Jul 2
2012
By Douglas C. Schmidt
Principal Researcher
While agile methods have become popular in commercial software development organizations, the engineering disciplines needed to apply agility to mission-critical software-reliant systems are not as well defined or practiced. To help bridge this gap, the SEI recently hosted the Agile Research Forum, which brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss when and how to best apply agile methods in the mission-critical environments found in government and many industries. This blog posting, the first in a multi-part series, highlights key ideas and issues associated with applying agile methods to address the challenges of complexity, exacting regulations, and schedule pressures that were presented during the forum.
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Apr 9
2012
By Robert Nord,
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Research, Technology, & System Solutions
New 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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Mar 5
2012
By Linda Parker Gates
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Acquisition Support Program
The appeal of Agile or lightweight development methods has grown steadily in the software development community. Having spent a number of years investigating strategic planning approaches, I’ve recently been thinking about whether Agile principles can be—and should be—applied to strategic planning. This blog post examines the applicability of Agile principles to strategic planning.
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Feb 13
2012
By Douglas C. Schmidt
Visiting Scientist
We
use the SEI Blog to inform you about the latest work at the SEI, so
this week I'm summarizing some video presentations recently posted to
the SEI website from the SEI Technologies Forum.
This virtual event held in late 2011 brought together participants from
more than 50 countries to engage with SEI researchers on a sample of
our latest work, including cloud computing, insider threat, Agile
development, software architecture, security, measurement, process
improvement, and acquisition dynamics. This post includes a description
of all the video presentations from the first event, along with links
where you can view the full presentations on the SEI website.
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Feb 6
2012
By Mary Ann Lapham
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Acquisition Support Program
Over
the past several years, the SEI has explored the use of Agile methods
in DoD environments, focusing on both if and when they are suitable and how to use them most effectively
when they are suitable. Our research has approached the topic of Agile
methods both from an acquisition and a technical perspective. Stephany Bellomo described some of our experiences in previous blog posts What is Agile? and Building a Foundation for Agile.
This post summarizes a project the SEI has undertaken to review and
study Agile approaches, with the goal of developing guidance for their
effective application in DoD environments.
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