{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The GovCon Show","title":"More Documentation Won't Fix This","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1037,"description":"More documentation will not fix a weak decision.\nIn this episode of The GovCon Show, we challenge one of the most common contractor reflexes: when something goes wrong, add more documentation.\nMore memos. More screenshots. More emails. More attachments. More checklist fields. More narrative. More explanation.\nSometimes documentation is necessary. But documentation is not magic. It records the decision. It does not rescue it.\nThis episode explains why documentation cannot fix unclear scope, weak pricing assumptions, unpriced travel, material risk, unsupported ODCs, informal customer direction, subcontract misalignment, or fixed-price commitments the company should not have accepted in the first place.\nAs fixed-price and performance-based contracting pressure increases, contractors need to focus less on decorating weak decisions after the fact and more on making better decisions before risk is accepted.\nDocumentation is not the rescue squad.\nIt is the witness.\nRun the Fixed-Price Conversion Risk Assessment at GovConAdvisoryGroup.com before the decision becomes a contract your margin has to survive.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WivleeXGIwd_zHnQQqM8p41pOHA-SCzqvHtS6FeawHA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMWY0/MGYxMjUxODQzMjk3/MjYyN2QwYWYzNWM3/YWFhNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}