ADAPT collects reference material relevant to the subjects of Agile, Lean and IT Acquisition. These are used and referenced in its efforts to create reports and thought-pieces on these topics. ADAPT is building a reference libary to assist others in understanding the various perspectives on adoption of Agile methods in government.
To contribute reference materials to this working compilation, please contact Tammy Kicker at tkicker@afei.org, or contact one of the Executive Committee to discuss its relevance.
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RESOURCES
ADAPT Documents
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Draft ADAPT Charter
 Draft Charter
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Establishes basic operation, purpose and overall governance guidance for ADAPT as an AFEI/NDIA sanctioned working group.
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Business Case for Agile
Agile ROI Report
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A compilation of information on return on investment information gleaned from case studies and writings on the subject. Report was prepared as input to funding deliberations in USD (AT&L) on Agile Methods for DoD.
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Reference Documents
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Handbook for Implementing Agile in Department of Defense Information Technology Acquisition
MITRE Corp.
MITRE Technical Report
MTR100489
Handbook
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This report includes background information on Agile principles and methodologies from peer-reviewed industry and academic materials, MITRE technical reports, as well as interviews with members of DOD Programs that have implemented Agile development methodologies. It describes how Agile development principles can be applied to an IT systems engineering effort, and explains how an Agile methodology could be used to benefit DOD Government acquisition and development programs.
December 2010 |
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Considerations for Using Agile in DoD Acquisition
Software Engineering Institute
TECHNICAL NOTE
CMU/SEI-2010-TN-002
Report
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This report explores the questions: Can Agile be used in the DoD environment? If so, how? Lessons learned from actual DoD programs that have employed and are employing Agile are provided as well as information gleaned from the myriad articles and books available on Agile. While this report does not pretend to cover every paper or thought published about Agile in the DoD world, it provides an overview of some challenges in using Agile; an overview of how some programs have addressed these challenges; and some additional recommendations on dealing with these challenges.
April 2010 |
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DoD CIO Presentation
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Presentation by DoD CIO Teri Takai addressing DoD IT Strategy.
April 2011
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Scrum and CMMI Level 5: The Magic Potion for Code Warriors
Sutherland, Jakobson, Johnson
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Projects combining agile methods with CMMI are more successful in producing higher quality software that more effectively meets customer needs at a faster pace. Systematic Software Engineering works at CMMI level 5 and uses Lean Software Development as a driver for optimizing software processes. Valuable experience has been gained by combining Agile practices from Scrum with CMMI. |
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IT Project Success Survey
May-June 2010
Scott W. Ambler
www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html
 Slides
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Scott Ambler Presentation - "I have provided these slides, and the raw data behind them, so that others can use them in their own work. You may reuse all, or a part of, this slide deck as long as you provide a clear reference to the source. The suggested reference is: Results from Scott Ambler’s 2010 IT Project Success Survey posted at www.agilemodeling.com/surveys/ "
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What is the Return on Investment (ROI) of Agile Methods?
David F. Rico
Paper
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The ROI of agile methods is yet to be fully explored because of their newness, while the ROI of traditional methods is well-understood. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate and summarize the literature on the ROI of agile methods. These results show that the use of agile methods results in increased cost-effectiveness, productivity, quality, cycle-time reduction, and customer satisfaction ranging from 10% to 100%.
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