Acquisition
Discovery BPA Evaluation Process: How to Operationalize this Practice
This guide provides acquisition professionals the steps and resources needed to operationalize the evaluation process developed for the Discovery BPA.
Project Management
Resources on Project Management
How to Build an Analytics Strategy —A case study using Digital.gov as an example of how to assess, report, and take action using web analytics as part of an analytics strategy.
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
18F De-risking Guides —The Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, …
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
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Web Managers —Brings together government web content managers to create a better online experience for the public.
News and Events on Project Management
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DevOps
A Fresh Start With DevOps - Maybe
When legacy is used to define systems less than five years old, an agency can still encounter DevOps adoption challenges where you least expect them.
A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects
A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects—Written for cross-functional teams delivering IT services to their users, the Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to 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. — via 18F
DevOps
DevOps Lessons Learned from the Air Force’s Early Cloud Journey
Lessons learned in the areas of people, processes, and tools from early efforts in the Air Force’s journey to a multi-cloud environment.
Video
The Hero’s Journey for Re-Skilling Talent (And Other Digital Adventures)
For those seeking ways to internally re-skill their workforce for digital transformation, a look at mythology reveals a recurring theme where those answering the call are involved in an iterative cycle of ‘leveling-up’, a theme that may help change-agents set conditions for successful retention and growth of organic digital talent.
Acquisition
Experimenting with the Micro-Purchase Threshold
Through the use of an open-source procurement process, we created an experiment others can replicate to encourage Agile thinking.
How We Work
Strengthen Your Organization’s Vision Through Collaboration
Inclusive visioning helps accelerate successful outcomes. To help agencies innovate from within, bring people together to make big IT Modernization strategies come to fruition.
Long-term teams, not sudden handoffs
Don’t let your agency waste knowledge and opportunity. Instead of planning for a handoff to O&M, plan for a long-term team. Instead of launching and then keeping it running, plan for ongoing development. — via 18F
Video
Intro to Kanban, Part II
Part two of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.
Video
Intro to Kanban, Part I
Part one of an introduction to Kanban and how to use it to model any flow-based process.
Video
Basics of Scrum, Part II
Scrum is the most widely used Agile software development methodology. This second session will go into more detail about what is happening during each of the Scrum ceremonies.
Video
Basics of Scrum, Part I
Scrum is the most widely used Agile software development methodology. This session will cover the basics of Scrum at a very high level.
In her path to becoming a product manager, she found the flexibility to explore new approaches to managing the product while periodically shaping her role into something that worked for the team. — via DOI Revenue Data
Video
A Deep Dive Into Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern
This talk will focus on how using the top tasks approach will help you deliver what your customers want to make it easier and faster for people to do things they need to do with government.
