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Agile

News and Events on Agile

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Intro to Kanban, Part I

with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette
Alan Atlas Alan Brouilette
Nov 13, 2019
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Basics of Scrum, Part II

with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette
Alan Atlas Alan Brouilette
Nov 12, 2019
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Basics of Scrum, Part I

with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette
Alan Atlas Alan Brouilette
Nov 08, 2019
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Foundations of Agile, Part II

with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette
Alan Atlas Alan Brouilette
Nov 05, 2019
Video

Foundations of Agile, Part I

with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette
Alan Brouilette Alan Atlas
Nov 04, 2019
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The mandate to be agile is everywhere. But agile isn’t an on-off switch. It’s a skill and a mindset that is developed over time, through dedicated work, open teams, and lots (and lots) of practice — via 18F

Jun 18, 2019

Experiments in Tweaking Agile for UX

Experiments in Tweaking Agile for UX

Designers at the Federal Reserve Board share how they adjusted the agile process to work better for their team.
Meghan Lazier Jessica Skretch
Jul 17, 2018
How One Team is Making the Transition to Agile

How One Team is Making the Transition to Agile

A hybrid approach of waterfall and agile practices is helping the USGS make the transition to agile.
Andrew J. Stauffer
Jun 26, 2018
Thinking About Going Agile? 5 Benefits Your Office Will Reap With Agile Methods

Thinking About Going Agile? 5 Benefits Your Office Will Reap With Agile Methods

Five benefits of using agile methodologies that can help federal employees improve the quality of their work.
Brian Fox
Apr 03, 2018
Thinking About Going Agile? Consider Mass Training to Facilitate the Change

Thinking About Going Agile? Consider Mass Training to Facilitate the Change

How organizational instruction can help transform the processes and culture of your office.
Brian Fox
Mar 13, 2018
Managing Custom Software Development in Government When You’re Not a Software Engineer

Managing Custom Software Development in Government When You’re Not a Software Engineer

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.
Kaitlin Devine
Sep 21, 2017

Four Challenges of Adopting Team Structures (And How Leaders Can Mitigate Them)

If you’re considering “going agile,” one of the critical components of such a transformation will be adopting team structures. In your current, pre-teaming state, your developers are probably working by themselves, and may be engaging directly with stakeholders. Agile will place your developers into teams. Teaming is important, as it will enable your development staff
Brian Fox
Jun 15, 2017

The Data Briefing: Design-Driven Enterprise Architecture Creating the New Federal Government Agency

It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on enterprise architecture (EA). My last in-depth work with EA was around 2011 when I was on detail to the Office of Personnel Management’s Open Government Team. The EA model I worked with was the top-down organizational design of information technology assets, data assets, and business processes.
Bill Brantley
Jun 07, 2017

Becoming an Agile Content Team

In March, the team of writers and editors at USAGov adopted some agile principles in an attempt to streamline our content development process. We hoped operating in a more agile manner would help us address some of the challenges we were facing as a team:
Jessica Milcetich
May 16, 2017

Buzzwords for 2017

Along with the New Year comes new buzzwords. Here are some that you are certain to hear about and see this year. Chatbot Short for ”chat robot,” a chatbot is a computer program that simulates human conversation, or chat, through artificial intelligence. They are commonly found on web sites and used to communicate with a person—you might have seen them
Christen Geiler
Mar 16, 2017

The Life-Changing Magic of Writing Release Notes

A key part of agile development is constantly shipping new features. The team behind the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) beta website ships new features at least once every two weeks. Sometimes the features are big, noticeable changes, such as the new home page we recently launched. And other times they’re small (a copy edit, an
Noah Manger
Jan 19, 2017

Three Small Steps You Can Take to Reboot Agile in Your Organization

This past summer, 18F held an agile workshop for the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. An agency with roots going back to World War II, NTIS is facing a future that requires a strategic realignment towards open data and services. This strategic alignment will also require that NTIS
Chris Goranson Michael Torres Kristy Singletary
Oct 31, 2016
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