Agile
Resources on Agile
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
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Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
18F De-risking Guides —Field guides for state and federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, write contracts, and oversee agile software activities to reduce risks and improve outcomes for end-users.
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18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
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18F Methods —A collection of tools that describe how teams can put human-centered design into practice.
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Innovation Adoption —Our purpose is to build innovation and intrapreneurship capacity across government by investing in and nurturing innovation, …
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News and Events on Agile
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The Weekly Ship: What It Is, Why It’s Useful, and How To Create Your Own—The weekly ship has been a staple of 18F projects for years. It is a way to engage partners, inform teammates, and reflect on our work. — via 18F
Building a User-Centered Data Strategy—Developing a data strategy is challenging, but 18F can help agencies with the process of creating an effective one. Our principles of user-centered design, agile, and iterative delivery can increase an agency’s chance for success in using data more effectively. — via 18F
Agile Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Agile Adoption and Implementation—Agile is an approach to software development in which software is developed incrementally and is continuously evaluated for functionality, quality, and customer satisfaction. Agile can reduce the risks of funding a program that fails or produces outdated technology. This GAO guide released in September 2020 presents federal auditors and others with best practices to assess the adoption and use of Agile in federal agencies and elsewhere. It is available in two files: a 268-page PDF, and a 290-page PDF that is accessible. — via Government Accountability Office
Discovery BPA Evaluation Process: How to Operationalize this Practice
A Fresh Start With DevOps - Maybe
Transform Federal Business Operations: Join the RPA Community of Practice
10x Project Lightning Talks: 2020
Air Force COOL and 18F: Partnership and Flight Operations Software Agile Lessons Learned
DevOps Lessons Learned from the Air Force’s Early Cloud Journey
The Hero’s Journey for Re-Skilling Talent (And Other Digital Adventures)
Experimenting with the Micro-Purchase Threshold
Why I Love My Agile Team!
