Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

One thing that is critical for a successful Agile Transformation is training at all levels, especially agile leader training. Unfortunately, many leaders don’t believe they need training, even though ...

Historically, many of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) major IT acquisition programs have taken longer than expected to develop or failed to deliver the desired value. In April 2016, to ...

There is still much work to be done to deliver on the promise of agile -- this being the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Agile Manifesto, which outlined the importance of close, unfettered ...

Agile is emerging as the prevailing methodology for software development. According to the 12 th Annual State of Agile Report, a survey conducted by VersionOne and published earlier this year, 97% of ...

The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

As the director of PEO EIS’s Acquisition Innovation Directorate, one of Aric Sherwood’s responsibilities is establishing the organization’s Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE). The LACE will ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...