Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions

SEI Report
By
Acquisition & Management Concerns for Agile Use in Government Series - 6
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

This booklet is part of a series based on material originally published in a 2011 report titled Agile Methods: Selected DoD Management and Acquisition Concerns (CMU/SEI-2011-TN-002).

The material has been slightly updated and modified for stand-alone publication.

Booklet 1: Agile Development and DoD Acquisitions

Booklet 2: Agile Culture in the DoD

Booklet 3: Management and Contracting Practices for Agile Programs

Booklet 4: Agile Acquisition and Milestone Reviews

Booklet 5: Estimating in Agile Acquisition

Booklet 6: Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions

Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions

Cite This SEI Report

Software Engineering Institute (2017, February 15). Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/adopting-agile-in-dod-it-acquisitions/.

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Software Engineering Institute. "Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, February 15, 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/adopting-agile-in-dod-it-acquisitions/.

Software Engineering Institute, "Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 15-Feb-2017 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/adopting-agile-in-dod-it-acquisitions/. [Accessed: 22-Sep-2026].

Software Engineering Institute. "Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 15 Feb. 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/adopting-agile-in-dod-it-acquisitions/. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

Software Engineering Institute. Adopting Agile in DoD IT Acquisitions. Software Engineering Institute. 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/adopting-agile-in-dod-it-acquisitions/