RFP Patterns and Techniques for Successful Agile Contracting

Abstract

Increasing budget constraints and emphasis on fielding capability faster have led the U.S. Departmentof Defense (DoD) and other federal entities to pursue the benefits of Agile software developmentreduced cycle times, flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and user needs that software development practitioners have achieved in the commercial market.This report is written by the National Defense Industrial Associations System Engineering Agile Working Group to provide information on request-for-proposal (RFP) patterns and techniques for successful Agile contracting that can and have been used for contracts seeking to employ Agilemethods. This report is intended to support the writers of RFPs in bringing Agile concepts into programs at the earliest possible time, providing examples of the kinds of language that will affect the foundations of contracts on which programs rely.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1046663

Entities

People

  • Greg Howard
  • John Iii H Norton
  • Keith Korzec
  • Larri Ann Rossner
  • Mary Ann Lapham
  • Michael Ryan
  • Peter Capell
  • Steven Martin
  • Thomas E Friend

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agile Software Development
  • Business Administration
  • Complex Systems
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • National Security
  • Product Development
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.