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Rapid Lifecycle Development in an Agile Context

Acquisition , Agile , SEI Research 13 Comments »

By Robert Nord,
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Research, Technology, & System Solutions

Robert NordNew acquisition guidelines from the Department of Defense (DoD) aimed at reducing system lifecycle time and effort is encouraging the adoption of Agile methods. There is a general lack, however, of practical guidance on how to employ Agile methods effectively for DoD acquisition programs. This blog posting describes our research on providing software and systems architects with a decision making framework for reducing integration risk with Agile methods, thereby reducing the time and resources needed for related work.

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