Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Delivering Innovation

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Joint Concept Development and Experimentation
Delivering Innovation
Dennis Popiela The MITRE Corp. J9,
USJFCOM [phone] dpopiela_at_mitre.org or
dennis.popiela_at_je.jfcom.mil
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Clayton M. Christensen

• The Innovators Dilemma (1997)
• Great firms fail by doing everything right
• The Innovators Solution (2003)
• Creating and sustaining successful growth

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The Innovators Dilemma

1. Sustaining vs. Disruptive Technologies
2. Technological progress can often outstrip market
   needs
3. Financial structures favor certain investment
   strategies

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Delivering Innovation
Reference The Innovators Dilemma by Clayton M.
Christensen
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Delivering Innovation
Transition Decision Points
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Delivering Innovation
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Delivering Innovation

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Transition Decisions
2 Path Strategy
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Transition Decisions

• JFCOM Office of Prototype Oversight
• Staff (SES, GS-15, Contractor, FFRDC (3))
• Develop prototype process within JFCOM
• Provide CDR with transition decision points

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Questions