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The disruptive solutions process (DSP) is a form of iterative, low-cost, first-to-market development created in 2005 by

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and

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Edward Vaughan. It is primarily used by the

to prevent mishaps during the

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Overview

The typical defense industry bureaucratic approach to problem-solving involves long

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s and relative inflexibility. Long development cycles and lead times results in solutions that are no longer relevant. Recent attempts to resolve inefficiencies include overwhelming the problem with funding, resources, and manpower—for example, major weapon systems development, such as a new fighter jet or IT system. Conversely, when resources are constrained, bureaucratic staff adopt continuous process improvement, similar to

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, total quality management, and

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. This perpetuates low-value programs that should be eliminated, rather than "improved". Because most preventable safety mishaps are caused by human factors, safety should apply a disruptive, iterative approach that may not be appropriate in hardware-focused programs, such as aircraft production. To address the cultural issues associated with mishap prevention in a large bureaucracy, the

safety directorate used Boyd's Observe, Orient, Decide, Act Loop to assess the effectiveness of the process. This was the origin of DSP. DSP is persistent and adaptive:

"Persistence is about refusing to give up even in the face of adversity. Adaptation is about shortening the time to success through ingenuity and flexibility. 'Adaptive persistence' entails alternating between anticipation, changing course, and sticking with it, deftly navigating that paradox with aplomb."

History

The disruptive solutions process was first used in 2004, when a joint team led by Vaughan created Project ''Black Mountain''. The project evolved from a combined requirement to share real-time tactical data among ground and air forces, as well as avoid

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s within the

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. The term 'disruptive' was borrowed from the marketing term

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. More recently, DSP has been used in the

and the United States Air Force to field mishap prevention programs: * ''See and Avoid'': a web-based civilian-military midair collision avoidance program created by Vaughan and led by the

Safety directorate from 2005 to 2009. * ''WingmanDay.org'': provides tools for commanders, leaders, and care practitioners. In 2011, the program was relaunched as ''Wingman Day''. The Air Force Safety Center took the RealBase Toolkit concept and developed one-stop-shopping online tool kits hosted on the secure Air Force Portal. * ''FlyAwake'': a web-based fatigue risk management tool which returns quantitative fatigue analysis for a given flight schedule. * ''

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'': a suicide intervention initiative that shows family and friends of distressed Airmen how to intervene to save a life, providing training in 54 U.S. states and territories. * ''dBird bird mortality model'': tracks and predicts movements of pathogen-infected bird flocks using bird-aircraft-strike-hazard resources. * ''Low Altitude Deconfliction Program'': an online scheduling function with the Federal Aviation Administration's MADE program to avoid collisions for military aircraft operating in low-altitude environments. * ''Ready 54'': an online joint resiliency outreach and education tool with associated mobile apps. On September 25, 2009, Dr. John Ohab of the American Forces Press Service interviewed Vaughan about DSP.About Aditya Raj Singh
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References

* Lee, Lynn "Face of Defense: Air Guardsman's Entrepreneurial Approach Earns Safety Awar

* Boyd, John, ''Organic Design for Command and Control'

* Kotnour, Jim, ''Leadership Mechanisms for Enabling Learning Within Project Teams in proceedings from the Third European Conference on Organizational Knowledge'', Learning and Capabilities, Proceedings OKLC 200

* Osinga, Frans, ''Science Strategy and War, The Strategic Theory of John Boyd'', Abingdon, UK: Routledge, . * Richards, Chet, ''Certain to Win: the Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business'' (2004) * Ullman, David G., ''“OO-OO-OO!” The Sound of a Broken OODA Loop'', Crosstalk, April 2007, * Ullman, David G., ''Making Robust Decisions: Decision Management For Technical, Business, and Service Teams.'' Victoria: Trafford {{ISBN, 1-4251-0956-X – ties the OODA Loop into decision making processe

External links

* The Wingman Project
Suicide Intervention
* See And Avoid
Civil/Military Mid-Air Collision Avoidance
* Richards, Chet
OODA explained
Seven-slide presentation explaining the OODA Loop * Air Force Maintenance Resource Management
Human Error Reduction in Military Maintenance
* Macrosystems, primary contractor on some of the programs
Macrosystems
* Lockheed's Skunkworks

* Seamless Compassion, One-stop Automated Public Assistance
Seamless Compassion Link
* FlyAwake
Pilot Fatigue Mitigation
United States Air Force Entrepreneurship Strategy

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