S2E17 - What To Do Now, Before it Blows Up

If you wait until it blows up, you are not managing risk.You are naming the debris.In this episode of The GovCon Show, we move from awareness to action. After a season of talking about policies that do not control behavior, fixed-price risk, pricing assumptions, cost-type habits, weak documentation, false confidence, random correctness, and FAR Around and Find Out moments, the question becomes simple:What do you actually do before the problem becomes visible to someone else?Most contractor problems do not start where they are discovered. A weak file usually starts as a weak decision. A documentation problem usually starts as unclear logic. A pricing problem usually starts as an untested assumption. A fixed-price problem often starts before award. And a compliance problem usually starts as a control problem.This episode breaks down three things every contractor should examine before the system gets tested:Decision logic.  How are decisions actually being made?Consistency.  Do similar facts produce similar decisions?Visibility.  Can someone outside the room understand and defend the logic later?Because activity is not strategy. Reaction is not control. And motion is not the same as improvement.Before the finding, dispute, margin problem, corrective action plan, or customer issue shows up, pick the pressure point, ask the hard questions, use the right diagnostic, and fix the system before someone else tests it for you.Visit GovConAdvisoryGroup.com to explore the Fixed-Price Conversion Risk Assessment, Policy Control Diagnostic, and Rent a Contracting Officer approach.#GovCon #GovernmentContracting #FederalContracting #TheGovConShow #ContractRisk #FixedPriceContracts #PolicyControl #InternalControls #ContractManagement #ContractAdministration #ProcurementCompliance #SubcontractManagement #ChangeControl #FAR #DFARS