A key characteristic of classical project management is its sequential and linear approach to project planning and execution. It involves detailed upfront planning, such as creation of a comprehensive ...

Historically, many of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) major IT acquisition programs have taken longer than expected to develop or failed to deliver the desired value. In April 2016, to ...

As the director of PEO EIS’s Acquisition Innovation Directorate, one of Aric Sherwood’s responsibilities is establishing the organization’s Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE). The LACE will ...

"When will it be done?" seems a simple question, but as anyone who works in modern product delivery knows, this can be hard to answer. Complex software platforms and cloud services are a fundamentally ...

Agile management has evolved from a method of developing software into a way of managing the way enterprise projects are achieved. Ask anyone working in tech what agile development is and it’s likely ...

Last fall at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference, PEO EIS Program Executive Officer Ross Guckert said one of the key pillars in his acquisition organization’s Agile journey ...

Sprint planning is a critical step in the agile software development process, as it sets the direction and goals for the upcoming sprint. As a software development leader, it is essential to ...

Agile practices, to the uninitiated and underinformed, can sometimes appear as ad hoc software development and project management methodologies. The truth is far different. Most teams elect to use an ...

The Agile Manifesto values “individuals and interactions over processes and tools.” One of the signers’ key principles is, “The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from ...