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Technical Paper |
April 2022
Level-Up Your Market Research Game: Strategies and Hacks You’ll Want to Use
Active, engaging market research is a best practice for good reason – it works! This guidebook will help you do it. It includes 15 Market Research Techniques that are simply described and visualized for your immediate usage.
Technical Paper |
July 2021
Supply Chain Security—It’s Everyone’s Business
The defense industrial base cannot afford to make the same mistakes securing the nation’s critical supply chains. So, the U.S. must create a comprehensively scoped approach to supply chain security tailored to the mission and technologies of concern.
Project Story |
April 2021
MITRE Maps the Route from Idea to DoD Game-Changer
The Department of Defense is looking to startups, small businesses, and nontraditional vendors to improve agility and innovation. MITRE has created a resource to help these newcomers navigate the complex defense acquisition process.
Project Story |
February 2021
Community Care Network: Healthcare for Veterans, When and Where It’s Needed
MITRE helps the Department of Veterans Affairs launch the $80 billion program to improve healthcare services for the nation’s diverse veteran population.
Technical Paper |
January 2020
Driving Impact Through Acquisition Flexibility
This paper offers a wide range of recommendations for injecting flexibility into acquisitions for software development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) and Agile software development.
Technical Paper |
August 2018
Deliver Uncompromised: A Strategy for Supply Chain Security and Resilience in Response to the Changing Character of War
The nature of warfare is changing, bringing new threats to the defense supply chain that must be addressed. This report examines options that span legislation and regulation, policy and adminis¬tration, acquisition and oversight, programs and technology.
Technical Paper |
August 2012
Continuous Competition as an Approach to Maximize Performance
Research shows that continuing competitive pressure applied during development and production leads to better industry performance, often at reduced cost.
Technical Paper |
May 2012
Applying the Fundamentals of Quality to Software Acquisition
Historically, software developed under government contracts often does not stand up under real-world use, and defects frequently result in cost and schedule overruns.
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