Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Delivering Innovation Dennis Popiela The MITRE Corp. J9, USJFCOM (757)836-2294 dpopiela@mitre.org or dennis.popiela@je.jfcom.mil
The Innovator’s Dilemma (1997) Clayton M. Christensen The Innovator’s Dilemma (1997) Great firms fail by doing everything right The Innovator’s Solution (2003) Creating and sustaining successful growth
The Innovator’s Dilemma Sustaining vs. Disruptive Technologies Technological progress can often outstrip market needs Financial structures favor certain investment strategies
Delivering Innovation Conventional S-Curve (Macro View) Conventional S-Curves (Micro View) Period of ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Purpose: Attain market dominance Method: Put current capability or technology out of business Thinking Skill Set Leadership Focus Processes _ Sustaining Disruptive Innovation Innovation t (or effort) Product Performance Period of ‘Sustaining Innovation’ Purpose: Maintain Market Dominance Method: Continuous Product Improvement [Reference: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen]
Delivering Innovation Period of Competition (Exercises/Experiments/Operations) Joint Prototyping Path activities Period of Concept Development = Discovery = Refinement/ Improvement Period of Prototyping Sustaining Innovation: Materiel Doctrine Training Current Ops Joint Concept Development Path activities Transition Decision Points
Delivering Innovation DECISION POINTS = What concepts To develop? = What concepts become prototypes? 3. = What prototypes become fielded capabilities?
Transition Decisions Decision Point Four Decision Point Three (What prototypes become fielded capabilities?) Decision Point Three (What prototypes should be embedded into training?) Decision Point Two (What concepts become prototypes?) Decision Point One (What concepts to develop?) 2 Path Strategy
JFCOM Office of Prototype Oversight 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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