Rapid Improvement Team (RIT) Initiative with Lessons Learned from GTN21

Abstract

Rapid Improvement Team (RIT) and Evolutionary Acquisition Decision Review (EADR) process. Outline the RIT initiative as an OSD sponsored program to use evolutionary acquisition to get IT capabilities to the warfighter faster. RIT moves large software intensive programs from "Oversight" to "Insight" transforming the way we think about how to satisfy statutory and regulatory acquisition requirements without impacting or stalling programs that would provide sorely needed mission capabilities. GTN 21 is the first of the RIT programs to successfully pass an EADR that gives the equivalent of a MS B decision. This precedent setting event included much discussion about how to shift the burden off proof of compliance on the part of the program office "oversight" to the burden of review and facilitation on the part of the OSD and Service stakeholders "insight".

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 29, 2003
Accession Number
ADA638356

Entities

People

  • Dan Eickmeier
  • John Bedingfield
  • John Laychus
  • Stewart Laing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Spiral Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Web Service

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