“Change is the law of life. And, those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ---President John F. Kennedy

Purpose 

The Agile Defense Adoption Proponents Team (ADAPT) is composed of industry and government representatives with significant interests and expertise in agile methodologies. 

The purpose of ADAPT is to facilitate industry-government interaction in policy, legislative, legal and technical areas directly related to understanding, assessing and implementing agile methods in programs, projects and procurements.  Such interaction is intended to promote understanding of agile methods , when they are appropriate for use, and how they may be implemented within the context of Defense acquisition. 

The ADAPT Executive Committee is composed of:

Stosh Misiaszek, Rally Software   Contact
Suzette Johnson, Northrop Grumman   Contact
Richard Cheng, Excella Consulting   Contact

Objectives

The objectives of ADAPT are to:

• Build a community of practitioners and proponents of agile methods in the DoD to include the acquisition arena including and to showcase proven techniques, and associated concepts, tools and training.
• Promote understanding of agile methods and their implications, adoption requirements, and benefits.
• Host agile workshops series that focuses on bringing together recognized experts in the agile domain to address specific agile adoption challenges in the Defense acquisition system and make the outcomes publicly available.

Current Activity

ADAPT is currently working on providing input to the development of a DoD issue paper that addresses Agile IT Acquisition implementation that will be submitted in early August.  Current emphasis is on collecting data on agile success stories in government and industry to support a business case for the typical savings DoD can expect from implementing agile processes. The case studies need to be defendable and have sufficient documentation to demonstrate relevance and credibility.