advantage in warfare." The Defense Department's April 2003 "Transformation Planning Guidance" document defines transformation as "a process that shapes the changing nature of military competition and cooperation through new combinations of concepts, capabilities, people, and organizations that exploit out nation's advantages and protect against our asymmetric vulnerabilities to sustain our strategic position, which helps underpin peace and stability in the world." OFT engaged in several project aimed at transforming the Defense Department through experimentation within exercises. Some of its major projects included Operationally Responsive Space and Stiletto, and it produced strategies that helped to form DeVenCI. OFT was also engaged in funding projects and developing concepts for reconstruction and stabilization as early as 2003. What sets OFT apart According to OFT, they: Are the only office solely dedicated to transformation; Strive to link creativity to implementation; Work at the intersection of unarticulated needs and non-consensual change; Identify and manage disruptive innovation; Work outside the normal course of business activities; Entrepreneurial mindset; Use concept-technology pairing to explore; and Experiment with new ways of operating. See also M80 Stiletto References External links The Command and Control Research Program (CCRP) Featured article (Wolf PAC) Transformation Planning Guidance (April 2003, PDF file) Colin Robinson, Fact Sheet - Office of Force Transformation, Center for Defense Information, June 14, 2002 United States Department of Defense agencies