Experiments in Tweaking Agile for UX
Jul 17, 2018 | Meghan Lazier, Jessica Skretch
Designers at the Federal Reserve Board share how they adjusted the agile process to work better for their team. Read »
Managing Digital
How One Team is Making the Transition to Agile
Jun 26, 2018 | Andrew J. Stauffer
A hybrid approach of waterfall and agile practices is helping the USGS make the transition to agile. Read »
Thinking About Going Agile? 5 Benefits Your Office Will Reap With Agile Methods
Apr 3, 2018 | Brian Fox
Five benefits of using agile methodologies that can help federal employees improve the quality of their work. Read »
Thinking About Going Agile? Consider Mass Training to Facilitate the Change
Mar 13, 2018 | Brian Fox
How organizational instruction can help transform the processes and culture of your office. Read »
Redesigning an Intranet Site: Final Stages, Launch, and Lessons Learned
Mar 7, 2018 | Karla Blaine
Helpful lessons from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) on the redesign of an intranet. Read »
Trends on Tuesday: Because Seeing is Believing—Augmented Reality in the Federal Government
Feb 6, 2018 | Jada Jones
See how augmented reality may be used for data management and cybersecurity practices. Read »
3 Ways to Manage Research Projects Remotely
Oct 3, 2017 | Nicole Fenton, Jamie Albrecht
Being a remote team doesn’t mean you should forgo any of your research rituals. It means finding different ways to do them. Read »
Managing Custom Software Development in Government When You’re Not a Software Engineer
Sep 21, 2017 | Kaitlin Devine
As custom software development becomes integral to accomplishing any program’s mission, many managers in government find themselves faced with handling the unfamiliar: overseeing the design and implementation of a digital product that is functional, user-friendly, and necessary for realizing your program’s mission. Read »
The Data Briefing: Will Artificial Intelligence Tools Replace or Augment Federal Employees?
Sep 20, 2017 | Bill Brantley
A Washington, D.C. think tank recently released reports advocating using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to reorganize the federal government. Read »
Design and Conflict: Do You Know Your Conflict Style?
Sep 18, 2017 | Meghan Lazier
Building empathy towards users is always a part of the UX process, but it’s not always common practice to build empathy towards our teammates. Here’s an idea to proactively address conflict and build empathy through understanding on your team. Read »
How Federal Leaders Can Build the Will, Skill, and Velocity Needed for Digital Transformation
Sep 6, 2017 | Bill Brantley
Learning—and practicing—five imperatives of network leadership can help agencies improve their odds for successful digital transformation. Many organizations are undergoing digital transformation because the organizations see that it is necessary for long-term survival. However, digitally reinventing the organization is “one of the hardest journeys to make.” According to industry experts, two-thirds of organizations will fail Read »
Government Launches Login.Gov to Simplify Access to Public Services
Aug 28, 2017 | Joel Minton, Tom Mills
Joel Minton, a member of the U.S. Digital Service, is working with GSA’s Technology Transformation Service as the director of login.gov. Tom Mills is the Chief Technology Architect at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In early April, the U.S. Digital Service and 18F launched login.gov, a single sign-on solution for government websites that will enable Read »
NIST Publishes NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
Aug 22, 2017 | National Institute of Standards and Technology Team
Categorizing and Describing Cybersecurity Work for the Nation The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-181, the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. This publication serves as a fundamental reference to support a workforce capable of meeting an organization’s cybersecurity needs. It provides organizations with a common, consistent Read »
Have You Critiqued Your Critique Process?
Jul 31, 2017 | Meghan Lazier
DEMO Whenever I hear someone complain about the process of a design critique, I’m always a bit surprised. Blame it on the fact Read »
The Data Briefing: Ten Years of Digital Transformation—Lessons Learned
Jul 26, 2017 | Bill Brantley
Since 2007, a major consulting firm has conducted an annual survey on organizations’ “Digital IQ.” In the ten years of organizations grappling with digital transformation, what has been learned? Read »
