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Nextgov: Feds need to be Pirates, not Ninjas, says Defense Health Official

“In the great internet debate over pirates and ninjas, feds working in app development should be siding with the former, according to a Defense Health Agency official.”

“David Cooper, mobile applications lead for the agency’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology, extolled the virtues of the pirate metrics framework for determining whether an application is meeting the needs of its target users. The name comes from the sound made by saying the acronym, AARRR, which stands for acquisition, activation, retention, referral and revenue…”

“But the pirate mentality can—and should—extend beyond the metrics framework, Cooper said…” Read the full article here.

Source: Feds Need To Be Pirates, Not Ninjas, Says Defense Health Official – By Aaron Boyd, April 26, 2018. Nextgov.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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