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Success with agile in a federal environment
Federal IT projects often run over budget and behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality. Many projects use "grand design' approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few…
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Hybrid waterfall agile development for the federal space
Historically, the Waterfall methodology has been ingrained in U.S. federal software development contracts with requirements determined prior to software development. However, in 2010, the focus…
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Defining a conceptual categorization model for agile software development projects
Agile project management has received a lot of attention recently, although much more among practitioners than among researchers. Compared with a traditional approach, it can offer benefits to some…
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Trust--the key for successful delivery using agile methods
Trust between the deliverer and receiver is a necessity when delivering projects using agile project management. Referring to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, people interaction,…
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Agile project management with formal requirements and test case management
Agile project management methods, such as Scrum, are based on a lightweight (or lean) process model and are intended to be augmented as necessary by specific teams for their specific project context…
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Balancing agility with conformance on complex government programs
Complex government transformation programs are subject to many of the same challenges encountered on commercial programs of similar size and scope. Government programs face additional challenges…
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COTS project management strategy from a state government PMO perspective
We all work in environments in which government funding is stretched, program resources are syphoned, disparate applications are waiting on future funds for cycles to implement backlogged features,…
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Agile at the Office of Personnel Management--a true story
The agile approach has helped numerous organizations--of all types and sizes--effectively improve their capability to manage difficult and complex projects and programs. This paper examines how the…
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Flexible project management
To implement software development initiatives, IT project managers often adopt agile techniques and methods. The IT industry's success in using agile has encouraged project managers working in…
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Never work weekends again
To compete in today's technology-driven business environments, software development companies must bring new products and services to the marketplace faster than their competitors. To accomplish…
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