Making Agile Work in Government

Abstract

The Standish Group has collected case information on over 90,000 IT software development projects since 1985. The most recent findings in analyzing this data shows that a large project is 10 times more likely to fail than a small project1. Agile methods can provide a powerful engine inside of an acquisition program that aligns well with the successful small project model thus drastically improving the programs chances for success. To better understand the advantages offered by Agile methods, and some of the challenges when implementing Agile in government, MITRE offers a different perspective on the Acquisition lifecycle used within the government.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1107874

Entities

People

  • David Harvey
  • Troy Mueller

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Cycles
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design