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-The challenges these acquisitions face suggest that a more agile and iterative approach could have been beneficial in addressing issues promptly. By adopting an agile methodology, companies could have implemented a more adaptive and flexible framework for quick adjustments and course corrections as challenges arise.
Organizations cannot just count on their vendors to implement each system component –full and active participation by the project's stakeholders and end users is essential to success.
Question: Should governments completely outsource system acquisitions instead of attempting to assemble the pieces themselves?
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