Addressing the Barriers to Agile Development in DoD
Abstract
Purpose/Outline: How DoD Acquisition professionals can apply Agile concepts within the unique and complex Defense Acquisition Environment. DoD IT Acquisition Challenges: Agile Overview, Program Structure, Requirements, Contracting. DoD IT Acqusition Challenges. Change in IT technology and operations is outpacing DoD IT acquisition development. IT programs are subject to extensive documentation, reviews, and oversight that inhibits speed and agility needed for IT. Major DoD systems average 38% cost, 27 month schedule. Overrun with >$1B/year spent on programs that are cancelled. Congress is demanding DoD to reform IT acquisition: Early and continual user involvement, Multiple, rapidly executed capability releases, Early, successful prototypes; evolutionary approach and Modular open systems approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA625456
Entities
People
- Chang Su
- Pete Modigliani
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation