Agile Defense
In 2010 the Defense Acquisitions Act made Agile software development the law of the land. But both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the contractor community are struggling to figure out how to make it work in an ossified system that often requires traditional waterfall reporting. This course is for both contractors and acquisition professionals.
Join Scrum Inc. CEO, West Point Graduate, and former Fighter Pilot Jeff Sutherland and Scrum Inc.'s JJ Sutherland, who covered the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than decade for NPR, for this hour long class on Agile Defense.
Estimated time for this course: 120 minutes (plus optional papers)
Audience: Advanced
Suggested Prerequisite: Agile Manifesto
Upon completion you will:
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DoD CIO on Agile Development
Relevant Government and Industry Documents
Department of Defense - INSTRUCTION - INTERIM - NUMBER 5000.02
TITLE: Interim DoD Instruction 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System,” November 25, 2013
SUMMARY: In accordance with Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Defense Acquisition,” November 26, 2013, this instruction reissues and cancels DoDI 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System,” December 8, 2008, with the exception of Enclosure 9.
Earned Value Analysis in Scrum Projects
Sulaiman, Barton, Blackburn - SolutionsIQ and Info Tech - 2013
Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment
Glen B. Alleman and Michael Henderson - Submitted to Agile Development, June 25–28, 2003 Salt Lake City, Utah
Thinking About Agile Development in DoD
Stephen Welby, Deputy Ast. Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering - AFEI Agile for Government Summit 11/ 21, 2013
DoD Agile Adoption: Necessary Considerations, Concerns, and Changes
Mary Ann Lapham, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University - CrossTalk—January/February 2012
The Challenges of Being Agile in DoD
William Broadus of Defense Acquisition University - Defense AT&L: January-February 2013
DCMO report to Congress: A New Approach for Delivering IT Capabilities in the Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to Section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Agile Metrics: Progress Monitoring of Agile Contractors
Hayes, Miller, Lapham, Wrubel, Chick - January 2014 TECHNICAL NOTE - CMU/SEI-2013-TN-029
P.L. 111-84, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
United States Congress
DoD CIO’s 10-Point Plan for IT Modernization
Ms. Teri Takai DoD CIO
Federal Information Technology FY 2013 Budget Priorities
Steven VanRoekel U.S. Chief Information Officer
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