http://www.sei.cmu.edu/feeds/topic/agile/atom/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss2024-06-24T00:00:00-04:00Updates on changes and additions to the SEI Blog for posts matching Agile2024-06-24T00:00:00-04:002024-06-24T00:00:00-04:00Justin Smithhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/incorporating-agile-principles-into-independent-verification-and-validation/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This post discusses how Agile principles can work with independent verification and validation processes.

2023-07-10T00:00:00-04:002023-07-10T00:00:00-04:00Stephen Wilson, Pat Place, Keith Korzechttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/the-seven-virtues-of-reconciling-agile-and-earned-value-management/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This post discusses the interactions between Agile software development and earned value management (EVM).

2022-08-29T00:00:00-04:002022-08-29T00:00:00-04:00William Hayes, Pat Placehttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/saying-why-persona-based-metrics-with-user-stories/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This post discusses how to reframe metrics as user stories to improve their relevance and utility.

2021-07-26T00:00:00-04:002021-07-26T00:00:00-04:00Michael Szegedy, Timothy A. Chickhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/operator-feedback-sessions-in-a-government-setting-the-good-and-not-so-good-parts/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This post covers good and not-so-good practices and outcomes in operator-feedback sessions in government environments.

2021-07-19T00:00:00-04:002021-07-19T00:00:00-04:00William Hayes, Pat Place, Keith Korzechttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/agile-metrics-assessing-progress-to-plans/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

The role of metrics in a government program’s assessment of progress in an iterative, incremental delivery of a system.

2021-06-28T00:00:00-04:002021-06-28T00:00:00-04:00Michael Szegedy, Timothy A. Chickhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/considerations-for-operator-feedback-sessions-in-government-settings/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This post describes a design approach that considers operator feedback and effectively leverages feedback sessions.

2020-11-23T00:00:00-05:002020-11-23T00:00:00-05:00Linda Parker Gateshttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/show-me-agility-agile-strategy-execution/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This SEI Blog post discusses the use of data and the concept of Agile strategy as a role-based enterprise capability for effective execution.

2020-11-12T00:00:00-05:002020-11-12T00:00:00-05:00Keith Korzechttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/mission-based-prioritization-new-method-sequence-features-capabilities-and-epics/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Learn a new method to prioritize an Agile backlog using mission-based parameters in this informative SEI Blog post.

2020-09-07T00:00:00-04:002020-09-07T00:00:00-04:00Douglas Schmidthttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/latest-work-sei-microservices-ransomware-and-agile-government/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

As part of an ongoing effort to keep you informed about our latest work, this blog post summarizes some recently published SEI reports, podcasts, conference papers....

2020-07-27T00:00:00-04:002020-07-27T00:00:00-04:00Pat Placehttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/3-metrics-incentive-right-behavior-agile-development/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

The use of incentives to elicit certain behaviors in agile software development can often result in unintended consequences....

2020-07-20T00:00:00-04:002020-07-20T00:00:00-04:00Pat Place, William Hayeshttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/dont-incentivize-wrong-behaviors-agile-development/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

All too often, organizations collect certain metrics just because those are the metrics that they've always collected. Ordinarily, if an organization finds the metrics useful, there is no issue....

2019-06-17T00:00:00-04:002019-06-17T00:00:00-04:00Andrew Moore, Bill Nichols, William Novak, David Zubrowhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/model-based-analysis-of-agile-development-practices/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Applications of Agile development practices in government are providing experience that decision makers can use to improve policy, procedure, and practice....

2019-03-18T00:00:00-04:002019-03-18T00:00:00-04:00Nanette Brownhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/enabling-shift-left-testing-from-small-teams-to-large-systems/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Shift left is a familiar exhortation to teams and organizations engaged in Agile and Lean software development. It most commonly refers to incorporating test practices....

2018-06-25T00:00:00-04:002018-06-25T00:00:00-04:00Linda Parker Gateshttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/agile-strategy-short-cycle-strategy-development-and-execution/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

When the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight. - Jack Welch. In a world of....

2018-06-11T00:00:00-04:002018-06-11T00:00:00-04:00John Kleinhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/infrastructure-as-code-moving-beyond-devops-and-agile/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Citing the need to provide a technical advantage to the warfighter, the Department of Defense (DoD) has recently made the adoption of cloud computing technologies a priority....

2018-02-05T00:00:00-05:002018-02-05T00:00:00-05:00Hasan Yasar, Suzanne Millerhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/why-you-should-apply-agile-devops-earlier-in-the-lifecycle/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

DevOps is a set of development practices that emphasizes collaboration, communication, and automation throughout the application lifecycle....

2017-12-18T00:00:00-05:002017-12-18T00:00:00-05:00William Hayeshttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/agile-metrics-a-new-approach-to-oversight/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This SEI Blog post discusses a new approach to oversight through Agile metrics to monitor systems developed with Agile methods in government software acquisitions.

2017-02-20T00:00:00-05:002017-02-20T00:00:00-05:00William Hayes, Mary Ann Lapham, Suzanne Miller, Eileen Wrubel, Peter Capellhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/five-perspectives-on-scaling-agile/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Learn how to scale Agile methods in complex settings with larger teams, systems, and diverse environments in this informative blog post from the SEI.

2016-07-29T00:00:00-04:002016-07-29T00:00:00-04:00Suzanne Miller, William Hayes, Eileen Wrubelhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/sei-researchers-provide-congressional-testimony-on-social-security/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

Discover the SEI's testimony to Congress on Agile, highlighting observed challenges in progress measurement, IT transformations, and workforce development.

2016-06-13T00:00:00-04:002016-06-13T00:00:00-04:00Harry Levinsonhttps://www.sei.cmu.edu/blog/helping-large-government-programs-adopt-and-adapt-to-agile-methods/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my_site_updates

This SEI Blog post shares SEI's experiences assisting DoD programs like in adopting technical baseline ownership and Agile practices for continuous delivery.