Agile and Federal Governance - A Look at Contracts and EVM
On December 9, 2010, the US chief information officer announced a twenty-five-point implementation plan for restructuring federal information technology. One of the major reforms called out in the plan is agile software development.
Even before this announcement, several agencies have prominently promoted their agile capabilities. Highlights include:
NASA's enterprise operations moved exclusively to agile development after officials compared error-tracking logs of traditional projects to early efforts using agile development. "We're believers," said Gene Sullivan, NASA's associate chief information officer for enterprise portfolio management.
The Department of Veterans Affairs released a Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) Guide, which describes how to implement agile on VA IT projects. This agile guide mandates, "Effective immediately, the PMAS Guide will be followed by all qualifying projects that deliver new functionality or enhance existing systems."
Al Tarasiuk, the chief information officer for the CIA, stated that his agency "has also moved completely to agile project management methodologies."
With the increasing federal interest in agile, are federal governance controls ready for agile implementations?
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