical staff at the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), where he conducts research and consults with large-scale software-intensive acquisition programs based on his 40 years of experience with real-time embedded software product development, government software acquisition, and business management in …
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Suzanne Miller
Suzanne Miller is an SEI alumni employee.
Suzanne Miller is a principal researcher at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in the Continuous Deployment of Capability Directorate. Miller actively supports multiple large DoD cyber-physical programs in their Agile/Lean adoption efforts, in addition to designing and teaching Agile courses …
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